Football coach John Fox

Events in 1955 and 8-2

Events in US in the birth year of John Fox

• President Eisenhower suffers coronary thrombosis in Denver (Sept. 24).
• Rosa Parks refuses to sit at the back of the bus, breaking Montgomery, Ala., segregated seating law (Dec. 1). Martin Luther King, Jr., leads 381-day black boycott of Montgomery bus system; desegregated service begins Dec. 21, 1956. Background: Civil Rights
• AFL and CIO merge to become the AFL-CIO (Dec. 5).

Birthday John Fox (8-2) in history

• Day 8-2 year 1587: Queen Mary of Scotland was beheaded for treason. Her son, King James VI of Scotland, calmly accepted his mother's execution.
• Day 8-2 year 1693: The founding date of William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the second oldest institution of higher education in the United States and the ninth oldest among English-speaking countries.
• Day 8-2 year 1870: The National Weather Service was established under the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
• Day 8-2 year 1904: The Russo-Japanese war began when the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur in northeast China.
• Day 8-2 year 1915: D. W. Griffith's controversial epic, The Birth of a Nation premiered in Los Angeles.
• Day 8-2 year 1924: The gas chamber was used for the first time as a method of execution in the United States. Gangster Gee Jon was put to death at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City.
• Day 8-2 year 1960: The payola (pay for broadcast airplay) hearings opened in the U.S. House of Representatives. Dick Clark would testify in April.
• Day 8-2 year 1980: President Jimmy Carter revealed his plan to reinstate selective service draft registration.