February 5
1811 - After George III was declared insane his son, the Prince of Wales, became Prince Regent of England, and later King George IV.
1917 - Congress passed, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, an act severely curtailing Asian immigration.
1917 - Mexico adopted its present constitution.
1918 - During World War I, the Cunard liner SS Tuscania, which was transporting about 2,000 American troops to Europe, was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the Irish Sea with the loss of more than 200 people.
1937 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices, a move many decried as "packing the court." (Congress ultimately rejected the proposal.)
1971 - Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell stepped onto the surface of the moon in the first of two lunar excursions.
1973 - Services were held at Arlington National Cemetery for U.S. Army Col. William B. Nolde, the last official American combat casualty before the Vietnam cease-fire took effect.
1983 - Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie, expelled from Bolivia, was brought to Lyon, France, to stand trial. (He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison — he died in 1991.)
1993 - President Bill Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act, granting workers up to 12 weeks unpaid leave for family emergencies.
1994 - Byron De La Beckwith was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Medgar Evers, 30 years after the crime in Jackson, Mississippi.
1997 - Under international pressure, three of Switzerland's biggest banks created a fund worth 100 million Swiss francs for Holocaust victims and their families.
2014 - CVS Caremark announced it would pull cigarettes and other tobacco products from its stores.
2018 - Jerome Powell was sworn in as the 16th chairman of the Federal Reserve.
2020 - The U.S. Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump, bringing to a close the third presidential trial in American history, though a majority of senators expressed unease with Trump's pressure campaign on Ukraine that resulted in two articles of impeachment. Just one Republican, Mitt Romney of Utah, broke with the GOP and voted to convict.
2022 - On the eve of the celebration of her 70th anniversary on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II offered her support to have the Duchess of Cornwall become known as Queen Camilla, a significant decision in shaping the future of the British monarchy.
2023 - Beyoncé won her 32nd Grammy to become the most decorated artist in the history of the award.
Birthdays
35 - Jeremy Sumpter (actor)
37 - Henry Golding (actor)
37 - Alex Brightman (actor)
37 - Darren Criss (actor/singer)
39 - Cristiano Ronaldo (soccer player)
40 - Tyler Farr (singer)
53 - Sara Evans (singer)
54 - David Chisum (actor)
55 - Michael Sheen (actor)
55 - Bobby Brown (singer)
57 - Chris Parnell (actor/comedian)
58 - Jose Maria Olazabal (golfer)
60 - Laura Linney (actress)
62 - Jennifer Jason Leigh (actress)
63 - Tim Meadows (actor/comedian)
76 - Christopher Guest (actor)
76 - Barbara Hershey (actress)
77 - Darrell Waltrip (race car driver)
78 - Charlotte Rampling (actress)
80 - Al Kooper (singer)
82 - Roger Staubach (football player)
83 - David Selby (actor)
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Today in Sports History - February 5
1950 - Dick Irvin (Montreal Canadiens) became the first NHL coach to win 500 games. He ended his career with 690 wins.
1972 - Bob Douglas became the first black man elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1988 - For the first time in 30 years, a professional wrestling match was aired on primetime national television, with Andre the Giant defeating Hulk Hogan.
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the first NBA player to score 38,000 points.
1990 - NBC obtained the television rights to all of Notre Dame's home football games for the next five years. Notre Dame became the first school to sell its games to a major TV network.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) became the seventh player to score 600 career goals.
2003 - Bob Knight (Texas Tech) coached his 800th victory.
2006 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 to win Super Bowl XL, the fifth championship in franchise history.
2011 - Ed Sabol, co-founder of NFL Films, is elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
2012 - The New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots 21-17 to win Super Bowl XLVI.
2017 - At Super Bowl LI, Tom Brady led one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, highlighted by a spectacular Julian Edelman catch that helped lift New England from a 25-point hole against the Atlanta Falcons to the Patriots' fifth Super Bowl victory, 34-28, the first ever in overtime.
