This Day In History: February 5

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1994

This Day in History Video: What Happened on February 5

Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was murdered by a Ku Klux Klan member, South Caroline ratified the Articles of Confederation, and John Walker Lynn called the American Taliban goes to trial in This Day in History video. The date is February 5th. The Ku Klux Klan member who killed Medgar was Byron De La Beckwith.

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