Talk:February 5

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February 5: Constitution Day in Mexico (1917)

• 1862 - Domnitor Alexander John Cuza (pictured) merged his two principalities, Wallachia and Moldavia, to form Romania.
• 1885 - King Leopold II of Belgium established the Congo Free State as his personal possession in Africa.
• 1924 - Hourly Greenwich Time Signals from the Royal Greenwich Observatory were first broadcast by the BBC.
• 1988 - The first Red Nose Day raised £15 million in the United Kingdom for charity.
• 2004 - The Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front captured the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti coup d'État.

Recent days: February 4 – February 3 – February 2

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