Today is the 39th day of 2023 and the 50th day of winter. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed on suspicion of plotting to murder her cousin Queen Elizabeth I. In 1910, the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated. In 1971, the NASDAQ stock exchange began trading. In 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 into law, leading to a drastic overhaul of U.S. media regulations. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: William Tecumseh Sherman (18201891), U.S. general; Jules Verne (1828-1905), author; Lana Turner (1921-1995), actress; Jack Lemmon (19252001), actor; James Dean (1931-1955), actor; John Williams (1932- ), composer; Ted Koppel (1940- ), journalist; Nick Nolte (1941- ), actor; Robert Klein (1942- ), comedian/actor; Mary Steenburgen (1953- ), actress; John Grisham (1955- ), author; Gary Coleman (1968-2010), actor; Mary McCormack (1969- ), actress; Seth Green (1974- ), actor/ producer; Cecily Strong (1984- ), actress; Julio Jones (1989- ), football player; Klay Thompson (1990- ), basketball player. TODAY’S FACT: “Saturday Night Live” star Cecily Strong, who joined the NBC sketch-comedy series in 2012, is the longest member in the show’s 47-year history. T O D A Y ’ S SPORTS: In 1998, Finland beat Sweden 6-0 in the first women’s Olympic ice hockey game. T O D A Y ’ S QUOTE: “Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.” -- Jules Verne T O D A Y ’ S NUMBER: 1 million estimated youth membership of the Boy Scouts of America in 2022. TODAY’S MOON: Between full moon (Feb. 5) and last quarter moon (Feb. 13).