Event:
Beck wins Album of the Year and Sam Smith wins both Song and Record of the Year at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, while 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' wins five awards and 'Boyhood' wins best film at the 68th BAFTA Awards
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
