on this day in history 8th February

1952: New Queen proclaimed for UK - Princess Elizabeth has formally proclaimed herself Queen and Head of the Commonwealth and Defender of the Faith.

1974: Americans end outer space marathon - Three US astronauts have returned safely to Earth after a record-breaking stay in space.

They spent 85 days in the American space station, Skylab, which orbits the Earth at a height of 270 miles.

 Born on this day

1828 Jules Verne

1925 Jack Lemmon

1928 Sir Stanley Baker

1936 Clive Swift

1931 James Dean

1932 Lady Howe

1932 John Williams

1941 Nick Nolte

1955 John Grisham

Music

1964 The Beatles debuted on the album charts with 'Meet The Beatles'.

1974 The Who appeared in Lille at the start of a French tour.

1986 Billy Ocean reached No1 in the UK with 'When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going'.

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