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Today in History: Friday, February\u00a0 05, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Feb. 5, 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell urged the U.N. Security Council to move against Iraq, saying that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and was harboring terrorists – claims that later turned out to be false.
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1881<\/td>\nPhoenix, Ariz., was incorporated.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1917<\/td>\nCongress passed, over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, a law severely curtailing the immigration of Asians.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1937<\/td>\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices. Critics charged that he was attempting to “pack” the court.<\/p>\n

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1958<\/td>\nGamel Abdel Nasser was nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic, a short-lived union of Syria and Egypt.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1988<\/td>\nThe Arizona House of Representatives impeached Gov. Evan Mecham, who was later convicted in the state Senate and removed from office.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nPanamanian military leader Gen. Manuel Noriega was indicted on bribery and drug trafficking charges in Florida.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nWhite separatist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in Jackson, Miss., of murdering civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963. He was sentenced to life in prison.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nInvestment bank Morgan Stanley announced a $10 billion merger with Dean Witter.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nFour disciples of Osama bin Laden went on trial in New York in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nA federal grand jury indicted John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban,” alleging that he was trained by Osama bin Laden’s network and that he conspired with the Taliban to kill Americans.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron turns 82 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Roger Staubach<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Mann<\/td>\nDirector<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Al Kooper<\/td>\nRock musician, singer (Blood, Sweat and Tears)<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charlotte Rampling<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christopher Guest<\/td>\nActor, screenwriter (“This is Spinal Tap”)<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barbara Hershey<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Wilkinson<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jennifer Granholm<\/td>\nFormer governor of Michigan<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tim Meadows<\/td>\nActor, comedian (“Saturday Night Live”)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jennifer Jason Leigh<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laura Linney<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Parnell<\/td>\nActor-comedian (“Saturday Night Live”)<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roberto Alomar<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bobby Brown<\/td>\nR&B singer<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Sheen<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sara Evans<\/td>\nCountry singer<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor-singer Darren Criss (“Glee”) turns 29 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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