February 5th All Events |
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February 5th, 2008 (February 05 2008) | Event | A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States leaves at least 58 dead, the most since the May 31, 1985 outbreak that killed 88. | |
February 5th, 2008 (February 05 2008) | Death | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru, founder of Transcendental Meditation (born in ca. 1917) | |
February 5th, 2007 (February 05 2007) | Death | Alfred Worm, Austrian investigative journalist (born in 1945) | |
February 5th, 2007 (February 05 2007) | Death | Leo T. McCarthy, American politician and 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California (1983-1995) (born in 1930) | |
February 5th, 2006 (February 05 2006) | Death | Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress and comedian (born in 1930) | |
February 5th, 2006 (February 05 2006) | Death | Franklin Cover, American actor (born in 1928) | |
February 5th, 2005 (February 05 2005) | Death | Gnassingbe Eyadema, President of Togo (born in 1937) | |
February 5th, 2004 (February 05 2004) | Event | Twenty-three Chinese people drown when a group of 35 cockle-pickers are trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay, Englandied in Twenty-one bodies are recovered. | |
February 5th, 2004 (February 05 2004) | Event | Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaives, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion. | |
February 5th, 2004 (February 05 2004) | Death | John Hench, American animator (born in 1908) | |
February 5th, 2003 (February 05 2003) | Death | Helge Boes, American Central Intelligence Agency officer | |
February 5th, 2000 (February 05 2000) | Death | Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (born in 1901) | |
February 5th, 1999 (February 05 1999) | Death | Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1906) | |
February 5th, 1998 (February 05 1998) | Death | Tim Kelly, American musician (born in 1963) | |
February 5th, 1997 (February 05 1997) | Event | The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families. | |
February 5th, 1997 (February 05 1997) | Death | Pamela Harriman, English-born American diplomat (born in 1920) | |
February 5th, 1995 (February 05 1995) | Death | Doug McClure, American actor (born in 1935) | |
February 5th, 1994 (February 05 1994) | Event | Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. | |
February 5th, 1994 (February 05 1994) | Event | During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell slams into a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo. | |
February 5th, 1993 (February 05 1993) | Death | Marcel Leger, Quebec politician (born in 1930) | |
February 5th, 1993 (February 05 1993) | Death | Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American writer, producer, and director (born in 1909) | Joseph L. Mankiewicz Quotes |
February 5th, 1993 (February 05 1993) | Death | Tip Tipping, British actor and stuntman (parachuting accident) (born in 1958) | |
February 5th, 1992 (February 05 1992) | Death | Miguel Rolando Covian, Brazilian physiologist (born in 1913) | |
February 5th, 1991 (February 05 1991) | Death | Dean Jagger, American actor (born in 1903) | |
February 5th, 1989 (February 05 1989) | Birth | Cristine Reyes, Filipino actress | |
February 5th, 1989 (February 05 1989) | Birth | Jeremy Sumpter, American actor | |
February 5th, 1988 (February 05 1988) | Event | Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges. | |
February 5th, 1987 (February 05 1987) | Death | William Collier, American film and stage actor (born in 1902) | |
February 5th, 1986 (February 05 1986) | Birth | Reed Sorenson, American racecar driver | |
February 5th, 1986 (February 05 1986) | Birth | Billy Sharp, English footballer | |
February 5th, 1986 (February 05 1986) | Birth | Manuel Fernandes, Portuguese footballer | |
February 5th, 1985 (February 05 1985) | Birth | Laurence Maroney, American football player | |
February 5th, 1985 (February 05 1985) | Birth | Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer | |
February 5th, 1985 (February 05 1985) | Birth | Crystal Hunt, American actress | |
February 5th, 1985 (February 05 1985) | Birth | Lindsey Cardinale, American singer | |
February 5th, 1985 (February 05 1985) | Death | Georges-Emile Lapalme, Quebec politician (born in 1907) | |
February 5th, 1984 (February 05 1984) | Birth | Carlos Tevez, Argentinine footballer | |
February 5th, 1984 (February 05 1984) | Birth | Nate Salley, American football player | |
February 5th, 1984 (February 05 1984) | Death | Rodolfo Guzman Huerta, Mexican wrestler and film actor (born in 1917) | |
