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 ​ ​​Serina Whitehouse  On Saturday February 5, 1995 at 2:52 in the afternoon, Serina Whitehouse was born. Her parents Paula and Tommy Whitehouse, at Waynesboro Hospital, welcomed her. Her siblings, Christina and Timothy Whitehouse, also welcomed her. She was eighteen inches, and six point seven five pounds. It was a chilly day with a low temperature of nine point nine degrees Fahrenheit and a high of twenty-nine point eight degrees Fahrenheit. There was a visibility of eleven point three MI, a wind speed of eighteen point thirty MPH, and a dew point of four point five degrees Fahrenheit. =__February 5, 1777 Georgia Constitution Abolishes Primogeniture and Entail __= On this day Georgia finally adopts a new constitution and becomes the first state to get rid of the inheritance practices of primogeniture and entail. These were the practices stating the eldest son inherited everything after his father’s death. They changed it to, equally dividing it among the children and the widow. =__February 5,1783 Earthquake Devastates Southern Italy __= The massive earthquake in Italy left about eighty thousand dead, and one hundred eighty communities were destroyed. It estimated seven point five to eight point zero-magnitude quake struck at about one P.M. in the Calabria Province. Witnesses say, “Two Mountains on the opposite sides of a valley, walked from their original positions until they met in the middle of the plain, and their joining together, intercepted the coarse of a river.” The tsunami following the earthquake killed thousands in the city of Reggio di Calabria and Messina. =__February 5, 1826 Millard Fillmore Marries Abigail Powers __= On this day, Milliard, who later became our thirteenth president, married Abigail, a preacher’s daughter. At the age of twenty-one, she enrolled in New York’s New Hope Academy, which is where they met. They had two kids name Milliard Powers Fillmore Jr. and Mary Abigail. Fillmore was president for only one term because of a tragic incident. His inauguration was held outside in the freezing cold, and Abigail became ill with pneumonia and died shortly after. =__ February 5, 1865 Hatcher’s Run __= Hatcher’s Run was another attempt by Union General Ulysses S. Grant to get back Petersburg and Richmond VA. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee pounded each other as they went south of the cities. The Union had two thousand killed, wounded, or captured. The Confederates lost one thousand. =__February 5, 1883 Southern Pacific Railroad Completes “Sunset Route” __= The Southern Pacific Railroad completed its transcontinental “Sunset Route” from New Orleans to California naming its dominance over other railways. The Southern Pacific Railroad controlled eighty-five percent of California’s railroad mileage. It helped build California’s economy for decades. =__ <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">February 5, 1918 U.S. Steamship Tuscania is Torpedoed and Sinks __= <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">On February 5, 1918 the Anchor line steamship Tuscania was bound for Europe. It was traveling as part of a British convoy and was transporting over two thousand American Soldiers. It was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Ireland by the German Submarine U-77. =__<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">February 5, 1919 Chaplin, Pickford, Fairbanks, and Griffith Launch United Artists __= <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">On February 5, 1919 Hollywood superstars Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and director D.W. Griffith launched United Artists Corporation. United Artists was the first studio to be run by artists, not businessmen. In 1992, the French bank Lyonnais bought the company and changed the name to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. =__<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">February 5, 1928 Andrew Greeley is Born __= <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">On this day, Catholic priest and novelist Andrew Greeley is born in Oak Park, Illinois. He was raised in an Irish Catholic community in Chicago and became a priest in 1954. As well as being a priest, he wrote nonfiction novels about religion and sociology, and soon turned to fiction. He has published more than one hundred nonfiction books. He donated one point five million dollars of his earnings to the university in Chicago, and one million dollars to inner city Chicago schools. =__ <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">February 5, 1934 Hank Aaron is Born __= <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">On this day, Henry Louis Aaron Jr. the baseball slugger who broke Babe Ruth’s record of seven hundred seventeen homers is born in Mobile, Alabama. He began his pro years in the Negro League and joined the Milwaukee Braves in 1954. He was inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1982. =__<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">February 5, 1941 Hitler to Mussolini: Fight Harder! __= On this day Adolf