February 5
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February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 329 days remaining until the end of the year (330 in leap years).
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Events[change]
- 62 - An earthquake strikes Pompeii.
- 1597 - A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.
- 1638 – The city of Rheinfelden, Switzerland was attacked.
- 1782 – Spain defeats British forces to win control of Minorca.
- 1783 – A series of earthquakes begins in Calabria, Italy.
- 1805 – The ship Earl of Abergavenny sinks off Weymouth, southern England, killing 261 people.
- 1810 - The Siege of Cadiz begins during the Peninsular War.
- 1811 – Due to the continuous health problems of King George III, his son, the future King George IV of the United Kingdom becomes regent.
- 1818 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte becomes king of Sweden.
- 1859 - Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, on the way to creating the modern Romanian state.
- 1885 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as his own private property.
- 1900 – The United States and United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal.
- 1909 - Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic. "Synthetic" means it is not a real plastic
- 1917 – Mexico's current constitution is adopted, establishing a Federal Republic.
- 1918 – The British military transporter ship Tuscania is torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Northern Ireland.
- 1924 – The Winter Olympics in Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France end.
- 1945 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.
- 1958 – Gamal Abdel Nasser is proposed as the first President of the United Arab Republic.
- 1961 - The Sunday Telegraph newspaper is founded in the UK.
- 1962 - Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be given independence.
- 1971 – Apollo 14 lands on the Moon.
- 1972 – Bob Douglas becomes the first African American in the basketball Hall of Fame.
- 1974 - The Mariner 10 space probe passes the planet Venus.
- 1975 - Riots break out in Lima, Peru, after the police forces went on strike the day before. The uprising is violently crushed by the country's military dictatorship.
- 1985 – After being closed since 1969, Spain's border with Gibraltar is fully reopened.
- 1988 – Panama's leader Manuel Noriega is indicted for drug smuggling and money laundering.
- 1994 – A mortar shell hits a market place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, killing 60 people and injuring around 200.
- 1994 – Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the murder of Civil rights activist Medgar Evans in 1963.
- 1997 - An earthquake in Northeastern Iran kills 100 people.
- 2004 – Morecambe Bay, England: 23 Chinese cockle pickers drown after being caught by the incoming tide.
- 2006 – Super Bowl XL: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Seattle Seahawks to win their 5th Super Bowl championship.
- 2008 – A tornado outbreak in the southern United States kills 57 people.
Births[change]
- 976 – Emperor Sanjo of Japan (d. 1017)
- 1505 - Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)
- 1589 - Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)
- 1594 - Biagio Marini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1663)
- 1725 - James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783)
- 1748 - Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor (d. 1798)
- 1788 – Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1850)
- 1795 – Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist and geologist (d. 1871)
- 1804 – Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (d. 1877)
- 1810 – Ole Bull, Norwegian composer (d. 1880)
- 1827 – Peter Lalor, leader of the miners at the Eureka Stockade, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (d. 1889)
- 1840 – John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (d. 1921)
- 1840 - Hiram Stevens Maxim, American inventor (d. 1916)
- 1840 - Simeon E. Baldwin, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1927)
- 1846 - John C. Cutler, Governor of Utah (d. 1928)
- 1848 – Belle Starr, American outlaw (d. 1889)
- 1848 - Ignacio Carrero Pinto, Chilean war hero (d. 1882)
- 1852 - Terauchi Masatake, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1919)
- 1878 – Andre Citroen, French automobile pioneer (d. 1935)
- 1880 – Gabriel Voison, French aviation pioneer (d. 1973)
- 1889 - Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1962)
- 1892 - Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1959)
- 1897 - Dirk Stikker, Dutch NATO Secretary-General (d. 1979)