February 5th, 1982 (February 05 1982) | Birth | Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (died in 2007) | |
February 5th, 1982 (February 05 1982) | Birth | Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine footballer | |
February 5th, 1982 (February 05 1982) | Birth | Kevin Everett, American football player | |
February 5th, 1982 (February 05 1982) | Birth | Tomas Kopecky, Ice hockey player | |
February 5th, 1981 (February 05 1981) | Birth | Nora Zehetner, American actress | |
February 5th, 1981 (February 05 1981) | Birth | Loukas Vyntra, Greek football player | |
February 5th, 1981 (February 05 1981) | Death | Ella Grasso, Governor of Connecticut (born in 1919) | |
February 5th, 1980 (February 05 1980) | Birth | Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer | |
February 5th, 1980 (February 05 1980) | Birth | Prince Peter, American-born Yugoslav royalty | |
February 5th, 1980 (February 05 1980) | Birth | Jo Swinson, British politician | |
February 5th, 1980 (February 05 1980) | Birth | Robin Vik, Czech tennis player | |
February 5th, 1978 (February 05 1978) | Birth | Shawn Reaves, American actor | |
February 5th, 1978 (February 05 1978) | Birth | Brian Russell, American football player | |
February 5th, 1977 (February 05 1977) | Birth | Ben Ainslie, British sailor | |
February 5th, 1977 (February 05 1977) | Birth | Adam Everett, American baseball player | |
February 5th, 1977 (February 05 1977) | Birth | Ahmad Merritt, American football player | |
February 5th, 1977 (February 05 1977) | Death | Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (born in 1894) | |
February 5th, 1976 (February 05 1976) | Birth | Tony Jaa, Thai actor | |
February 5th, 1976 (February 05 1976) | Birth | Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor | |
February 5th, 1976 (February 05 1976) | Birth | John Aloisi, Australian footballer | |
February 5th, 1976 (February 05 1976) | Birth | Brian Moorman, American football player | |
February 5th, 1976 (February 05 1976) | Death | Rudy Pompilli, American musician (Bill Haley and His Comets) (born in 1926) | |
February 5th, 1975 (February 05 1975) | Birth | Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer | |
February 5th, 1975 (February 05 1975) | Birth | Adam Carson, American musician (AFI) | |
February 5th, 1974 (February 05 1974) | Event | John Murtha becomes the first Vietnam War veteran elected to the Congress of the United States. | |
February 5th, 1973 (February 05 1973) | Birth | Richard Matvichuk, Canadian ice hockey player | |
February 5th, 1973 (February 05 1973) | Birth | Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch singer | |
February 5th, 1972 (February 05 1972) | Event | Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. | |
February 5th, 1972 (February 05 1972) | Birth | Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark | |
February 5th, 1972 (February 05 1972) | Birth | Koriki Choshu, Japanese comedian | |
February 5th, 1972 (February 05 1972) | Death | Marianne Moore, American poet (born in 1887) | Marianne Moore Quotes |
February 5th, 1971 (February 05 1971) | Event | Apollo program: Apollo 14 MissionAlan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell aboard LM, Antares land on the Moon at Fra Mauro formation. | |
February 5th, 1971 (February 05 1971) | Birth | Sara Evans, American singer | Evans Quotes |
February 5th, 1970 (February 05 1970) | Death | Rudy York, American baseball player (born in 1913) | |
February 5th, 1969 (February 05 1969) | Birth | Bobby Brown, American singer | |
February 5th, 1969 (February 05 1969) | Birth | Michael Sheen, Welsh actor | |
February 5th, 1969 (February 05 1969) | Death | Thelma Ritter, American actress (born in 1905) | |
February 5th, 1968 (February 05 1968) | Event | Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh begins. | |
February 5th, 1968 (February 05 1968) | Birth | Roberto Alomar, baseball player | |
February 5th, 1968 (February 05 1968) | Birth | Ey?or Gu?jonsson, Icelandic actor | |
February 5th, 1968 (February 05 1968) | Birth | Nir Kabaretti, Israeli conductor | |
February 5th, 1967 (February 05 1967) | Birth | Chris Parnell, American actor | |
February 5th, 1967 (February 05 1967) | Death | Leon Leonwood Bean, American department store founder (born in 1872) | |
February 5th, 1966 (February 05 1966) | Birth | Rok Petrovic, Slovenian skier (died in 1993) | |
February 5th, 1966 (February 05 1966) | Birth | Apostolos Nanos, Greek archer | |
February 5th, 1965 (February 05 1965) | Birth | Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer | |
