On this day in history ...

• Mary, the Queen of Scots, was executed in 1587.
• Richard Johnson became the first Vice President in 1837.
• The Boy Scouts of America began in 1910.
• The Stars and Stripes was first published in 1918.
• Lana Turner was born in 1921.
• Nevada was the first state to use the gas chamber in 1924.
• James Dean was born in 1931.
• Composer John Williams was born in 1932.
• Elizabeth II became Queen in 1952.
• Rena Jones was born in 1965.

Of course, many other things happened on February 8th, but these stood out for me. How about you? What happened on the day you were born?