February 8 in history: • 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed at Fotheringhay Castle for her involvement in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Elizabeth I of England. → go there • 1910 – William D. Boyce established the Boy Scouts of America, expanding the Scout Movement into the United States. → go there • 1965 – After taking evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision just after taking off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 84 people on board. → go there • 1979 – Denis Sassou Nguesso (pictured) was chosen as the new President of the Republic of the Congo after Joachim Yhombi-Opango was forced from power. → go there • 1981 – Rhodesian Bush War: Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army cadres in Gwelo attacked Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army troops, killing over 60 of them and starting the 1981 Entumbane uprising. → go there Born 1591: Guercino Wiki link Born 1831: Rebecca Lee Crumpler Wiki link Died 1921: Peter Kropotkin Wiki link Born 2006: Emman Atienza Wiki link Pictured: Denis Sassou Nguesso.