Historical Events
NBA All-Star Game
48th NBA All-Star Game, Madison Square Garden, NYC: East beats West, 135-114; MVP: Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, F
- Finland beats Sweden, 6-0 at the Aqua Wing Arena in Nagano, Japan in the first female ice hockey game played in Olympic history
- NHL stops season stops to accommodate the Nagano Winter Olympics; returns February 24
Famous Deaths
Enoch Powell (1912-1998)
British Conservative MP and shadow cabinet member infamous for his "Rivers of Blood" speech, dies at 85
Halldór Laxness (1902-1998)
Icelandic writer (Nobel 1955), dies at 95
- Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932)
- William Lambert, American Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78
About February 8, 1998
Day of the Week: Sunday
How Long Ago? 25 years, 7 months and 15 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Generation Z
Chinese Zodiac: Tiger
Star Sign: Aquarius
Music Charts
#1 Song: Nice & Slow - Usher
#1 Song: Doctor Jones - Aqua
