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February 5

1783 Sweden recognizes U.S. independence.

1864 Federal forces occupy Jackson, Miss.

1900 The United States and Great Britain sign the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, giving the United States the right to build a canal in Nicaragua but not to fortify it.

1917 U.S. Congress nullifies President Woordrow Wilson's veto of the Immigration Act; literacy tests are required.

1922 The Reader's Digest begins publication in New York.

1947 The Soviet Union and Great Britain reject terms for an American trusteeship over Japanese Pacific Isles.

1952 New York adopts three-colored traffic lights.

1971 Two Apollo 14 astronauts walk on the moon.


Born on February 5

1934 Hank Aaron, American hall of fame baseball player.


JOTD

A lumberjack went in to a magic forest to cut a tree
When he got there, he started to swing at a tree when it suddenly shouted, “Wait! I’m a talking tree!”
The lumberjack laughed and said, “And you will dialogue.”