Today In History

Today is Friday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2019. There are 326 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1922: President Warren G. Harding had a radio installed in the White House.

ON THIS DATE

› 1693: A charter was granted for the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg in the Virginia Colony.

› 1910: The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated.

› 1952: Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed her accession to the British throne following the death of her father, King George VI.

› 1965: The Supremes’ record “Stop! In the Name of Love!” was released by Motown.

› 1968: The science-fiction film “Planet of the Apes,” starring Charlton Heston, had its world premiere in New York (it went into general release the following April.)

› 1992: The XVI Olympic Winter Games opened in Albertville, France.

› 1993: General Motors sued NBC, alleging that “Dateline NBC” had rigged two car-truck crashes to show that 1973to-87 GM pickups were prone to fires in side impact crashes. (NBC settled the lawsuit the following day and apologized for its “unscientific demonstration.”)

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Composer-conductor John Williams is 87. Newscaster Ted Koppel is 79. Actor Nick Nolte is 78. Comedian Robert Klein is 77. Author John Grisham is 64. Retired NBA All-Star and College Basketball Hall of Famer Marques Johnson is 63. Actor Henry Czerny is

60. The former president of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III, is 59. Rock singer Vince Neil (Motley Crue) is 58. Jackson is

57. Movie producer Toby Emmerich is 56. Actress Missy Yager is 51. Actress Mary McCormack is 50. Rock musician Keith Nelson is 50. Basketball Hall of Famer Alonzo Mourning is 49. Dance musician Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (Daft Punk) is 45. Actor Seth Green is 45. Actor Josh Morrow is 45. Rock musician Phoenix (Linkin Park) is 42. Actress-comedian Cecily Strong is

35. Rock musician Jeremy Davis is 34. Hip-hop artist Anderson. Paak is 33. Rock musician Max Grahn (Carolina Liar) is 31. Actor Ryan Pinkston is 31. Professional surfer Bethany Hamilton is 29. Actress Karle Warren is 27.