Monday, February 05, 2018

History for February 5

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History for February 5 - On-This-Day.com:
Robert Peel 1788, John Boyd Dunlop 1840, Andre-Gustave Citroen 1878

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 Henry "Hank" Aaron 1934, Roger Staubach 1942, Barbara Hershey 1948
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 1885 - Congo State was established under Leopold II of Belgium, as a personal possession.
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 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.
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 1953 - The Walt Disney’s film "Peter Pan" opened at the Roxy Theatre in New York City.
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 1958 - Gamel Abdel Nasser was formally nominated to become the first president of the United Arab Republic.
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 1972 - Bob Douglas became the first black man elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA.
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 1988 - A pair of indictments were unsealed in Florida, accusing Panama's military leader, Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, of bribery and drug trafficking.
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 1997 - Investment bank Morgan Stanley announced a $10 billion merger with Dean Witter.
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 2003 - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell presented evidence to the U.N. concerning Iraq's material breach of U.N. Resolution 1441.
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