Poor Gabriel's Almanac - February 5th

Interesting things that happened February 5th:

Birthdays on this date:

In 1788 Sir Robert Peel, British Prime Minister (1834-35, 1841-46), founder of "bobbies"
In 1837 Dwight Lyman Moody, evangelist, publisher
In 1840 John Boyd Dunlop, developed the pneumatic rubber tire
In 1848 Belle Starr, "Queen of the Outlaws" in the wild West
In 1878 Andre-Gustave Citroen, French automaker
In 1900 Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr., statesman, US ambassador to UN, presidential candidate (Democrat, 1952,56)
In 1914 William S. Burroughs, author (Naked Lunch)
In 1919 Red Buttons, comedian, actor
In 1934 Hank Aaron, baseball player
In 1939 Jane Bryant Quinn, financial writer
In 1942 Roger Staubach, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys 1969-79)
In 1946 Charlotte Rampling (in England), actor (The Verdict, Georgy Girl)
In 1948 Barbara Hershey (in Atlanta, Georgia), actor (The Portrait of a Lady)
+ Christopher Guest (in New York, New York), actor (SNL, This is Spinal Tap), Fifth Baron Haden-Guest of Saling
In 1969 Bobby Brown, singer, dancer

Events worth noting:

In 1631 Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, and his wife arrived in Boston from England.
In 1825 Hannah Lord Montague of New York grabs her scissors and creates the first detachable collar on one of her husband's shirts, in order to reduce her laundry load.
In 1861 The moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale.
In 1864 Federals occupy Jackson, Mississippi.
In 1887 Snow falls on San Francisco.
+ Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" previers.
In 1917 Signing of the Mexican constitution (legal holiday).
+ U.S. Congress overrides veto and passes the Immigration Act.
In 1921 Yankees purchase 20 acres in the Bronx for Yankee Stadium.
In 1937 FDR proposes enlarging Supreme Court, plan failed because critics feared it would allow "court packing" in his favor.
In 1971 Alan Shepard, 1st American in space, becomes 5th person to walk on the moon.
In 1983 After being expelled from Bolivia, former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie was brought to Lyon, France to stand trial for alleged war crimes.

And remember ...

Great American Pies Month
National Blah Buster Month
National Macadamia Nut Month
Wise Health Consumer Month

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