Today in History - History - February 8th

1994Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car

1983Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period

200951st Grammy Awards: Please Read The Letter, Adele wins

1915D. W. Griffith's silent film "Birth of a Nation" opens at Clune's Auditorium in LA - first 12-reel film in America

1672Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London

1987Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic

1807Battle of Eylau ends inconclusively between Napoleon's forces and Russian Empire - 1st battle Napoleon isn't victorious

1977Hustler publisher Larry Flynt sentenced on obscenity charges

1983Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino

1926Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio becomes Walt Disney Studios

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

1894Billy Bishop [William Bishop], Owen Sound, Ontario, Canadian First World War flying ace

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1985William Lyons, British automobile manufacturer, dies at 84

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

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