Today in History - History - February 5th

1984Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic

19881st prime-time wrestling match in 30 yrs-Andre beats Hulk Hogan

1997OJ Simpson found liable in the deaths of Ron Goldman & Nicole Simpson in a civil court action.

1887Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy

1937FDR proposes enlarging Supreme Court, "court packing" plan failed

1991Howard Stern kisses NY Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet, Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Superbowl

1649Prince of Wales proclaimed King Charles II of Great Britian by Covenanter Parliament of Scotland

1428King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons

2011Ed Sabol, co-founder of NFL Films, elected for enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

1945US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla

1891Elizabeth Ryan, Anaheim California, doubles tennis champ (6 time Wimbled)

1960Jane Geddes, Huntington New York, LPGA golfer (1987 Women's Kemper Open)

1985Cristiano Ronaldo, Funchal Portgual, Portuguese footballer

1992Neymar [da Silva Santos Júnior], Mogi das Cruzes, Brazilian footballer (FC Barcelona, Brazil)

1788Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM (1834-5; 41-46)/founder (British Conservative Party)/founder (Bobbies)

1915Robert Hofstadter, US atomic physicist

1723John Witherspoon, Gifford Scotland, president of the College of New Jersey (signed Declaration of Independence)

1934Don Cherry, Kingston Ontario, Canadian hockey commentator (Hockey Night in Canada)

1826US president Millard Fillmore (26) weds Abigail Powers (27)

1971Actress Judi Dench (36) weds actor Michael Williams (35) at St Mary's Catholic Church in Hampstead, London

1881Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85

2005Gnassingbé Eyadéma, President of Togo (b. 1937)