8th of February in History

    What happened on the 8th of February in history?

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    • 1587
      Mary - Queen of Scots beheaded
    • 1672
      Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London
    • 1693
      Charter granted for College of William & Mary - 2nd college in US
    • 1861
      Confederate States of America organized in Montgomery - Ala
    • 1883
      Louis Waterman begins experiments that invent the fountain pen
    • 1910
      Boy Scouts of America founded
    • 1911
      US helps to overthrow Miguel D vila - president of Honduras
    • 1922
      Radio arrives in the White House
    • 1926
      Walt Disney Studios formed
    • 1957
      SF Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall
    • 1969
      Meteorite weighing over one ton is recovered in Chihuahua - Mexico
    • 1974
      Skylab 4's astronauts land
    • 1975
      Caps only got one shot in a period against the Islanders
    • 1977
      Earthquake in SF - at 5.0 - strongest since 1966
    • 1984
      Soyuz T-10 is launched