Hoy en la Historia - 8 de Febrero

En 1587, Mary - Queen of Scots beheaded

En 1672, Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London

En 1693, Charter granted for College of William & Mary - 2nd college in US

En 1861, Confederate States of America organized in Montgomery - Ala

En 1883, Louis Waterman begins experiments that invent the fountain pen

En 1910, Boy Scouts of America founded

En 1911, US helps to overthrow Miguel D vila - president of Honduras

En 1922, Radio arrives in the White House

En 1926, Walt Disney Studios formed

En 1957, SF Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall

En 1969, Meteorite weighing over one ton is recovered in Chihuahua - Mexico

En 1974, Skylab 4's astronauts land

En 1975, Caps only got one shot in a period against the Islanders

En 1977, Earthquake in SF - at 5.0 - strongest since 1966

En 1984, Soyuz T-10 is launched

Cumpleaños famosos

1612, Samuel Butler, English poet & satirist (Hudibras)

1819, John Ruskin, writer & critic & artist & Gothic Revivalist

1820, William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War general ("War is hell")

1828, Jules Verne, in France--pioneered sci-fi (From the Earth to the Moon)

1885, Dame Edith Evans

1906, Chester F Carlson, invented xerography (xeroxing)

1914, Gypsy Rose Lee, in Seattle Washington & the stripper

1920, Lana Turner, Actress in Wallace Idaho

1925, Jack Lemmon, Actor (Days of Wine & Roses & Missing)

1931, James Dean, stage & film Actor (Giant & Rebel Without a Cause)

1940, Ted Koppel, newscaster (ABC)

1949, Brook Adams, Actress

1968, Gary Coleman, Actor