A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 8th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 8, 1587, Mary Stuart, also known as Mary, Queen of Scots or even Mary I of Scotland, was executed by the order of Queen Elizabeth I of England, her own cousin! On February 8, 1837, the United States Senate elected Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky as the incoming Vice President of the United States, the only time in US history that the…
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A Brief History On February 8, 1587, Mary Stuart, also known as Mary, Queen of Scots or even Mary I of Scotland, was executed by the order of Queen Elizabeth I of England, her own cousin! Digging Deeper Mary, born in December of 1542, was only 6 days old when she inherited the throne of Scotland, and reigned for only 15 years before she was forced to abdicate after the murder of her husband and Mary remarrying the main suspect in her husband’s murder only a month after his acquittal for the murder. Failing to reclaim her throne, Mary fled…
A Brief History On February 7th, 2023, US President Joe Biden gave his second State of the Union Address. Afterwards, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders gave the Republican response to the President’s address. Digging Deeper I have made polls for each speech in the community area of my YouTube channel and on Twitter where you are welcome to vote your grade for each speech. As possible grades, an A equals “excellent,” a B equals “good,” a C equals “average,” a D equals “below average,” and an F equals “failure.” Please also feel welcome to reply with an explanation of your chosen…
A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 7th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 7, 1497, the followers of Dominican priest Girolamo Savonarola of Florence, Italy, gathered and burned a large quantity of objects they referred to as “vanities,” objects such as cosmetics, books, artwork, mirrors, fancy clothes, playing cards, and musical instruments, any objects these religious zealots thought could lead people to sin. On February 7, 1795, the 12th state needed to ratify…
A Brief History On February 7, 1984, two astronauts from the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-41-B made space exploration history by taking the first untethered space walk outside of their space ship. Digging Deeper Not being attached by any sort of lifeline had to be a terrifying prospect, but astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart, both on their first space flight, operated outside the Challenger free of any safety line for over 5 hours. In 1972, President Richard Nixon announced the NASA Space Shuttle program, an ambitious program sadly remembered for the Challenger and Columbia disasters, but…