Born This Day In History 8th February

Celebrating Birthday's Today


James Dean


Born: James Byron Dean 8th February 1931 Marion, Indiana, U.S.


Died: 30th September 1955
Cholame, California, U.S.




Known For : James Dean is best remembered for his movie roles in Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, and Giant. These were the only 3 movies he starred in before his death in 1955 ( Car Accident ). Although he only starred in these movies his legend and cult status following has endured more than 50 years.












Jules Verne


Born: Jules Gabriel Verne 8th February 1828 Nantes, France


Died: 24th March 1905
Amiens, France




Known For : It is unusual for The People History to use well known People from the last century for "Born This Day" but the author Jules Verne deserves to be included. Jules Verne was a science-fiction writer before it became a genre of writing and his most well known books including A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days have been translated to most of the worlds languages ( second only to Agatha Christie ). To understand how clever and farsighted he was we must remember the time when the books were written 1860's and 1870's , Karl Benz did not build the first fully working car until 1885, Man did not land on the moon for more than 100 years after "From the Earth to the Moon" was published. Although submarines were invented many years before the submarine Nautilus featured in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is far in advance of what was capable in the 1860's. Most of us who have grown up in the last 50 years will have seen at least 2 movies that are based on the work of this author. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is one of the books Google Books has scanned and is available on line to read.