February 05

Tuesday 05, 1991:

A Michigan court bars Dr. Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides.

Friday 05, 1971:

Apollo 14 lands on the Moon.

Wednesday 05, 1958:

A hydrogen bomb known as Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.

Sunday 05, 1922:

DeWitt and Lila Wallace publish the first issue of Reader's Digest. (Some sources say February 7.)

Thursday 05, 1778:

South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.

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