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Thursday, 5 February 2015

Today In History [5th February, 2015]


A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.

February 5
1556           Henry II of France and Philip of Spain sign the truce of Vaucelles.
1631           A ship from Bristol, the Lyon, arrives with provisions for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1762           Martinique, a major French base in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, surrenders to the British.
1783           Sweden recognizes U.S. independence.
1846           The first Pacific Coast newspaper, Oregon Spectator, is published.
1864           Federal forces occupy Jackson, Miss.
1865           The three-day Battle of Hatcher's Run, Va., begins.
1900           The United States and Great Britain sign the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, giving the United States the right to build a canal in Nicaragua but not to fortify it.
1917           U.S. Congress nullifies President Woordrow Wilson's veto of the Immigration Act; literacy tests are required.
1918           The Soviets proclaim separation of church and state.
1922           The Reader's Digest begins publication in New York.
1922           William Larned's steel-framed tennis racquet gets its first test.
1945           American and French troops destroy German forces in the Colmar Pocket in France.
1947           The Soviet Union and Great Britain reject terms for an American trusteeship over Japanese Pacific Isles.
1952           New York adopts three-colored traffic lights.
1961           The Soviets launch Sputnik V, the heaviest satellite to date at 7.1 tons.
1968           U.S. troops divide Viet Cong at Hue while the Saigon government claims they will arm loyal citizens.
1971           Two Apollo 14 astronauts walk on the moon.
1972           It is reported that the United States has agreed to sell 42 F-4 Phantom jets to Israel.
1985           U.S. halts a loan to Chile in protest over human rights abuses.

Born on February 5
1723           John Witherspoon, Declaration of Independence signer.
1788           Sir Robert Peel, British prime minister.
1837           Dwight L. Moody, evangelist, founder of the Moody Bible Institute.
1848           Belle Starr, Western outlaw.
1872           Lafayette Benedict Mendel, biochemist.
1898           Ralph McGill, editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution.
1900           Adlai E. Stevenson II, Illinois governor and presidential candidate.
1914           Sir Alan Hodgin, English physiologist and biophysicist.
1915           Robert Hofstadter, physicist who won the Nobel prize in 1961 for his studies of neutrons and protons.
1926           Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, longtime New York Times publisher.
1934           Hank Aaron, American hall of fame baseball player.
1938           John Guare, playwright (The House of Blue Leaves).

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