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.
Johnson was not wearing a seatbelt and speed is being considered a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation. The Virginia State Police report that a Ruther Glen man, Phillip D. Johnson, Jr., 28, died at the scene of a 1:52 a.m. crash Friday on Route 30, 40 feet east of Stephen Circle, in Caroline County.