On this day …
February 8, 2015
- In 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed for suspected involvement in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
- In 1910, the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated by William D. Boyce.
- In 1915, D.W. Griffith’s controversial film The Birth of a Nation premiered in Los Angeles.
- In 1922, President Warren G. Harding introduced the first radio set in the White House.
- In 1924, Gee Jon was the first person executed by lethal gas in the United States in Nevada’s gas chamber.
- In 1960, the first eight brass star plaques were installed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame; among the first were Joanne Woodward, Burt Lancaster, and Ronald Colman.
- In 1963, the first full color television program in the world was broadcast in Mexico City by XHGC-TV.
- In 1978, proceedings of the U.S. Senate were broadcast on radio for the first time.
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