February, 5th in History

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Events

Thursday 05, 2004:
Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front captured the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.

Wednesday 05, 2003:
U.S. plan to invade Iraq: Colin Powell addresses the UN Security Council on Iraq.

Monday 05, 2001:
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman announce that they have separated.

Friday 05, 1999:
Mike Tyson is sentenced to a year's imprisonment for the August 31, 1998 assault on two people.

Wednesday 05, 1997:
Morgan Stanley and Dean Witter investment banks announce a $10 billion merger.

Saturday 05, 1994:
Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

Tuesday 05, 1991:
A Michigan court bars Dr. Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides.

Friday 05, 1988:
Comic Relief hold the first "Red Nose Day", which raises £15 million in the United Kingdom for charity.

Sunday 05, 1978:
The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters ever to hit New England, forms.

Tuesday 05, 1974:
John Murtha becomes the first Vietnam War veteran elected to the Congress of the United States.

Saturday 05, 1972:
Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Friday 05, 1971:
Apollo 14 lands on the Moon.

Monday 05, 1968:
The Battle of Khe Sanh of the Vietnam War began.

Monday 05, 1962:
French President Charles De Gaulle calls for allowing Algeria to be an independent nation.

Sunday 05, 1961:
The Sunday Telegraph publishes its first issue.

Wednesday 05, 1958:
A hydrogen bomb known as Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.

Thursday 05, 1953:
The movie Peter Pan premieres (Roxy Theatre, New York City).

Monday 05, 1945:
World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.

Friday 05, 1937:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a plan to enlarge the Supreme Court of the United States.

Tuesday 05, 1929:
"They'll Do It Every Time", a comic strip still in syndication as of 2005, debuts in a San Francisco newspaper.

Tuesday 05, 1924:
The Royal Greenwich Observatory begin broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips".

Sunday 05, 1922:
DeWitt and Lila Wallace publish the first issue of Reader's Digest. (Some sources say February 7.)

Wednesday 05, 1919:
Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.

Monday 05, 1917:
The Congress of the United States passes a law banning most Asian immigration.

Thursday 05, 1885:
King Léopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.

Saturday 05, 1881:
Phoenix, Arizona is incorporated.

Saturday 05, 1859:
Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza under the name Romania (see December 1 1918 for the final unification, Transylvania and other regions were still missing at this time).

Thursday 05, 1846:
The Oregon Spectator becomes the first newspaper on the Pacific coast of the United States.

Tuesday 05, 1782:
Spanish defeat British forces and capture Minorca.

Thursday 05, 1778:
South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.

Wednesday 05, 1631:
Roger Williams emigrates to Boston.

Thursday 05, 1576:
Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/05-february/on-this-day.html


People born on February 05

1989:
Jeremy Sumpter, American actor (b: February 5, 1989) (Biography of Jeremy Sumpter)

1985:
Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer (b: February 5, 1985) (Biography of Cristiano Ronaldo)

1984:
Carlos Tévez, Argentinine footballer (b: February 5, 1984) (Biography of Carlos Tévez)

1977:
Ahmad Merritt, American football player (b: February 5, 1977) (Biography of Ahmad Merritt)

1972:
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark (b: February 5, 1972) (Biography of Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark)

1971:
Sara Evans, American singer (b: February 5, 1971) (Biography of Sara Evans)

1969:
Bobby Brown, American singer (b: February 5, 1969) (Biography of Bobby Brown)

1968:
Roberto Alomar, baseball player (b: February 5, 1968) (Biography of Roberto Alomar)

1966:
Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier (b: February 5, 1966 ; d: September 16, 1993) (Biography of Rok Petrovic)

1965:
Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer (b: February 5, 1965) (Biography of Gheorghe Hagi)

1964:
Laura Linney, American actress (b: February 5, 1964) (Biography of Laura Linney)
Duff McKagen, American musician (Guns N'Roses) (b: February 5, 1964) (Biography of Duff McKagen)

