On This Day in History February 5, 2019

Historical Events 1576  Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV of France) abjures Catholicism at Tours 1885  News of the fall of Khartoum reaches London 1885  King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal colonial possession 1969  US population reaches 200 million More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Elizabeth Ryan (1891 - 1979) Jane Geddes 59th Birthday Neymar 27th Birthday Robert Peel (1788 - 1850) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths George Arliss (1868 - 1946) Gnassingbé Eyadéma (1935 - 2005) More Famous Deaths February 4: I'm Not Gay Insists 'Fruit-Flavoured, Mincing' Liberace Entertainer Liberace died on this day, going to his grave insisting he was not gay. But his death from AIDS told a different story . . . Read the Article