February 8

Today's Events

  • 1587
    Mary - Queen of Scots beheaded
  • 1672
    Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London
  • 1693
    Charter granted for College of William & Mary - 2nd college in US
  • 1861
    Confederate States of America organized in Montgomery - Ala
  • 1883
    Louis Waterman begins experiments that invent the fountain pen
  • 1910
    Boy Scouts of America founded
  • 1911
    US helps to overthrow Miguel D vila - president of Honduras
  • 1922
    Radio arrives in the White House
  • 1926
    Walt Disney Studios formed
  • 1957
    SF Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall
  • 1969
    Meteorite weighing over one ton is recovered in Chihuahua - Mexico
  • 1974
    Skylab 4's astronauts land
  • 1975
    Caps only got one shot in a period against the Islanders
  • 1977
    Earthquake in SF - at 5.0 - strongest since 1966
  • 1984
    Soyuz T-10 is launched
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