SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Today is Saturday, February 8, the 39th day of 2014. There are 326 days left in the year.

1600 ― Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death

1622 ― King James I disbands the English parliament

1895 ― Tchaikovsky/Petipa’s “Swan Lake" premieres in Petersburg

1965 ― Supremes release “Stop In the Name of Love"

1969 ― Meteorite weighing over 1 ton falls in Chihuahua, Mexico

1975 ― 1800 Unification church couples’ wed in Korea

1976 ― Hua Guofeng becomes premier of China

1984 ― First time eight people in space

1985 ― Opposition leader Kim Dae-jung returns to South Korea

1998 ― First female ice hockey game in Olympics history; Finland beats Sweden 6-0