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Other Notable Events, February 8
In 1692, a doctor in Massachusetts Bay Colony claims two village girls may be bewitched, a charge that set off the Salem witch trials.
In 1725, Peter the Great, emperor of Russia, died and was succeeded by his wife, Catherine.
In 1910, the United States became the 12th nation to join the international scouting movement.
In 1915, film director D.W. Griffith premieres "The Birth of a Nation" in Los Angeles.
In 1940, Nazis shot every 10th person in two Polish villages near Warsaw in reprisal for the deaths of two German soldiers.
In 1974, three U.S. Skylab astronauts ended an 84-day orbital flight.
In 1987, a 60-day cease-fire ended between the Philippine army and communist rebels. Twenty-eight people died in truce violations.
In 1992, the Winter Olympics opened in Albertville, France.
In 1993, a chartered passenger plane collided with a military aircraft over Tehran, killing at least 132 people at a military base where Iran celebrated Air Force Day.
Also in 1993, General Motors announced it was suing NBC-TV, contending the network rigged a demonstration crash showing a GM pickup truck with "sidesaddle" fuel tank exploding into flames.
In 1995, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to send 7,000 peacekeepers to Angola to maintain peace in the African nation.
In 2002, the Olympic Winter Games opened in Salt Lake City.
In 2003, Syria and Israel exchanged fire for the first time in 29 years in a dispute over a Syrian civilian killed in the demilitarized zone separating the two countries.
In 2004, U.S. President George Bush acknowledged in a TV interview that he might have been wrong in claiming before the war that Iraq had stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. But, he said, "I expected to find the weapons."
And in 2004 entertainment, Beyonce was a five-time winner at the Grammy Awards, tying the record for most Grammys by a female artist.
In 2005, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared a truce in hostilities.
In 2006, U.S. agents joined an investigation into a rash of arson incidents that damaged nine rural Alabama churches in five days.
Also in 2006, police opened fire on an Afghanistan mob protesting a series of published cartoons that depict the Prophet Mohammed, killing four protesters and raising the death toll there to 11.
And, an eight-year federal study said a low-fat diet doesn't decrease the risk of heart disease, cancer or stroke.
In 2007, Anna Nicole Smith, a 39-year-old actress, model and tabloid fixture, was found dead in a Hollywood, Fla., hotel. Her death was attributed to accidental sedative overdose.
Also in 2007, the warring Palestinian political factions, Hamas and Fatah, attempted to end the violence with a unity government.
In 2008, a man at odds with city officials went on a shooting rampage at a Kirkwood, Mo., City Council meeting, killing five people, police said. Officers shot and killed the suspect, identified as Charles Lee "Cookie" Thornton, an independent contractor.
Also in 2008, an explosion rocked the Imperial Sugar Co. facility at Fort Wentworth, Ga., near Savannah. Four people were killed and about 30 others were injured.
In 2009, U.S. spy chiefs are reported to have warned President Barack Obama that British-born Islamic extremists, with usually easier access through a visa waiver program, are the biggest terror threat to the United States.
Copyright 2010 by United Press International
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