In the case of Scotland, use of a blue background for the Saint Andrew's Cross is said to date from at least the 15th century, with the first certain illustration of a flag depicting such appearing in Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount 's Register of Scottish Arms, circa 1542.
Dennis Johnson, a brilliant defensive player who helped propel the Seattle SuperSonics and the to N.B.A. championships, died yesterday in Austin, Tex. He was 52. The cause was a heart attack, the National Basketball Association said.
Associated Press September 04, 2015. DETROIT â Dennis Hale, the lone survivor of a 1966 Great Lakes shipwreck, has died of cancer. He was 75. Barb Hale told the Detroit Free Press that her husband died Wednesday in Ashtabula, Ohio. She said he was an âinspiration to many.â.