On this day in history
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Source: HistoryNet.com
1587: Mary, Queen of Scots is beheaded in Fotheringhay Castle for her alleged part in the conspiracy to usurp Elizabeth I.
1879: At a lecture at the Canadian Institute in Toronto, Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time, by dividing the world into 24 equal time zones.
1952: Elizabeth becomes Queen of England after her father, King George VI, dies.
1969: FLQ terrorists explode bomb on McGill St. in Montréal.
2010: CFB Trenton Base Commander Colonel Russell Williams is charged with two counts of murder against two women and two counts of sexual assault of another two women. He is sentenced to life in prison on October 21.
