"On Feb. 8, 1949, Roman Catholic Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty was sentenced to life in prison for his opposition to the fascist and later communist Hungarian governments; released during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, he sought asylum at the U.S. Embassy when the Soviet Union invaded, living there for 15 years. Mindszenty left Hungary in 1971 and died in exile in Vienna in 1975."
"Also on this date: In 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. In 1693, a charter was granted for the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg in the Virginia Colony. In 1904, Japan launched a surprise attack on the Russian Navy at Port Arthur (now Dalian, China), marking the start of the Russo-Japanese War."
Feb. 8 includes many notable historical events. In 1949 Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty was sentenced to life for opposing fascist and later communist Hungarian governments; he sought asylum at the U.S. Embassy during the 1956 Soviet invasion and lived there for 15 years before leaving Hungary in 1971 and dying in exile in Vienna in 1975. In 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded after implication in a plot against Queen Elizabeth I. In 1693 the College of William and Mary received a charter. In 1904 Japan attacked the Russian Navy at Port Arthur, starting the Russo-Japanese War. Other anniversaries on the date include the Boy Scouts USA incorporation, the first U.S. lethal-gas execution, the first NFL draft, the start of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre, NASDAQ’s first trading day in 1971, a 1993 Iranian airliner collision with no survivors, and the beginning of a major 2013 snowstorm.
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