February 5th, 1964 (February 05 1964) | Birth | Alexia, Cypriot singer | |
February 5th, 1964 (February 05 1964) | Birth | Laura Linney, American actress | |
February 5th, 1964 (February 05 1964) | Birth | Duff McKagan, American musician | |
February 5th, 1963 (February 05 1963) | Birth | Steven Shainberg, American film director | |
February 5th, 1962 (February 05 1962) | Event | French President Charles De Gaulle calls for allowing Algeria to be an independent nation. | Charles de Gaulle Quotes |
February 5th, 1962 (February 05 1962) | Birth | Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress | |
February 5th, 1962 (February 05 1962) | Death | Jacques Ibert, French composer (born in 1890) | |
February 5th, 1961 (February 05 1961) | Birth | Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager | |
February 5th, 1961 (February 05 1961) | Birth | Tim Meadows, American actor and comedian | |
February 5th, 1960 (February 05 1960) | Birth | Aris Christofellis, Greek countertenor | |
February 5th, 1959 (February 05 1959) | Birth | Jennifer Granholm American Politician | |
February 5th, 1958 (February 05 1958) | Event | Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic. | |
February 5th, 1958 (February 05 1958) | Event | A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered. | |
February 5th, 1957 (February 05 1957) | Death | Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon (born in 1890) | |
February 5th, 1956 (February 05 1956) | Birth | Hector Rebaque, Mexican racing driver | |
February 5th, 1956 (February 05 1956) | Birth | Betty Ong, flight attendant that died on September 11, 2001, on American Airlines Flight 11 | |
February 5th, 1955 (February 05 1955) | Birth | Mike Heath, baseball player | |
February 5th, 1954 (February 05 1954) | Birth | Cliff Martinez, American musician | |
February 5th, 1953 (February 05 1953) | Birth | John Beilein, American basketball coach | |
February 5th, 1952 (February 05 1952) | Birth | Daniel Balavoine, French singer and songwriter (died in 1986) | |
February 5th, 1948 (February 05 1948) | Birth | Sven-Goran Eriksson, Swedish football manager | |
February 5th, 1948 (February 05 1948) | Birth | Christopher Guest, American actor | |
February 5th, 1948 (February 05 1948) | Birth | Barbara Hershey, American actress | |
February 5th, 1948 (February 05 1948) | Birth | Errol Morris, American film director | Errol Morris Quotes |
February 5th, 1948 (February 05 1948) | Death | Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (born in 1883) | |
February 5th, 1947 (February 05 1947) | Birth | Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver | |
February 5th, 1946 (February 05 1946) | Event | The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea. | |
February 5th, 1946 (February 05 1946) | Birth | Charlotte Rampling, British actress | |
February 5th, 1946 (February 05 1946) | Death | George Arliss, English actor (born in 1868) | |
February 5th, 1945 (February 05 1945) | Event | World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila. | Douglas MacArthur Quotes |
February 5th, 1944 (February 05 1944) | Birth | Al Kooper, American musician | |
February 5th, 1943 (February 05 1943) | Birth | Nolan Bushnell, American video game pioneer | |
February 5th, 1943 (February 05 1943) | Birth | Michael Mann, American film director | |
February 5th, 1943 (February 05 1943) | Birth | Craig Morton, American football player | |
February 5th, 1942 (February 05 1942) | Birth | Roger Staubach, American football player | |
February 5th, 1942 (February 05 1942) | Birth | Cory Wells, American singer (Three Dog Night) | |
February 5th, 1941 (February 05 1941) | Birth | Jane Bryant Quinn, American journalist | |
February 5th, 1941 (February 05 1941) | Birth | Stephen J. Cannell, American television producer and writer | |
February 5th, 1941 (February 05 1941) | Birth | David Selby, American actor | |
February 5th, 1941 (February 05 1941) | Birth | Kaspar Villiger, Swiss Federal Councilor | |
February 5th, 1941 (February 05 1941) | Death | Banjo Paterson, Australian poet, author of "Walzing Matilda" (born in 1864) | |
February 5th, 1940 (February 05 1940) | Birth | H.R. Giger, Swiss artist | |
February 5th, 1938 (February 05 1938) | Death | Hans Litten, German jurist (born in 1903) | |
February 5th, 1937 (February 05 1937) | Birth | Stuart Damon, American actor | |
February 5th, 1937 (February 05 1937) | Birth | Gaston Roelants, Belgian athlete | |
February 5th, 1937 (February 05 1937) | Birth | Wang Xuan, Chinese scientist (died in 2006) | An Wang Quotes |
