On This Day in History February 5, 2020

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 Adlai Stevenson II (1900 - 1965) Cristiano Ronaldo 35th Birthday John Witherspoon (1723 - 1794) Robert Peel (1788 - 1850) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths George Arliss (1868 - 1946) Gnassingbé Eyadéma (1935 - 2005) More Famous Deaths