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February 8th
1587 ~ Mary, Queen of Scots was executed.
1820 ~ Birthday of William Tecumseh Sherman, Soldier.
1828 ~ Birthday of Jules Verne, Author.
1855 ~ The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appeared in southern Devon.
1910 ~ The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated by William D. Boyce.
1925 ~ Birthday of Jack Lemmon, Actor.
1932 ~ Birthday of John Williams, Composer & Conductor.
1957 ~ Death of John von Neumann, Mathematician.
1993 ~ General Motors sued NBC after Dateline NBC rigged two crashes showing that some GM pickups could easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settled the lawsuit the next day.
1996 ~ The U.S. Congress passed the Communications Decency Act.
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