February 5 - The Day in History

February 5: General Interest
1994: Beckwith convicted of killing Medgar Evers

On this day in 1994, white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith is convicted in the murder of African-American civil rights leader Medgar Evers, over 30 years after the crime occurred... read more


American Revolution
1777 : Georgia constitution abolishes primogeniture and entail
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/georgia-constitution-abolishes-primogeniture-and-entail

Automotive
1878 : The "French Henry Ford" born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-french-henry-ford-born

Civil War
1865 : Battle of Dabney's Mill begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-dabneys-mill-hatchers-run

Cold War
1989 : The last Soviet troops leave Kabul
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-last-soviet-troops-leave-kabul

Crime
1994 : Medger Evers' killer is convicted
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/medger-evers-killer-is-convicted
2012 : Husband of missing Utah woman kills self and two young sons
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/husband-of-missing-utah-woman-kills-self-and-two-young-sons

Disaster
1783 : Earthquake devastates southern Italy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-devastates-southern-italy

General Interest
1631 : Roger Williams arrives in America
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roger-williams-arrives-in-america
1917 : Mexican constitution proclaimed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mexican-constitution-proclaimed
1917 : Immigration act passed over Wilson's veto
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/immigration-act-passed-over-wilsons-veto
1937 : Roosevelt announces "court-packing" plan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roosevelt-announces-court-packing-plan
1988 : Noriega indicted on U.S. drug charges
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/noriega-indicted-on-us-drug-charges

Hollywood
1919 : United Artists created
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-artists-created

Literary
1928 : Andrew Greeley is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/andrew-greeley-is-born

Music
1957 : The American Invasion begins, as Bill Haley and the Comets storm Britain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-american-invasion-begins-as-bill-haley-and-the-comets-storm-britain

Old West
1883 : Southern Pacific Railroad completes "Sunset Route"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/southern-pacific-railroad-completes-sunset-route

Presidential
1826 : Millard Fillmore marries Abigail Powers
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/millard-fillmore-marries-abigail-powers

Sports
1934 : Hank Aaron is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hank-aaron-is-born

Vietnam War
1960 : South Vietnam requests more support
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnam-requests-more-support
1975 : North Vietnamese begin preparations for offensive
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-begin-preparations-for-offensive

World War I
1918 : U.S. steamship Tuscania is torpedoed and sinks
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-steamship-tuscania-is-torpedoed-and-sinks

World War II
1941 : Hitler to Mussolini: Fight harder!
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-to-mussolini-fight-harder