Today in History for 5th February 2022

Historical Events

1663 - Charlevoix Earthquake in Quebec, felt strongly in New England
1864 - Danish army begins its withdrawal from Danevirke to Dybbøl through driven snow, last time the Danes would occupy Danevirke, symbol of Danish identity
1919 - NL President John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers
1962 - Suit to bar Englewood NJ from "racial segregated" schools, filed
2004 - Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion
2020 - US Senate votes to acquit President Donald Trump 52-48 on charges of abuse of power and 53-47 on obstruction of Congress

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Famous Birthdays

1867 - Casper Andries Lingbeek, Dutch politician and preacher
1902 - Bronislaw Kaper, Polish film composer and Academy Award winner (Green Dolphin Street, Lili), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1983)
1948 - Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager and player, born in Sunne, Sweden
1959 - Glenn Dubis, American sport shooter (Olympics 1984, 88, 96), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
1981 - Mia Hansen-Løve, French film director and actress (Things to Come), born in Paris, France
1985 - Lindsey Cardinale, American singer, born in Hammond, Louisiana

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Famous Deaths

1775 - Eusebius Amort, German Roman Catholic theologian, dies at 82
1977 - Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (b. 1894)
1977 - Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67
1982 - Wies [Aloisius CA] Moens, Flemish writer/nazi, dies at 84
1995 - Judith Fluks, Amsterdam's activist, dies
2010 - Harry Schwarz, South African lawyer, politician and diplomat, leader of the anti-apartheid movement (b. 1924).

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