Event:
Elizabeth Taylor's collection of artworks by Vincent Van Gogh, Camille Pissarro and Edgar Degas sell for over 13.7 million pounds at Christie's in London
More Notable Events on February 8:
1973 Senate names 7 members to investigate Watergate scandal
1969 Last edition of Saturday Evening Post
1969 Meteorite weighing over 1 ton falls in Chihuahua, Mexico
1933 1st flight of all-metal Boeing 247
1926 Walt Disney Studios forms
