February 5: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1852The New Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, housing the Russian tsars' art collection, opened to the public.
2. 1869Welcome Stranger, one of history's largest gold nuggets, was dug out of the ground in Australia.
3. 1907Chemist Leo Baekeland announced the invention of Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic.
4. 1917Mexico adopted its constitution, still in force today, defining the country as a federal republic.
5. 1985The mayors of Rome and Carthage signed a treaty symbolically ending the Third Punic War after 2131 years.

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