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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_8" title="February 8">February 8</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1587" title="1587">1587</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots" title="Mary, Queen of Scots">Mary, Queen of Scots</a></b>, was executed at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotheringhay_Castle" title="Fotheringhay Castle">Fotheringhay Castle</a> for her involvement in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babington_Plot" title="Babington Plot">Babington Plot</a> to murder her cousin, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I" title="Elizabeth I"><span class="nowrap">Elizabeth I</span></a> of England.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1879" title="1879">1879</a> – Angered by a controversial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umpire_(cricket)" title="Umpire (cricket)">umpiring</a> decision, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> spectators <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Riot_of_1879" title="Sydney Riot of 1879">rioted and attacked</a></b> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_cricket_team" title="England cricket team">England team</a> during a match in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, Australia.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924" title="1924">1924</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gee_Jon" title="Gee Jon">Gee Jon</a></b> became the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948" title="1948">1948</a> – The closing ceremony of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Winter_Olympics" title="1948 Winter Olympics">first Olympics held after World War II</a></b> was held in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Moritz" title="St. Moritz">St. Moritz</a>, Switzerland.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> – Local police in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangeburg,_South_Carolina" title="Orangeburg, South Carolina">Orangeburg, South Carolina</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangeburg_Massacre" title="Orangeburg Massacre">fired into a crowd of people</a></b> who were protesting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="Racial segregation in the United States">segregation</a>, killing three and injuring twenty-seven others.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983" title="1983">1983</a> – The Irish-bred race horse <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shergar" title="Shergar">Shergar</a></b> was stolen by gunmen, who demanded a £2 million ransom.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniele_Barbaro" title="Daniele Barbaro">Daniele Barbaro</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1514); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_de_Escobar" title="Marina de Escobar">Marina de Escobar</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1554); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neila_Sathyalingam" title="Neila Sathyalingam">Neila Sathyalingam</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1938); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Bothe" title="Walther Bothe">Walther Bothe</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1957)</p>
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