What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
02/08/1820	William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War general.
02/08/1828	Jules Verne, pioneered what later became science fiction.
02/08/1906	Chester F. Carlson, invented xerography (xeroxing)
02/08/1925	Jack Lemmon
EVENTS
02/08/	Alpha Aurigid meteor shower, radiant in Auriga
02/08/1693	Charter granted for College of William & Mary, 2nd college in US
02/08/1883	Louis Waterman begins experiments that invent the fountain pen.
02/08/1908	Boy Scouts of America founded.
02/08/1922	Radio arrives in the White House.
02/08/1977	Earthquake, at 5.0, strongest since 1966.

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