1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle aged 44 after being convicted of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth I in the Babington Plot
1936 – Pandit Jawaharlal suceeds Mahatma Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party
1958 – Edgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia
1962 – KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1984 – Soyuz T-10 launches with crew of 3 to Salyut 7
1989 – American jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days
1996 – The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.
2005 – Leaders of both Palestine and Israel declare a truce in what many hope will be a “new era of peace”
2009 – NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 30-21; MVP: Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Cardinals, WR
2017 – US Senate confirms Jeff Sessions Attorney General, after controversy and protests