Wednesday, February 05, 2014

History for February 5

History for February 5 - On-This-Day.com:

Happy Birthday! Hank Aaron, Christopher Guest







1937 - U.S. President Roosevelt proposed enlarging the U.S. Supreme Court. The plan failed.
 

1987 - The Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 2,200-point for the first time. The market closed at 2201.49. 


1994 - White separatist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in Jackson, MS, of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. 


1997 - Investment bank Morgan Stanley announced a $10 billion merger with Dean Witter. 


2003 - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell presented evidence to the U.N. concerning Iraq's material breach of U.N. Resolution 1441.

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