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February 5, 2006 Super Bowl XL: Steelers defeat the Seahawks 21-10 February 5, 1998 Alberto Acciarito convicted of harassing his ex-wife Ingrid Rossellini February 5, 1998 Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record February 5, 1997 3 Swiss banks create $70 million Holocaust fund February 5, 1997 Brook Lee, Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe) February 5, 1995 Japan's Shinshinto Party wins local elections February 5, 1995 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 41-13 February 5, 1995 Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke: 27.77 February 5, 1994 "Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego," debuts on Fox TV February 5, 1994 Medgar Evers' murderer Byron De La Beckwith sentenced to life, in Jackson Miss, 30 years after the crime February 5, 1993 Grenade explodes in Sarajevo, killing 63 and injuring 160 February 5, 1993 James Woolsey, becomes 16th director of CIA February 5, 1992 Jury selection begins in the Los Angeles cops beating Rodney King case February 5, 1992 Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar February 5, 1992 Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win vs. India February 5, 1991 Michigan court bars Dr. Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides February 5, 1991 All American Bowl ends after 14 years February 5, 1991 Big East Football conference forms February 5, 1991 Joni Mitchel inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame February 5, 1991 LA King Dave Taylor becomes 29th NHler to score 1000 points February 5, 1991 Howard Stern kisses New York Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet, Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Superbowl February 5, 1990 Notre Dame becomes 1st team to sell its game to a major network (NBC) February 5, 1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points February 5, 1988 Andre beats Hulk Hogan in 1st prime-time wrestling match in 30 years February 5, 1988 Arizona House of Representatives vote to impeach Republican Gov Evan Mecham February 5, 1988 Panamanian Gen Manuel Noriega indicted by U.S. grand jury for drugs February 5, 1987 Dow Jones avg closes above 2,200 for 1st time February 5, 1987 Soyuz TM-2 launches February 5, 1986 Corazon Aquino and Ferdinand Marcos appear on "Nightline" February 5, 1984 NZ beat England (82 and 93) by an innings in 3 days February 5, 1984 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic February 5, 1983 Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial February 5, 1982 DEA announces seizure of 3,192 tons of marijuana, 495 people February 5, 1982 Laker Airways collapse owing 270M pounds ($351M) February 5, 1982 Suriname President Chin A Sen resigns and flees to Neth February 5, 1981 "Piaf" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 165 performances February 5, 1981 Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane February 5, 1981 Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy February 5, 1980 32nd NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit February 5, 1980 Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel February 5, 1979 Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time February 5, 1979 Sears Radio Theater premieres on CBS February 5, 1978 Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded February 5, 1977 "CB Savage" by Rod Hart peaks at #67 February 5, 1977 "Dis-Gorilla (part 1)" by Rick Dees peaks at #56 February 5, 1977 "In The Mood" by Henhouse 5 Plus Too (Ray Stevens) peaks at #40 February 5, 1977 "Turn Loose On My Leg" by Jim Stafford peaks at #98 February 5, 1977 "Up Your Nose" by Gabriel Kaplan peaks at #91 February 5, 1977 General Mills Adventure Theater premieres on CBS radio February 5, 1977 Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight February 5, 1977 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne February 5, 1977 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner February 5, 1976 Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies February 5, 1976 Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs and Ian Redpath February 5, 1974 British mine strike February 5, 1974 Mats Wermelin, Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win February 5, 1974 Maximum speed on Autobahn reduced to 100 kph February 5, 1974 Patty Hearst kidnapped February 5, 1974 U.S. Mariner 10 returns 1st close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure February 5, 1973 Comic strip "Hagar The Horrible" debuted February 5, 1973 Funeral for LC William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam War February 5, 1973 Juan Corona sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for 25 murders February 5, 1972 "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65 February 5, 1972 Bob Douglas is 1st black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame February 5, 1972 U.S. airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers and baggage February 5, 1971 Apollo 14, 3rd U.S. manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hrs February 5, 1970 1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six February 5, 1970 Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs. Australia, Durban February 5, 1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site February 5, 1970 WSCV TV channel 51 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (IND) suspends broadcasting February 5, 1969 "Turn-On," debuts and cancelled by ABC after flopping so badly February 5, 1969 U.S. population reaches 200 million February 5, 1969 Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, vp, gm and head coach of Redskins February 5, 1968 KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting February 5, 1968 Skater Kees Verkerk wins olympic gold in the 1500m February 5, 1967 "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC) February 5, 1967 Anastasio Somoza elected president of Nicaragua February 5, 1967 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren February 5, 1966 BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island February 5, 1965 Beursschouwburg opens in Brussels February 5, 1963 Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars February 5, 1963 Soviet lunar probe failure February 5, 1962 French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence February 5, 1962 Suit to bar Englewood New Jersey from "racial segregated" schools, filed February 5, 1962 Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16 degrees February 5, 1959 "Redhead" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 455 performances February 5, 1959 Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide February 5, 1958 Clifton R. Wharton confirmed as 1st U.S. black foreign minister (Romania) February 5, 1958 Gamel Abdel Nasser nominated 1st president of United Arab Republic February 