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.
Cause of death: Bobbi Kristina Brown died of a combination of alcohol, drugs and drowning, according to her autopsy. The 22 year old pictured above in 2011 with her mother Whitney Houston. Discovery: Bobbi Kristina was home with her boyfriend Nick Gordon when she was found unconscious in a bathtub on January 2015.