On this day: February 5

POSTED: 10:36 PM PST Feb 04, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 04, 2013 

The U.S. military scores its first aerial victory, Reader's Digest is first published, Disney's "Peter Pan" premieres, and Manuel Noriega is indicted, all on this day.

OTD February 5 - Maharishi Yogi
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2008: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and was the leader and guru of a worldwide organization, dies in his sleep of natural causes at the age of 90 in Vlodrop, Limburg, Netherlands. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Maharishi achieved fame as the guru to The Beatles and other celebrities.

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