Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/February 8

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Feb.8 in 1445 was a Monday ! :-( That means the first Pancake Day should be February 9, 1445.-- PFHLai 20:10, 2004 Aug 31 (UTC)

Why is the destruction of Dresden (1945) not included? The Allies killed 200 000 people on this day, according to Soviet authorities.

Why ? The simple reason is that the anniversary of the bombing of Dresden is Feb.14th, not Feb.8th ! I'm getting there, just not there yet .... Fine. I'll do it now if someone is so anxious .... :-> -- PFHLai 06:21, 2005 Feb 9 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 14. -- PFHLai 06:38, 2005 Feb 9 (UTC)

[edit] John von Neumann

Feb 8 2007 specifically is a very interesting anniversary. It's the 50th anniversary of John von Neumann's death, and he left a secret box [1] with unknown contents to be opened today. His daughter Marina has the box. However, there is a recent sketchy report that the box, mentioned by various sources, was somehow not his. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JonathanHF (talk • contribs).

Basically under the Selected anniversaries editing guidelines, births and deaths can only be used on centennials. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 10:45, 11 February 2007 (UTC)