Important Events From This day in History – 8th February

Today in History

• 1971 The NASDAQ holds its first trading day

  The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations was the first electronic stock exchange.

• 1960 The first 8 stars are added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame

  Since then, over 2400 five-pointed stars have been embedded in the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street to honour celebrities.

• 1950 The Stasi, East Germany’s notorious secret police, is established

  The “Staatssicherheit,” disbanded in 1990, was widely regarded as one of the world’s most repressive intelligence agencies.

• 1910 The Boy Souts of America is founded

  Three years earlier, British General Robert Baden-Powell had founded the Scout movement in England.

• 1879 Sandford Fleming proposes the use of time zones

  The later introduction of Universal Standard Time, which is based on time zones, revolutionized timekeeping.