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February 8

Mary, Queen of Scots

1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots (pictured), was executed at Fotheringhay Castle for her involvement in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Elizabeth I of England.
1879 – Angered by a controversial umpiring decision, cricket spectators rioted and attacked the England team during a match in Sydney, Australia.
1924 – Gee Jon became the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas.
1948 – The closing ceremony of the first Olympics held after World War II was held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
1968 – Local police in Orangeburg, South Carolina, fired into a crowd of people who were protesting segregation, killing three and injuring twenty-seven others.
1983 – The Irish-bred race horse Shergar was stolen by gunmen, who demanded a £2 million ransom.

Daniele Barbaro (b. 1514)
Marina de Escobar (b. 1554)
Neila Sathyalingam (b. 1938)
Walther Bothe (d. 1957)

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I added the 100th anniversary of scouting to the page, shouldn't be too awful since its very notable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.62.238.106 (talk) 02:21, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]