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.
Dennis Wayne Gardner, 65, passed away at 6:15 a.m. July 1 at his home in Lima, Ohio. Dennis was born on June 25, 1949, in Butler to Dorothy Anderson Gardner of Slippery Rock and the late Clair Gardner. On Aug. 4, 1973, he married Dr. Pamela Kienle Gardner, who survives in Lima. Dennis was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served as a corpsman during the Vietnam War.