February 5
1811 - After George III was declared insane, his sone, the Prince of Wales became Prince Regent of England, and later King George IV.
1881 - The city of Phoenix, Arizona was incorporated.
1917 - Congress passed, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, a law severely curtailing the immigration of Asians into the country.
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.
1922 - The first edition of Reader’s Digest was published.
1937 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices; critics charged Roosevelt was attempting to "pack the court".
1958 - Gamel Abdel Nasser was nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic, a short-lived union of Syria and Egypt.
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.)
1988 - The Arizona House of Representatives impeached Gov. Evan Mecham, who was later convicted in the state Senate and removed from office.
1988 - Panamanian military leader Gen. Manuel Noriega was indicted on bribery and drug trafficking charges in Florida.
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 largest banks created a fund worth 100 million Swiss francs for Holocaust victims and their families.
1997 - Investment bank Morgan Stanley announced a $10 billion merger with Dean Witter.
2001 - Four disciples of Osama bin Laden went on trial in New York in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.
2002 - A federal grand jury indicted John Walker Lindh, the so-called "American Taliban," alleging that he was trained by Osama bin Laden's network and that he conspired with the Taliban to kill Americans.
2014 - CVS Caremark announced it would pull cigarettes and other tobacco products from its stores.
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 the two articles of impeachment. Just one Republican, Mitt Romney of Utah, broke with the GOP and voted to convict. The final vote on the charge of "abuse of power", 52-48 in favor of acquittal; the second count on "obstruction of justice" came in with a 53-47 vote in favor of acquittal.
2021 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that California could not enforce a ban on indoor church services because of the coronavirus pandemic; the justices declined to stop the state from barring singing and chanting at services.
Birthdays
30 - Nabilla Benattia (model)
33 - Jeremy Sumpter (actor)
35 - Henry Golding (actor)
35 - Alex Brightman (actor)
35 - Darren Criss (actor/singer)
37 - Cristiano Ronaldo (soccer player)
38 - Tyler Farr (singer)
42 - Tiwa Savage (singer)
51 - Sara Evans (singer)
52 - David Chisum (actor)
53 - Michael Sheen (actor)
53 - Bobby Brown (singer)
55 - Chris Parnell (actor/comedian)
56 - Jose Maria Olazabal (golfer)
58 - Laura Linney (actress)
60 - Jennifer Jason Leigh (actress)
61 - Tim Meadows (actor/comedian)
74 - Tom Wilkinson (actor)
74 - Christopher Guest (actor)
74 - Barbara Hershey (actress)
75 - Darrell Waltrip (race car driver)
76 - Charlotte Rampling (actress)
78 - Al Kooper (actor)
80 - Roger Staubach (football player)
81 - Barrett Strong (singer)
81 - 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 aired live in primetime, with Andre the Giant defeating Hulk Hogan.
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the first player in NBA history to score 38,000 points.
1990 - NBC television acquired the broadcast rights to all of Notre Dame's home football games for the next five years. Notre Dame became the first school to sell its TV rights to a major TV network.
1991 - Dave Taylor (Los Angeles Kings) became only the 29th NHL player to score 1,000 career points.
1994 - Peter Bondra (Washington Capitals) became the 10th player in NHL history to score four goals in one period.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) became the seventh player to score 600 career goals.
1998 - Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed an agreement to purchase the Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record.
2003 - Bob Knight (Texas Tech) coached his 800th victory.
2003 - Mike Modano (Dallas Stars) got his 600th career assist making him only the second American-born player to get 400 goals and 600 assists. Jeremy Roenick was the first American-born player to achieve the feat.
2006 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 in Detroit to win Super Bowl XL.
2011 - Ed Sabol, co-rounder of NFL Films, is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
2012 - The New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots 21-17 to win Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis.
2017 - Tom Brady led one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, highlighted by a Julian Edelman catch that helped lift the New England Patriots from a 25-point deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 in overtime to win Super Bowl LI in Houston. It was the first ever Super Bowl to go into overtime.
