Historical Events for 8th February 2024

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1649 - Sobornoye Ulozheniye of 1649: Russia adopts new code of laws, consolidating serfdom (OS 29 Jan)
1750 - Minor earthquake in London
1924 - 1st US coast-to-coast radio hookup: General John Joseph Carty speech in Chicago
1929 - KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions
1936 - German alpine skier Christi Cranz wins the inaugural Olympic women’s combined gold medal at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games ahead of teammate Käthe Grasegger
1943 - Red Army recaptures Kursk on the eastern front
1945 - Paul Brown agrees to coach the new American football expansion team in Cleveland, which would later be named the Cleveland Browns after their coach
1975 - Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders
1990 - "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine
2009 - 51st Grammy Awards: Best Album "Raising Sand" and Record of the Year "Please Read The Letter", both by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss win

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