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.
1918 : SS Tuscania, a luxury liner of the Cunard Line subsidiary Anchor Line, is torpedoed by the German U-boat UB-77 off the coast of Ireland, sending 210 people to their deaths; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk during World War I. [From MHQ—The Quarterly Journal of Military History]
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).
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.
1918 : SS Tuscania, a luxury liner of the Cunard Line subsidiary Anchor Line, is torpedoed by the German U-boat UB-77 off the coast of Ireland, sending 210 people to their deaths; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk during World War I. [From MHQ—The Quarterly Journal of Military History]
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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