- 1900 – Adlai Stevenson, American politician, 31st Governor of Illinois (d. 1965)
- 1906 – John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988)
- 1907 – Pierre Pfimlin, Prime Minister of France (d. 2000)
- 1910 – Charles Leblond, Canadian cell biologist (d. 2007)
- 1910 – Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer (d. 2010)
- 1911 – Jussi Bjorling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960)
- 1914 – William S. Burroughs, American writer (d. 1997)
- 1914 – Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, British physiologist and biophysicist (d. 1998)
- 1915 – Robert Hofstadter, American physicist (d. 1990)
- 1917 - Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress (d. 2012)
- 1919 – Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1996)
- 1923 - Claude King, American musician
- 1926 - Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (d. 2012)
- 1929 – Fred Sinowatz, Chancellor of Austria (d. 2008)
- 1932 – Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer
- 1933 - Milos Milutinovic, Yugoslavian footballer (d. 2003)
- 1934 – Hank Aaron, American Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1935 - Charles Turnbull, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
- 1937 – Larry Hillman, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1941 – Stephen J. Cannell, American television producer and writer (d. 2010)
- 1941 – David Selby, American actor
- 1941 - Kaspar Villiger, Swiss Federal Councillor
- 1943 – Michael Mann, American movie director
- 1944 - Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1971)
- 1946 – Charlotte Rampling, British actress
- 1948 – Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager
- 1948 – Christopher Guest, American actor and director
- 1949 – Kurt Beck, German politician
- 1951 - Russell Grant, British astrologer
- 1954 - Cliff Martinez, American musician
- 1959 – Jennifer Granholm, Canadian-born American politician, Governor of Michigan
- 1961 - Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager
- 1964 – Laura Linney, American actress
- 1964 – Duff McKagan, American musician
- 1964 - David Gilmore, American jazz musician
- 1965 - Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer
- 1966 - Jose Maria Olazabal, Spanish golfer
- 1969 – Bobby Brown, American singer
- 1969 – Michael Sheen, Welsh actor
- 1972 – Mary E. Donaldson, Crown Princess of Denmark
- 1975 – Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer
- 1976 – Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
- 1976 – John Aloisi, Australian footballer
- 1977 – Ben Ainslie, British sailor
- 1980 - Jo Swinson, British politician
- 1981 - Nora Zehetner, American actress
- 1982 - Aidin Nikkah Behrami, Iranian basketball player (d. 2007)
- 1982 – Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine footballer
- 1984 – Carlos Tevez, Argentine footballer
- 1985 – Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
- 1985 - Paul Vandervort, American actor and model
- 1986 - Andreas Beck, German tennis player
- 1986 – Vedran Corluka, Croatian footballer
- 1987 - Linus Omark, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1991 – Alba Riquelme, Paraguayan model
- 1992 – Neymar, Brazilian footballer
- 1994 - Saki Nakajima, Japanese singer
- 2002 – Davis Cleveland, American actor
Deaths[change]
- 1520 – Sven Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)
- 1790 - William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)
- 1818 – King Charles XIII of Sweden (b. 1748)
- 1881 – Thomas Carlyle, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1795)
- 1882 - Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish traveler, writer and diplomat (b. 1841)
- 1917 – Jaber II al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1860)
- 1922 - Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian inventor (b. 1871)
- 1931 - Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician (b. 1849)
- 1938 – Hans Litten, German lawyer (b. 1903)
- 1941 – Banjo Paterson, Australian poet (b. 1864)
- 1947 – Hans Fallada, German writer (b. 1893)
- 1969 – Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1981 – Ella Grasso, Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919)
- 1993 - Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American writer, producer and director (b. 1909)
- 1999 – Wassily Leontief, Russian economist (b. 1906)
- 2005 – Gnassingbe Eyadema, President of Togo (b. 1937)
- 2008 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritual guru (b. 1917)
- 2009 – Dana Vavrova, Czech actress (b. 1967)
- 2010 – Harry Schwarz, South African lawyer, politician and diplomat (b. 1924)
- 2011 – Brian Jacques, British writer (b. 1939)
