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.
• 1849 - The Roman Republic was proclaimed.
• 1904 - The Russo-Japanese War began with 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 People’s Republic of the Congo.

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