Today in History - History - February 8th

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

1994Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432

1977Hustler publisher Larry Flynt sentenced on obscenity charges

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

1983Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino

1987Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic

1960Boston Celtic Bill Russell becomes 1st NBAer with 50 rebounds (51)

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

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

1926Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio becomes Walt Disney Studios

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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