MONDAY, Feb. 5, 2024

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

1512-French troops under Gaston de Foix rescues Bologna

1922-Reader's Digest magazine 1st published

1945-U.S. troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla

1953-"Peter Pan" by Walt Disney opens at Roxy Theater, NYC

1970-U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1974-British mine strike

1974-Maximum speed on Autobahn reduced to 100 kph

1980-Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel

1983-Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial

1986-Corazon Aquino & Ferdinand Marcos appear on "Nightline"

1989-Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points

1992-Jury selection begins in the Los Angeles cops beating Rodney King case

1993-Grenade explodes in Sarajevo, killing 63 & injuring 160

1995-Japan's Shinshinto Party win local elections

1998-Alberto Acciarito convicted of harassing his ex-wife Ingrid Rossellini