February 5th, 1937 (February 05 1937) | Death | Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born writer (born in 1861) | |
February 5th, 1934 (February 05 1934) | Birth | Don Cherry, Canadian hockey commentator | |
February 5th, 1934 (February 05 1934) | Birth | Hank Aaron, American baseball player | |
February 5th, 1933 (February 05 1933) | Birth | Jorn Donner, Finnish writer/director | |
February 5th, 1932 (February 05 1932) | Birth | Cesare MaldiniItalian footballer and manager | |
February 5th, 1930 (February 05 1930) | Birth | John A. Gambling, American radio show host (died in 2004) | |
February 5th, 1929 (February 05 1929) | Birth | Luc Ferrari, French composer (died in 2005) | |
February 5th, 1929 (February 05 1929) | Birth | Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician | |
February 5th, 1929 (February 05 1929) | Birth | Al Worthington, baseball player | |
February 5th, 1928 (February 05 1928) | Birth | Andrew Greeley, American priest and novelist | |
February 5th, 1927 (February 05 1927) | Birth | Ruth Fertel, American entrepreneur (died in 2002) | |
February 5th, 1927 (February 05 1927) | Death | Inayat Khan, Indian sufi | |
February 5th, 1924 (February 05 1924) | Event | The Royal Greenwich Observatory begin broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips". | |
February 5th, 1923 (February 05 1923) | Birth | Claude King, American musician | |
February 5th, 1922 (February 05 1922) | Birth | Alain de Changy, Belgian racing driver (died in 1994) | |
February 5th, 1922 (February 05 1922) | Death | Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian inventor (born in 1871) | |
February 5th, 1922 (February 05 1922) | Death | Christiaan De Wet, South African general (born in 1854) | |
February 5th, 1921 (February 05 1921) | Birth | John Pritchard, British conductor (died in 1989) | |
February 5th, 1920 (February 05 1920) | Birth | Frank Muir, British comedian (died in 1998) | |
February 5th, 1919 (February 05 1919) | Event | Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists. | Charlie Chaplin Quotes |
February 5th, 1919 (February 05 1919) | Birth | Red Buttons, American actor (died in 2006) | |
February 5th, 1919 (February 05 1919) | Birth | Andreas Papandreou, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died in 1996) | |
February 5th, 1919 (February 05 1919) | Birth | Tim Holt, American actor (died in 1973) | |
February 5th, 1918 (February 05 1918) | Event | Stephen W. Thompson shot down a German airplane. It was the first aerial victory by the U.S. military. | |
February 5th, 1917 (February 05 1917) | Event | The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches. | |
February 5th, 1917 (February 05 1917) | Event | The Congress of the United States passes a law, over President Woodrow Wilson s veto, banning most Asian immigration to the United States. | |
February 5th, 1917 (February 05 1917) | Death | Jaber II Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (born in 1860) | |
February 5th, 1915 (February 05 1915) | Birth | Robert Hofstadter, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1990) | |
February 5th, 1915 (February 05 1915) | Death | Ross Barnes, baseball player (born in 1850) | |
February 5th, 1914 (February 05 1914) | Birth | William S. Burroughs, American author (died in 1997) | William S. Burroughs Quotes |
February 5th, 1914 (February 05 1914) | Birth | Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1998) | |
February 5th, 1911 (February 05 1911) | Birth | Jussi Bjorling, Swedish tenor (died in 1960) | |
February 5th, 1910 (February 05 1910) | Birth | Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer | |
February 5th, 1910 (February 05 1910) | Birth | Charles Leblond, Canadian Cell Biologist (died in 2007) | |
February 5th, 1908 (February 05 1908) | Birth | Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins (died in 1969) | |
February 5th, 1906 (February 05 1906) | Birth | John Carradine, American actor (died in 1988) | |
February 5th, 1903 (February 05 1903) | Birth | Joan Whitney Payson, American heiress (died in 1975) | |
February 5th, 1900 (February 05 1900) | Event | The United States and the United Kingdom sign treaty for Panama Canal | |
February 5th, 1900 (February 05 1900) | Birth | Adlai Stevenson, American politician (died in 1965) | Adlai Stevenson Quotes |
February 5th, 1892 (February 05 1892) | Death | Emilie Flygare-Carlen, Swedish novelist (born in 1807) | |
February 5th, 1889 (February 05 1889) | Birth | Ernest Tyldesley, British cricketer (died in 1962) | |
February 5th, 1885 (February 05 1885) | Event | King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession. | |
