February 8 is the 39th day of the year. There are 326 days remaining, 327 in leap years.
- 1804 — Wiley Harpe died.
- 1851 — Jean-Claude Jacquemard died.
- 1895 — Eugene Byars died.
- 1895 — John Franklin Gilman died.
- 1919 — Gamal Lineveldt is born.
- 1964 — James Childers is born.
- 1964 — Ronald Macon is born.
- 1975 — Kenneth Granviel is apprehended.
- 2002 — Andrei Melyukh is apprehended.
- 2010 — David Russell Williams is apprehended.
- 2021 — Anthony Sowell died.
- 2023 — Primo Bisi died.
- 2023 — Lucho Plátano is apprehended.