History for February 5 - On-This-Day.com
Belle Starr 1848, William Burroughs 1914, Red Buttons (Aaron Chwatt) 1919
Henry "Hank" Aaron 1934, Roger Staubach 1942, Christopher Guest 1948
1861 - Samuel Goodale patented the moving picture peep show machine.
1885 - Congo State was established under Leopold II of Belgium, as a personal possession.
1917 - The U.S. Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1917 (Asiatic Barred Zone Act) with an overwhelming majority. The action overrode President Woodrow Wilson's December 14, 1916 veto.
1994 - White separatist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in Jackson, MS, of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
1997 - Investment bank Morgan Stanley announced a $10 billion merger with Dean Witter.
2001 - Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman announced their separation.
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