February 5th, 1881 (February 05 1881) | Death | Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (born in 1795) | Thomas Carlyle Quotes |
February 5th, 1880 (February 05 1880) | Birth | Gabriel Voisin, French aviation pioneer (died in 1973) | |
February 5th, 1878 (February 05 1878) | Birth | Andre Citroen, French automobile pioneer (died in 1935) | |
February 5th, 1859 (February 05 1859) | Event | Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities. | |
February 5th, 1848 (February 05 1848) | Birth | Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (died in 1907) | |
February 5th, 1848 (February 05 1848) | Birth | Belle Starr, American outlaw (died in 1889) | |
February 5th, 1848 (February 05 1848) | Birth | Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero (died in 1882) | |
February 5th, 1840 (February 05 1840) | Birth | John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (died in 1921) | John Scott Quotes |
February 5th, 1840 (February 05 1840) | Birth | Hiram Stevens Maxim, American inventor (Maxim gun) (died in 1916) | |
February 5th, 1837 (February 05 1837) | Birth | Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist (died in 1899) | |
February 5th, 1818 (February 05 1818) | Event | Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. | |
February 5th, 1810 (February 05 1810) | Birth | Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (died in 1880) | |
February 5th, 1808 (February 05 1808) | Birth | Carl Spitzweg, German painter (died in 1885) | |
February 5th, 1807 (February 05 1807) | Death | Pasquale Paoli, Corsican patriot and military leader (born in 1725) | |
February 5th, 1804 (February 05 1804) | Birth | Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (died in 1877) | |
February 5th, 1795 (February 05 1795) | Birth | Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (died in 1871) | |
February 5th, 1790 (February 05 1790) | Death | William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (born in 1710) | |
February 5th, 1788 (February 05 1788) | Birth | Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1850) | |
February 5th, 1784 (February 05 1784) | Birth | Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln (died in 1818) | Abraham Lincoln Quotes |
February 5th, 1782 (February 05 1782) | Event | Spanish defeat British forces and capture Minorca. | |
February 5th, 1778 (February 05 1778) | Event | South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. | |
February 5th, 1775 (February 05 1775) | Death | Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (born in 1692) | |
February 5th, 1766 (February 05 1766) | Death | Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (born in 1705) | |
February 5th, 1725 (February 05 1725) | Birth | James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (died in 1783) | James Otis Quotes |
February 5th, 1705 (February 05 1705) | Death | Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (born in 1635) | |
February 5th, 1703 (February 05 1703) | Birth | Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (died in 1764) | |
February 5th, 1650 (February 05 1650) | Birth | Anne-Jules, French general (died in 1708) | |
February 5th, 1631 (February 05 1631) | Event | Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. | Roger Williams Quotes |
February 5th, 1626 (February 05 1626) | Birth | Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne, French author (died in 1696) | |
February 5th, 1608 (February 05 1608) | Birth | Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (died in 1666) | |
February 5th, 1597 (February 05 1597) | Event | A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. | |
February 5th, 1589 (February 05 1589) | Birth | Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (died in 1669) | |
February 5th, 1578 (February 05 1578) | Death | Giambattista Moroni, Italian painter | |
February 5th, 1576 (February 05 1576) | Event | Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. | |
February 5th, 1534 (February 05 1534) | Birth | Giovanni de Bardi, Italian writer (died in 1612) | |
February 5th, 1520 (February 05 1520) | Death | Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (born in 1493) | |
February 5th, 1519 (February 05 1519) | Birth | Rene of Chalon, (died in 1544) | |
February 5th, 1505 (February 05 1505) | Birth | Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (died in 1572) | |
February 5th, 0995 (February 05 0995) | Death | William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (born in 937) | |
February 5th, 0976 (February 05 0976) | Birth | Sanjo, Emperor of Japan (died in 1017) | |