1: On February 8, 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded in Fotheringhay Castle in England after being found guilty of conspiring to kill her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, of England. They both were rivals.
2: Former president of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III, was born on February 8, 1960. He served as president of the Asian nation from 2010 to 2016, and he died aged 61 on June 24, 2021.
3: Former president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, was born on February 8, 1959. He served as president of the South American country from 2015 to 2019.
4: Renowned British novelist, Dame Iris Murdoch, died aged 79 on February 8, 1999. She wrote more than twenty-five novels in her lifetime, including Henry and Cato, The Black Prince, The Green Knight, A Severed Head, The Nice and the Good, and Jackson’s Dilemma. She was born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 15, 1919.
5: To enable the distribution of Native American lands to indigenous people, the U.S. Congress passed the Dawes General Allotment Act on February 8, 1887. The act was sponsored by Senator Henry Dawes.
6: The dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary was created on February 8, 1867, with the Ausgleich (“Compromise”). The monarchy lasted until the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918.
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