Elizabeth I dies and James VI of Scotland accedes to the English throne. Elizabeth I died childless so was succeeded by her cousin, James VI of Scotland, who henceforth assumed the title of James I of England as well.
T minus zero means out of time.. This comes from a countdown convention used in by both the American military and NASA. Generally, it is used when counting down to a major event that will happen at a specific time. Mathematically, T is time, minus whatever amount of time is left until the event happens.
An alternative to the other answers is that the T is a character to be displayed or printed after the numeric value to represent a specific state, similar to use of CR for credit value or a trailing '-' to indicate a negative value. share | improve this answer. answered May 20 '11 at 13:40.