Today In History

Sat., Feb. 5, 2000

In 1783: Sweden recognized the independence of the United States.

In 1917: Mexico’s constitution was adopted.

In 1917: Congress passed, over President Wilson’s veto, an immigration act severely curtailing the influx of Asians.

In 1937: President Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices; critics accused him of trying to “pack” the court.

In 1962: French President Charles De Gaulle called for Algeria’s independence.

In 1988: The Arizona House impeached Gov. Evan Mecham, setting the stage for his trial and conviction in the state Senate.

In 1994: White separatist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in Jackson, Miss., of murdering civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963, and was immediately sentenced to life in prison.

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