Today is the 39th day of Saturday, February 8, 2025. There are 326 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On February 8, 1915, DW Griffith’s controversial epic film “The Birth of a Nation” was premiered in Los Angeles.
Even on this date:
In 1587, the queen of Mary, Scots was nodded at Fothinghe Castle in England, when she came to her cousin Elizabeth. Was implicated in a conspiracy to kill.
In 1693, a charter was provided for William and Mary College at Williamsburg in Virginia Colony.
In 1904, Japan began a surprising attack on the Russian Navy at Port Arthur (now Dalian, China), with the Russo-Japanese war began.
In 1910, William D. Was included by Boys.
In 1924, the first execution by gas in the United States took place in Nevada State Jail in Carson City, which was the Chinese immigrants found guilty of murder.
In 1936, the first NFL draft was held at the Ritz-Karlton Hotel in Philadelphia.
In 1960, work began on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Bulleward and Wine Street at Los Angeles.
In 1968, three black students died and 28 were injured as state soldiers set fire to student protesters in the campus of South Carolina State College in Orangeberg in view of a protest of a whites. The phenomenon will be known as the Orangeberg massacre.
In 1971, the world’s first electronic stock exchange, Nasdac held its first trading day.
Today’s birthday: Musician-conductor John Williams is 93. The broadcast journalist Ted Koppel is 85. Actor Nick Knowtte is 84. Comedian Robert Klein is 83. Actor-Rock musician Creed Braton is 82. Actor Mary Steinbergen is 72. The author is John Grisham 70.