1556 | Henry II of France and Philip of Spain sign the truce of Vaucelles. | |
1631 | A ship from Bristol, the Lyon, arrives with provisions for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. | |
1762 | Martinique, a major French base in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, surrenders to the British. | |
1783 | Sweden recognizes U.S. independence. | |
1846 | The first Pacific Coast newspaper, Oregon Spectator, is published. | |
1864 | Federal forces occupy Jackson, Miss. | |
1865 | The three-day Battle of Hatcher's Run, Va., begins. | |
1900 | The United States and Great Britain sign the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, giving the United States the right to build a canal in Nicaragua but not to fortify it. | |
1917 | U.S. Congress nullifies President Woordrow Wilson's veto of the Immigration Act; literacy tests are required. | |
1918 | The Soviets proclaim separation of church and state. | |
1922 | The Reader's Digest begins publication in New York. | |
1922 | William Larned's steel-framed tennis racquet gets its first test. | |
1945 | American and French troops destroy German forces in the Colmar Pocket in France. | |
1947 | The Soviet Union and Great Britain reject terms for an American trusteeship over Japanese Pacific Isles. | |
1952 | New York adopts three-colored traffic lights. | |
1961 | The Soviets launch Sputnik V, the heaviest satellite to date at 7.1 tons. | |
1968 | U.S. troops divide Viet Cong at Hue while the Saigon government claims they will arm loyal citizens. | |
1971 | Two Apollo 14 astronauts walk on the moon. | |
1972 | It is reported that the United States has agreed to sell 42 F-4 Phantom jets to Israel. | |
1974 | Patty Hearst is kidnapped at gunpoint. | |
1985 | U.S. halts a loan to Chile in protest over human rights abuses. |
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Today in History
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