Hitler scolds his Axis partner Benito Mussolini for allowing his troops to retreat when facing Britain in Libya. Mussolini turned to the Italians for help and Italy soon became a “junior” partner of Germany. After battling with Britain, twenty thousand men were wounded, and one hundred thirty thousand were killed or taken prisoner. =__<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">February 5, 1952 First Don’t Walk Sign Installed __= The first Don’t Walk Sign was installed on February 5, 1952 in New York City. The city put the signs in due to the growing population of pedestrians. Now, pedestrians are issued a fifty-dollar fine if they walk, or run when faced with a Don’t Walk Sign. =__<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">February 5, 1960 South Vietnam Requests More Support __= The South Vietnamese government requests that Washington doubles US Military assistance and Advisory group from three hundred forty-two to six hundred eighty-five. (MAAG-Vietnam) The groups were formed on November 1, 1955 to provide military help for South Vietnam. MAAG-Vietnam has US Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps elements to offer advice and assistance to the South Vietnamese Ministry of Defense, Joint General Staff, and District Headquarters. =__<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">February 5, 1989 The Last Soviet Troops Leave Kabul __= <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">On this date, an important move officially ending the nearly decade long Soviet invasion in Afghanistan occurred. Two weeks later all Soviet troops departed Afghanistan ending Russia’s “Vietnam.” They were fighting Muslim rebels, and over thirteen thousand Russians lost their lives. =__ February 5, 1994 Medgar Evers’ Killer is Convicted __= Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. After four years of legal maneuvering, Beckwith was convicted and given a life sentence by a racially diverse jury in 1994. Beckwith died in prison in 2001 at the age of eighty. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">** February 5, 1995 Serina Whitehouse is Born ** __

=//__<span style="color: #0481b9; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Population __//= <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The total population for the U.S. in 1995 was 301,621,157 people. California ranks number one with 36,553,215 people and Texas is right behind them with 23,904,380 people. Our population is mostly made up of females. There are 152,981,937 females, and 148,639,22 males. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; msoansilanguage: EN-USmso-bidi-language;"> //__<span style="color: #0481b9; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Invention __// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; msoansilanguage: EN-USmso-bidi-language;">On May 23, 1995, the Java Programming Language was announced to the world. It was originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems. One characteristic of Java is portability, which means the computer program written in Java must run on any supported hardware platform. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; msoansilanguage: EN-USmso-bidi-language;"> //__<span style="color: #0481b9; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; msoansilanguage: EN-USmso-bidi-language;">Invention __// <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; msoansilanguage: EN-USmso-bidi-language;">On January 30, 1995, the National Institutes of Health announced success of their clinical trials testing the first preventative treatment for sickle cell anemia. Three hundred patients with severe sickle cell anemia participated in the study. They were given an anti-cancer drug called hydroxyurea. //__<span style="color: #0481b9; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">President and Vice-President __// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; msoansilanguage: EN-USmso-bidi-language;">The president in 1995 was William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton. He was impeached, and charged with perjury, and obstruction of justice during his presidency. Even when his presidency was up, he remained active in political fairs. The vice president was Al Gore. //__<span style="color: #0481b9; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Winner of the World Series and Sore __// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; msoansilanguage: EN-USmso-bidi-language;">In 1995, Atlanta took on Cleveland in the World Series. The game ended with a score of 4-2. Atlanta ended up walking away with the title. //__<span style="color: #0481b9; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Winner of the Super Bowl and Score __// <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; msoansilanguage: EN-USmso-bidi-language;">The San Francisco 49ers beat the San Diego Chargers 49-26 in Super Bowl XXIX. The coach of the winning team was George Seifert. Super Bowl XXIX was played at the Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, FL. media type="youtube" key="Ulq3QOz7pVg" height="253" width="373"