Today in History for 5th February 2018:
Historical Events
1936 – National Wildlife Federation forms
1953 – 5th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell and Helen Hayes win
1962 – Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16 degrees
1970 – WSCV TV channel 51 in Fort Lauderdale, FL (IND) suspends broadcasting
1991 – A Michigan court bars Dr Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides
1994 – 68 killed and 200 wounded after a mortar bomb is set off in Sarajevo
Famous Birthdays
1799 – John Lindley, English botanist (Elements of Botany)
1889 – Ioan Dumitru Chirescu, composer
1922 – Alain de Changy, Belgian racing driver (d. 1994)
1923 – Stephen J Cannell, TV producer/writer
1970 – Forey Duckett, NFL/WLAF cornerback/safety (Saints, Scot Claymores)
1972 – Koriki Ch?sh?, Japanese comedian
Famous Deaths
1721 – James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47
1822 – Ali Pasha of Janina, (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77
1881 – Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85
1972 – Marianne Moore, US poetess (Pulitzer 1951), dies at 84
1982 – Wies [Aloisius CA] Moens, Flemish writer/nazi, dies at 84
1995 – Doug Mcclure, US rodeo rider/actor (Trampas-Virginian), dies at 59