February
8
Nirvana Day (Mahayana Buddhism)
Prešeren Day (Slovenia)
Events
February 8
1726 – The Supreme
Privy Council is established in
Russia.
1910 – The Boy Scouts of America
is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
1924 – Capital punishment: The first
state execution in the United States
by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
1948 – The formal creation of the
Korean People's Army of North Korea
is announced.
1971 – The NASDAQ stock market index
opens for the first time.
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