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On this day: February 8

POSTED: 09:06 PM PST Feb 07, 2013 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 07, 2013

The Boy Scouts of America is founded, the gas chamber is first used in the United States, the first NFL Draft is held, "Good Times" premieres, and women's ice hockey debuts as an Olympic sport, all on this day.

OTD February 8 - Cuba travel restrictions — 26 / 43

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1963: Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. Kennedy makes travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba illegal.

OTD February 8 - Mary Queen of Scots

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OTD February 8 - Delaware 13th Amendment

OTD February 8 - King Vidor

OTD February 8 - Big Ten

OTD February 8 - Boy Scouts of America

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OTD February 8 - NFL Draft

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OTD February 8 - Buddy Holly

OTD February 8 - Vince Neil

OTD February 8 - Cuba travel restrictions

OTD February 8 - The Supremes

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OTD February 8 - Right Said Fred

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OTD February 8 - Derrick Thomas

OTD February 8 - Anna Nicole Smith

OTD February 8 - Chris Brown-Rihanna

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