1811 - After George III was declared insane his son, the Prince of Wales, became Prince Regent of England, and later King George IV.
1917 - Congress passed, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, an act severely curtailing Asian immigration.
1917 - Mexico adopted its present constitution.
1918 - During World War I, the Cunard liner SS Tuscania, which was transporting about 2,000 American troops to Europe, was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the Irish Sea with the loss of more than 200 people.
1937 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices, a move many decried as "packing the court." (Congress ultimately rejected the proposal.)
1971 - Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell stepped onto the surface of the moon in the first of two lunar excursions.
1973 - Services were held at Arlington National Cemetery for U.S. Army Col. William B. Nolde, the last official American combat casualty before the Vietnam cease-fire took effect.
1983 - Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie, expelled from Bolivia, was brought to Lyon, France, to stand trial. (He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison — he died in 1991.)
1993 - President Bill Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act, granting workers up to 12 weeks unpaid leave for family emergencies.
1994 - Byron De La Beckwith was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Medgar Evers, 30 years after the crime in Jackson, Mississippi.
1997 - Under international pressure, three of Switzerland's biggest banks created a fund worth 100 million Swiss francs for Holocaust victims and their families.
2014 - CVS Caremark announced it would pull cigarettes and other tobacco products from its stores.
2018 - Jerome Powell was sworn in as the 16th chairman of the Federal Reserve.
2020 - The U.S. Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump, bringing to a close the third presidential trial in American history, though a majority of senators expressed unease with Trump's pressure campaign on Ukraine that resulted in two articles of impeachment. Just one Republican, Mitt Romney of Utah, broke with the GOP and voted to convict.
2022 - On the eve of the celebration of her 70th anniversary on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II offered her support to have the Duchess of Cornwall become known as Queen Camilla, a significant decision in shaping the future of the British monarchy.
2023 - Beyoncé won her 32nd Grammy to become the most decorated artist in the history of the award.
Birthdays
35 - Jeremy Sumpter (actor)
37 - Henry Golding (actor)
37 - Alex Brightman (actor)
37 - Darren Criss (actor/singer)
39 - Cristiano Ronaldo (soccer player)
40 - Tyler Farr (singer)
53 - Sara Evans (singer)
54 - David Chisum (actor)
55 - Michael Sheen (actor)
55 - Bobby Brown (singer)
57 - Chris Parnell (actor/comedian)
58 - Jose Maria Olazabal (golfer)
60 - Laura Linney (actress)
62 - Jennifer Jason Leigh (actress)
63 - Tim Meadows (actor/comedian)
76 - Christopher Guest (actor)
76 - Barbara Hershey (actress)
77 - Darrell Waltrip (race car driver)
78 - Charlotte Rampling (actress)
80 - Al Kooper (singer)
82 - Roger Staubach (football player)
83 - David Selby (actor)
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Today in Sports History - February 5
1950 - Dick Irvin (Montreal Canadiens) became the first NHL coach to win 500 games. He ended his career with 690 wins.
1972 - Bob Douglas became the first black man elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1988 - For the first time in 30 years, a professional wrestling match was aired on primetime national television, with Andre the Giant defeating Hulk Hogan.
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the first NBA player to score 38,000 points.
1990 - NBC obtained the television rights to all of Notre Dame's home football games for the next five years. Notre Dame became the first school to sell its games to a major TV network.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) became the seventh player to score 600 career goals.
2003 - Bob Knight (Texas Tech) coached his 800th victory.
2006 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 to win Super Bowl XL, the fifth championship in franchise history.
2011 - Ed Sabol, co-founder of NFL Films, is elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
2012 - The New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots 21-17 to win Super Bowl XLVI.
2017 - At Super Bowl LI, Tom Brady led one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, highlighted by a spectacular Julian Edelman catch that helped lift New England from a 25-point hole against the Atlanta Falcons to the Patriots' fifth Super Bowl victory, 34-28, the first ever in overtime.
