TODAY IN HISTORY

Feb. 5

1811-After George III was declared insane, the Prince of Wales became Prince Regent of England, and later George IV.

1917-Congress passed the Immigration Act, which restricted Asian immigration, over President Wilson's veto.

1917-Mexico adopted its present constitution.

1937-FDR proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices—"packing" the court.

1994-Byron De La Beckwith was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Medgar Evers, 30 years after the crime in Jackson, Mississippi.