What day of the week was February 8, 1960?

The day of the week February 8th, 1960 fell on was a Monday.

Giles Gilbert Scott the English architect and designer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (b. 1880) died on this day in 1960.

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council the stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten- Windsor". The first eight brass star plaques are installed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.