CoM Moderators Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Historical Events 1896 - Georges Feydeau's "Le Dindon" premieres in Paris1972 - Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard selected to Hall of Fame1973 - Jean Kerrs "Finishing Touches" premieres in NYC1983 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period1990 - "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine1993 - Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 dieMore Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1828 - Antonio Cagnoni, Italian composer, born in Godiasco (d. 1896)1877 - Helen Homans, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1906), born in Englewood, New Jersey (d. 1949)1906 - Chester F. Carlson, American inventor (photocopy), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1968)1930 - Manuel Castillo, Andalusian classical pianist and composer, born in Seville, Spain (d. 2005)1966 - Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer1983 - Jim Verraros, American pop singer (American Idol, 2002), born in Mount Prospect, IllinoisMore Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1611 - Jan Huygen van Linschoten, Dutch traveller and writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies (B. 1653)1650 - John Adriaensz, Dutch hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at about 741909 - Edouard Silas, Dutch composer, dies at 801975 - Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1886)1979 - Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet and writer (against Pasternak), dies at 821994 - Raymond Scott, American composer (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Poor Mary. Beheaded at 44! Now they have decoded letters she wrote while bring confined by Queen Elizabeth I. A trove of long-lost letters written in code by Mary, Queen of Scots, has been discovered and deciphered by an international team of codebreakers. Mary Stuart, who was first in line to succeed Queen Elizabeth I of England, wrote the letters during nearly two decades of imprisonment by Elizabeth that led to her beheading 436 years ago Wednesday, on Feb. 8, 1587. Considered by Catholics to be the true sovereign of England, Mary was held under guard for 19 years by her cousin — the Protestant daughter of King Henry VIII — for fear that she was plotting against the throne. While in captivity, Mary wrote letters in code to allies and associates in an attempt to gain her freedom and become queen. Some of that correspondence, now in the British National Archives, was intercepted and deciphered by Elizabeth’s secret agents. It was used as evidence of a plot to overthrow the crown and led to Mary’s execution. The other letters were believed lost to history — until George Lasry, a French computer scientist and cryptographer; Norbert Biermann, a German pianist and music professor; and Satoshi Tomokiyo, a Japanese physicist and patents expert, found them in the online archives for enciphered documents at Bibliothèque nationale de France, the country’s national archives. More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/02/08/mary-queen-scots-letters-decoded/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Actor James Dean would have been 92 today! The Daily News has more: https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/nydn-entertainment-life-career-james-dean-1-2380091-photogallery.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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