Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 8
February 8: Prešeren Day in Slovenia.
- 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots (pictured) was executed at Fotheringhay Castle on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- 1855 – The Devil's Footprints, a series of mysteriously hoof-like marks, appeared in the snow in Devon, England, and continued throughout the countryside for over 100 miles (160 km).
- 1904 – The Russo-Japanese War began after a surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese on Russian ships near present-day Lüshunkou, China.
- 1971 – Trading began in NASDAQ, the world's first electronic stock exchange.
- 1979 – Colonel Denis Sassou Nguesso was chosen as the new President of the Republic of the Congo after Joachim Yhombi-Opango was forced from power.
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