Tuesday, February 5, 2013

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – FEBRUARY 5


HISTORICAL EVENTS

1631 – Theologian and Rhode Island founder Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England.


1817 – First United States gas company is incorporate in Baltimore for coal gas for street lights.


1917 – The Immigration Act is passed over the veto of President Woodrow Wilson.



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1919 – United Artists is created by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Faribanks and D.W. Griffith.



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1937 – President Franklin Roosevelt announces "court-packing" plan.




FAMOUS BIRTHS


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1723 - Clergyman and signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Witherspoon, is born in Scotland.



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1840 – John Boyd Dunlop, inventor of the pneumatic rubber tire, is born in Scotland.




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1934 – Hank Aaron, MLB career home run leader, is born in Mobile AL.




FAMOUS DEATHS

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