1811 - After George III was declared insane, his sone, the Prince of Wales became Prince Regent of England, and later King George IV.
1881 - The city of Phoenix, Arizona was incorporated.
1917 - Congress passed, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, a law severely curtailing the immigration of Asians into the country.
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.
1922 - The first edition of Reader’s Digest was published.
1937 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices; critics charged Roosevelt was attempting to "pack the court".
1958 - Gamel Abdel Nasser was nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic, a short-lived union of Syria and Egypt.
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.)
1988 - The Arizona House of Representatives impeached Gov. Evan Mecham, who was later convicted in the state Senate and removed from office.
1988 - Panamanian military leader Gen. Manuel Noriega was indicted on bribery and drug trafficking charges in Florida.
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 largest banks created a fund worth 100 million Swiss francs for Holocaust victims and their families.
1997 - Investment bank Morgan Stanley announced a $10 billion merger with Dean Witter.
2001 - Four disciples of Osama bin Laden went on trial in New York in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.
2002 - A federal grand jury indicted John Walker Lindh, the so-called "American Taliban," alleging that he was trained by Osama bin Laden's network and that he conspired with the Taliban to kill Americans.
2014 - CVS Caremark announced it would pull cigarettes and other tobacco products from its stores.
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 the two articles of impeachment. Just one Republican, Mitt Romney of Utah, broke with the GOP and voted to convict. The final vote on the charge of "abuse of power", 52-48 in favor of acquittal; the second count on "obstruction of justice" came in with a 53-47 vote in favor of acquittal.
2021 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that California could not enforce a ban on indoor church services because of the coronavirus pandemic; the justices declined to stop the state from barring singing and chanting at services.
Birthdays
30 - Nabilla Benattia (model)
33 - Jeremy Sumpter (actor)
35 - Henry Golding (actor)
35 - Alex Brightman (actor)
35 - Darren Criss (actor/singer)
37 - Cristiano Ronaldo (soccer player)
38 - Tyler Farr (singer)
42 - Tiwa Savage (singer)
51 - Sara Evans (singer)
52 - David Chisum (actor)
53 - Michael Sheen (actor)
53 - Bobby Brown (singer)
55 - Chris Parnell (actor/comedian)
56 - Jose Maria Olazabal (golfer)
58 - Laura Linney (actress)
60 - Jennifer Jason Leigh (actress)
61 - Tim Meadows (actor/comedian)
74 - Tom Wilkinson (actor)
74 - Christopher Guest (actor)
74 - Barbara Hershey (actress)
75 - Darrell Waltrip (race car driver)
76 - Charlotte Rampling (actress)
78 - Al Kooper (actor)
80 - Roger Staubach (football player)
81 - Barrett Strong (singer)
81 - 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 aired live in primetime, with Andre the Giant defeating Hulk Hogan.
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the first player in NBA history to score 38,000 points.
1990 - NBC television acquired the broadcast rights to all of Notre Dame's home football games for the next five years. Notre Dame became the first school to sell its TV rights to a major TV network.
1991 - Dave Taylor (Los Angeles Kings) became only the 29th NHL player to score 1,000 career points.
1994 - Peter Bondra (Washington Capitals) became the 10th player in NHL history to score four goals in one period.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) became the seventh player to score 600 career goals.
1998 - Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed an agreement to purchase the Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record.
2003 - Bob Knight (Texas Tech) coached his 800th victory.
2003 - Mike Modano (Dallas Stars) got his 600th career assist making him only the second American-born player to get 400 goals and 600 assists. Jeremy Roenick was the first American-born player to achieve the feat.
2006 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 in Detroit to win Super Bowl XL.
2011 - Ed Sabol, co-rounder of NFL Films, is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
2012 - The New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots 21-17 to win Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis.
2017 - Tom Brady led one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, highlighted by a Julian Edelman catch that helped lift the New England Patriots from a 25-point deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 in overtime to win Super Bowl LI in Houston. It was the first ever Super Bowl to go into overtime.
