It happened today – on this day in history – December 8
1542: Mary, Queen of Scots is born in Linlithgow Palace, Scotland. 1710: General James Stanhope is captured by French and
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It happened today – this day in history – December 9
1608: Birth of poet John Milton. 1783: The first execution at Newgate Jail (now the site of The Old Bailey
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