5, 1958 Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, WI vs. Pakistan, Port-of-Spain February 5, 1958 Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km February 5, 1957 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Piano Concert February 5, 1956 7th Winter Olympic games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy February 5, 1956 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Havana Golf Open February 5, 1956 New York Mayor Robert Wagner and Brooklyn Boro President Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30M Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build February 5, 1954 WCDC TV channel 19 in Adams, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting February 5, 1953 "Peter Pan" by Walt Disney opens at Roxy Theater, New York City February 5, 1953 5th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell and Helen Hayes wins February 5, 1949 Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chic February 5, 1948 "Nature of Things" science show premieres on NBC prime time February 5, 1948 Dick Button becomes 1st U.S. figure skating Olympic champion February 5, 1948 Gretchen Fraser becomes 1st U.S. woman Olympic slalom champion February 5, 1947 Bolewet Beirut becomes president of Poland February 5, 1945 Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s) February 5, 1945 British premier Churchill arrives in Yalta, the Krim February 5, 1945 U.S. troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla February 5, 1944 358 RAF-bombers attack Stettin February 5, 1943 Amsterdam resistance group CS-6 shoots nazi general Seyffardt February 5, 1943 Clandestine Radio Atlantiksender, Germany, 1st transmission February 5, 1942 "Woman of the Year," starring Hepburn and Tracy opens at Radio City February 5, 1942 Braves get Tommy Holmes from Yanks for Buddy Hassett and Gene Moore February 5, 1941 Dutch Premier De Geer returns from Lisbon to Netherlands February 5, 1940 Gen Winckelman replaces Gen Reijnders as Dutch supreme commander February 5, 1940 Glenn Miller and his Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction" February 5, 1938 Hans Engnestangen skates world record 500m (41.8 sec) February 5, 1937 1st Charlie Chaplin talkie, "Modern Times," released February 5, 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes enlarging Supreme Court, "court packing" plan failed February 5, 1936 National Wildlife Federation forms February 5, 1933 Marinus van der Lubbe passes Dutch/German boundary February 5, 1931 Maxine Dunlap becomes 1st U.S. women to earn a glider pilot license February 5, 1930 5th Aliyah to Israel begins February 5, 1929 Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in SF February 5, 1927 Buster Keaton's movie "The General" released and bombed February 5, 1923 General mine strike against wage cuts in Saar February 5, 1923 Mass arrests of socialists and communists in Italy February 5, 1922 Reader's Digest magazine 1st published February 5, 1921 Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium February 5, 1919 NL President John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers February 5, 1918 1st U.S. pilot to down an enemy airplane, Stephen W. Thompson February 5, 1918 Separation of church and state begins in U.S.S.R. February 5, 1917 Congress overrides Wilson's veto, curtailing Asian immigration February 5, 1917 Morosco Theater opens at 217 W 45th St. New York City (demolished 1982) February 5, 1917 Present Mexican constitution adopted February 5, 1916 Enrico Caruso recorded "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Co February 5, 1911 Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam February 5, 1907 Arnold Schonberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna February 5, 1904 American occupation of Cuba ends February 5, 1901 Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot February 5, 1901 Pierpont Morgan forms U.S. Steel Corp February 5, 1900 British troops under Gen Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal February 5, 1897 Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel February 5, 1894 Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms February 5, 1893 Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec) February 5, 1887 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy February 5, 1887 Snow falls on San Francisco February 5, 1885 News of fall of Khartoum reaches London February 5, 1881 Phoenix Arizona incorporates February 5, 1879 Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow February 5, 1870 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia February 5, 1865 Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia (Armstrong's Mill, Dabney's Mill) February 5, 1864 Federals occupy Jackson, Mississippi February 5, 1861 1st moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale February 5, 1861 Kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, Phila February 5, 1861 Louisiana delegation except Mr. Bouligny withdraws from Congress February 5, 1855 British government of Palmerston forms February 5, 1850 Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, New York February 5, 1846 "Oregon Spectator" is 1st newspaper to be published on the West Coast February 5, 1831 Jan van Speijk blows up his gunboat in Antwerp, killing about 30 February 5, 1825 Hannah Lord Montague of New York creates 1st detachable shirt collar February 5, 1817 1st U.S. gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights) February 5, 1816 Rossini's Opera "Barber of Seville," premieres in Rome February 5, 1795 Zealand Netherlands surrenders to French general Michaud February 5, 1783 Earthquakes ravage Calabria, killing 30,000 February 5, 1783 Sweden recognizes U.S. independence February 5, 1782 Spanish take Minorca (western Mediterranean) from English February 5, 1778 Articles of Confederation ratified by 1st state, South Carolina February 5, 1777 Georgia becomes 1st U.S. state to abolish both entail and primogeniture February 5, 1736 Methodists John and Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia February 5, 1679 German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France February 5, 1663 Earthquake in Canada February 5, 1649 Prince of Wales becomes king Charles II February 5, 1644 1st U.S. livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut February 5, 1631 Rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England February 5, 1576 Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours February 5, 1572 Beggars assault Oisterwijk Neth, drive nuns out February 5, 1556 Kings Henri I and Philip II sign Treaty of Vaucelles February 5, 1512 French troops under Gaston de Foix rescues Bologna February 5, 1488 Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium February 5, 1428 King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons February 5, 816 Frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity |