It happened today
1587 - Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded
1604 - De Monts forms a fur trading company.
1631 - Louis XIII of France names Charles de Saint-Itienne de La Tour Lieutenant General and Governor of Acadia.
1725 - Emperor of Russia, Peter the Great, dies
1776 - Congress Rejects Plan for Destruction of Halifax.
1904 - In a surprise attack at Port Arthur, Korea, the Japanese disable seven Russian warships.
1910 - The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated.
1924 - The gas chamber is used for the first time to execute a murderer.
1925 Jack Lemmon
1931 James Dean
1940 Nick Nolte
1940 Ted Koppel
1955 John Grisham
1968 Gary Coleman
1979 Josh Keaton
1604 - De Monts forms a fur trading company.
1631 - Louis XIII of France names Charles de Saint-Itienne de La Tour Lieutenant General and Governor of Acadia.
1725 - Emperor of Russia, Peter the Great, dies
1776 - Congress Rejects Plan for Destruction of Halifax.
1904 - In a surprise attack at Port Arthur, Korea, the Japanese disable seven Russian warships.
1910 - The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated.
1924 - The gas chamber is used for the first time to execute a murderer.
1925 Jack Lemmon
1931 James Dean
1940 Nick Nolte
1940 Ted Koppel
1955 John Grisham
1968 Gary Coleman
1979 Josh Keaton