On February 5th in History
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On February 5th in 1994 - White separatist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in Jackson, MS, of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers
On February 5th in 1997 - Investment bank Morgan Stanley announced a $10 billion merger with Dean Witter
On February 5th in 1997 - OJ Simpson found liable in the deaths of Ron Goldman & Nicole Simpson in a civil court action
On February 5th in 2003 - Secretary of State Colin Powell presented evidence to the U.N. concerning Iraq's material breach of U.N. Resolution 1441
On February 5th in 2008 - A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States leaves at least 58 dead, the most since the May 31, 1985 outbreak that killed 88
On February 5th in 2009 - The United States Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef.
On February 5th in 2013 - The US Postal Service announces the cessation of Saturday first-class mail delivery from August 2013
On February 5th in 2014 - President Obama and journalists globally call for the release of 3 Al Jazeera journalists detained in Egypt
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