1962:
Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress (b: February 5, 1962) (Biography of Jennifer Jason Leigh)

1948:
Christopher Guest, American actor, writer, director, and composer (b: February 5, 1948) (Biography of Christopher Guest)
Barbara Hershey, American actress (b: February 5, 1948) (Biography of Barbara Hershey)
Errol Morris, American film director (b: February 5, 1948) (Biography of Errol Morris)
V. Alexander Stefan, American physicist, educator, and writer (b: February 5, 1948) (Biography of V. Alexander Stefan)
Nigel Olsson, drummer (b: February 5, 1948) (Biography of Nigel Olsson)

1947:
Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver (b: February 5, 1947) (Biography of Darrell Waltrip)

1945:
Charlotte Rampling, English actress (b: February 5, 1945) (Biography of Charlotte Rampling)

1944:
Al Kooper, American musician (b: February 5, 1944) (Biography of Al Kooper)

1943:
Nolan Bushnell, American video game pioneer (b: February 5, 1943) (Biography of Nolan Bushnell)
Michael Mann, American film director, writer, and producer (b: February 5, 1943) (Biography of Michael Mann (film director))
Craig Morton, American football player (b: February 5, 1943) (Biography of Craig Morton)

1942:
Roger Staubach, American football player (b: February 5, 1942) (Biography of Roger Staubach)

1941:
Jane Bryant Quinn, American journalist (b: February 5, 1941) (Biography of Jane Bryant Quinn)
David Selby, American actor (b: February 5, 1941) (Biography of David Selby)
Kaspar Villiger, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b: February 5, 1941) (Biography of Kaspar Villiger)

1940:
H.R. Giger, Swiss artist (b: February 5, 1940) (Biography of H.R. Giger)

1937:
Stuart Damon, American actor (b: February 5, 1937) (Biography of Stuart Damon)

1934:
Hank Aaron, baseball player (b: February 5, 1934) (Biography of Hank Aaron)

1929:
Luc Ferrari, French composer (b: February 5, 1929 ; d: August 22, 2005) (Biography of Luc Ferrari)
Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician (b: February 5, 1929) (Biography of Fred Sinowatz)
Al Worthington, baseball player (b: February 5, 1929) (Biography of Al Worthington)

1928:
Andrew Greeley, American priest and novelist (b: February 5, 1928) (Biography of Andrew Greeley)

1927:
Ruth Fertel, American entrepreneur (b: February 5, 1927 ; d: April 16, 2002) (Biography of Ruth Fertel)

1923:
Claude King, American musician (b: February 5, 1923) (Biography of Claude King)

1921:
John Pritchard, English conductor (b: February 5, 1921 ; d: December 5, 1989) (Biography of John Pritchard)

1919:
Red Buttons, American actor (b: February 5, 1919) (Biography of Red Buttons)

1918:
Tim Holt, American actor (b: February 5, 1918 ; d: February 15, 1973) (Biography of Tim Holt)

1915:
Robert Hofstadter, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: February 5, 1915) (Biography of Robert Hofstadter)

1914:
William S. Burroughs, American author (b: February 5, 1914 ; d: August 2, 1997) (Biography of William S. Burroughs)

1908:
Daisy and Violet Hilton, English conjoined twin actresses (b: February 5, 1908) (Biography of Daisy and Violet Hilton)

1906:
John Carradine, American actor (b: February 5, 1906 ; d: November 27, 1988) (Biography of John Carradine)

1900:
Adlai Stevenson, American politician (b: February 5, 1900 ; d: July 14, 1965) (Biography of Adlai Stevenson)

1889:
Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b: February 5, 1889 ; d: May 5, 1962) (Biography of Ernest Tyldesley)

1880:
Gabriel Voisin, French aviation pioneer (b: February 5, 1880 ; d: December 25, 1973) (Biography of Gabriel Voisin)

