{"id":43593,"date":"2019-02-08T08:10:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T14:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=43593"},"modified":"2019-02-08T08:08:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T14:08:22","slug":"this-day-in-history-birth-of-a-nation-premieres-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=43593","title":{"rendered":"This Day In History &#8212; &#8220;Birth of a Nation&#8221; premieres in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>February 08<\/h4>\n<p>1587<br \/>\nMary Queen of Scots was beheaded.<\/p>\n<p>1693<br \/>\nCollege of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., received its charter, becoming the second institution of higher learning in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>1870<br \/>\nThe National Weather Service was established under the U.S. Army Signal Corps.<\/p>\n<p>1904<br \/>\nThe Russo-Japanese war began when the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur in northeast China.<\/p>\n<p>1915<br \/>\nD. 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