February 5: Congo Taken as a Personal Possession and the US population Reaches 200m

On This Day in History February 5, 2021 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 Cristiano Ronaldo 36th Birthday John Witherspoon (1723 - 1794) Nolan Bushnell 78th Birthday Robert Peel (1788 - 1850) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths George Arliss (1868 - 1946) Kirk Douglas (1916 - 2020) More Famous Deaths Weekly Quiz for February 3 - 9 In 1870 the US ratified the 15th amendment to the constitution, what did it then do? From which university did Mark Zuckerberg launch Facebook in 2004? Take the Quiz You Might Like Take Our Weekly Quiz You received this email because you opted in at our website, OnThisDay.com Update Your Preferences | Unsubscribe © 2021 OnThisDay.com 2 Acacia Place, Tauranga 3110, New Zealand