Daily Calendar for Thursday, February 8, 2024

French and Indians attacked Schenectady, New York – 1690
College of William & Mary chartered. – 1693
Simon Willard granted patent for the banjo clock – 1802
Sandford Fleming proposed Universal Standard Time, Toronto, Ontario – 1879
Boy Scouts of America incorporated – 1910
Stars and Stripes newspaper published for the first time – 1918
President Harding had the first radio installed in the White House – 1922
Jay Berwanger became the first player to be drafted by the National Football League – 1936
JFK administration banned travel of U.S. citizens to Cuba – 1963
Last issue of Saturday Evening Post until the magazine’s 1971 re-emergence – 1969
Debi Thomas won Women’s Singles, U.S. National Figure Skating Championship – 1986
Disney’s California Adventure Park opened – 2001
The Boy Scouts of America officially adopted the new name Scouting America on the organization’s 115th anniversary – 2025

Great Arctic outbreak in the Southeast. 8 degrees F in Jacksonville, Florida—extensive crop damage – 1835
The Lindsay Storm left 20 inches of snow in New York City, where areas went unplowed for more than a week – 1969
The beaches of Malibu were hit by a winter snowstorm, which also created traffic jams in the Los Angeles area – 1989
Snow fell in Los Angeles, California – 1989