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Three Cool Things, Two Births, Two Deaths on Your Birthday (from Wikipedia)
February 5
1778 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
1917 - The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
1978 - The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters ever to hit New England, forms.
Births
1934 - Don Cherry, Canadian NHL Hockey player and coach, and "CBC's Hockey Night in Canada" Commentator
1934 - Hank Aaron, baseball player
1948 - Christopher Guest, American actor, writer, director, and composer
Deaths
995 - William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)
1881 - Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (b. 1795)
1970 - Rudy York, baseball player (b. 1913)
February 5
1778 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
1917 - The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
1978 - The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters ever to hit New England, forms.
Births
1934 - Don Cherry, Canadian NHL Hockey player and coach, and "CBC's Hockey Night in Canada" Commentator
1934 - Hank Aaron, baseball player
1948 - Christopher Guest, American actor, writer, director, and composer
Deaths
995 - William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)
1881 - Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (b. 1795)
1970 - Rudy York, baseball player (b. 1913)