Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On February 5, 1958, an Air Force crew jettisoned a multi-megaton bomb into Georgia waters, where it still rests.
On February 5, 1924, six little tones from Greenwich gave Britain a way to set its clocks over the airwaves.
On February 5, 1631, the young minister who would champion religious liberty stepped ashore in Massachusetts.
