On This Day for February 5 - Punic Wars ended, Hank Aaron is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. February 05 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Hank Aaron READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 146 bce Punic Wars ended READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2020: After being impeached by the House of Representatives over his actions in the Ukraine scandal, Pres. Donald Trump was acquitted in the Senate. [Take our quiz about modern U.S. political scandals.] 2017: In the first overtime game in Super Bowl history, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots overcame a 25-point deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons. [How much do you know about the Super Bowl?] 2003: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell appeared before the United Nations Security Council to present evidence that Iraq possessed proscribed weapons of mass destruction and posed an immediate danger. [ Test your knowledge of weapons and warfare.] 1994: Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of killing civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963; Beckwith received a life sentence. [Read about key events in the civil rights movement.] 1985: Portuguese football (soccer) player Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the finest forwards of his generation, was born in Funchal, Portugal. [ Sort fact from fiction in our football (soccer) quiz.] 1914: American writer William S. Burroughs—whose experimental novels evoke, in deliberately erratic prose, a nightmarish, sometimes wildly humorous world—was born. [Can you name the author in our quiz?] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1985 Cristiano Ronaldo Portuguese football player 1992 Neymar Brazilian football player 1964 Laura Linney American actress 1914 William S. Burroughs American writer 1943 Michael Mann American director and screenwriter 1942 Roger Staubach American football player SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2021 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help