Today in History - History - February 8th

1994Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car

1983Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino

1960Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".

1991Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract

1986The crime film "A Better Tomorrow", starring Yun Fat Chow, premieres in Hong Kong

1942Congress advises FDR that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the US war effort

1952Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom

1976"Taxi Driver", starring Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster, is released

1987Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic

1895Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg

1820William Tecumseh Sherman, Major General (Union Army), died in 1891

1960Dino Ciccarelli, Sarnia Ontario, NHL right wing (Minnesota North Stars, Washington Capitals)

1931James Dean, Marion IN, stage/film actor (Giant, Rebel Without a Cause)

1920Lana Turner, Wallace Idaho, actress (Survivors, Falcon Crest)

1925Jack Lemmon, Boston Mass, actor (Days of Wine & Roses, Missing)

1955John Grisham, writer (Client, Firm, Pelican Brief)

1985Director Martin Scorsese (42) weds producer Barbara De Fina (35)

2001MLB outfielder David Justice (34) weds model Rebecca Villalobos

1985William Lyons, British automobile manufacturer, dies at 84

1956Connie Mack, baseball manager (Phila A's, 1901-50), dies at 93

1725Peter the Great [Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov], Tsar of Russia (1682-1725) dies of uremia at 52

1932[Vincent] Mad Dog Coll, mobster, killed by Dutch Schultz gang at 23