1878:
André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (b: February 5, 1878 ; d: July 3, 1935) (Biography of André Citroën)

1848:
Belle Starr, American outlaw (b: February 5, 1848 ; d: February 3, 1889) (Biography of Belle Starr)
Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (b: February 5, 1848 ; d: May 12, 1907) (Biography of Joris-Karl Huysmans)

1840:
John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (b: February 5, 1840) (Biography of John Boyd Dunlop)

1837:
Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist (b: February 5, 1837 ; d: December 22, 1899) (Biography of Dwight L. Moody)

1810:
Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (b: February 5, 1810 ; d: August 17, 1880) (Biography of Ole Bull)

1808:
Carl Spitzweg, German painter (b: February 5, 1808) (Biography of Carl Spitzweg)

1804:
Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b: February 5, 1804) (Biography of Johan Ludvig Runeberg)

1788:
Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b: February 5, 1788) (Biography of Robert Peel)

1725:
James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (b: February 5, 1725 ; d: May 23, 1783) (Biography of James Otis)

1703:
Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (b: February 5, 1703 ; d: July 23, 1764) (Biography of Gilbert Tennent)

1650:
Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, French general (b: February 5, 1650 ; d: October 2, 1708) (Biography of Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles)

1626:
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (b: February 5, 1626 ; d: April 17, 1696) (Biography of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné)

1589:
Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (b: February 5, 1589) (Biography of Esteban Manuel de Villegas)

1534:
Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer, composer, and soldier (b: February 5, 1534) (Biography of Giovanni de' Bardi)

1519:
René of Châlon, Prince of the House of Orange (b: February 5, 1519 ; d: July 15, 1544) (Biography of René of Châlon)

1505:
Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b: February 5, 1505 ; d: February 28, 1572) (Biography of Aegidius Tschudi)

976:
Sanjo, Emperor of Japan (b: February 5, 976 ; d: June 5, 1017) (Biography of Sanjo)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/05-february/births.html

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People who died on February 05

2005:
Gnassingbe Eyadema (d: February 5, 2005) (Biography of Gnassingbe Eyadema)

2003:
Helge Boes (d: February 5, 2003) (Biography of Helge Boes)

1999:
Wassily Leontief, Russian economist (b: August 5, 1906 ; d: February 5, 1999) (Biography of Wassily Leontief)

1997:
Pamela Harriman, British-American socialite and diplomat (b: March 20, 1920 ; d: February 5, 1997) (Biography of Pamela Harriman)

1995:
Doug McClure (d: February 5, 1995) (Biography of Doug McClure)

1993:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (d: February 5, 1993) (Biography of Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

1991:
Dean Jagger, American actor (b: November 7, 1903 ; d: February 5, 1991) (Biography of Dean Jagger)

1981:
Ella Grasso (d: February 5, 1981) (Biography of Ella Grasso)

1976:
Rudy Pompilli (d: February 5, 1976) (Biography of Rudy Pompilli)

1972:
Marianne Moore, American poet (b: November 15, 1887 ; d: February 5, 1972) (Biography of Marianne Moore)

1970:
Rudy York, baseball player (b: August 17, 1913 ; d: February 5, 1970) (Biography of Rudy York)

1966:
Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist (b: April 13, 1881 ; d: February 5, 1966) (Biography of Ludwig Binswanger)

1962:
Jacques Ibert, French composer (b: August 15, 1890 ; d: February 5, 1962) (Biography of Jacques Ibert)

1946:
George Arliss (d: February 5, 1946) (Biography of George Arliss)

1937:
Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born author (b: February 12, 1861 ; d: February 5, 1937) (Biography of Lou Andreas-Salome)

1922:
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian inventor, (b: April 20, 1871 ; d: February 5, 1922) (Biography of Slavoljub Eduard Penkala)
Christiaan De Wet (d: February 5, 1922) (Biography of Christiaan De Wet)

1915:
Ross Barnes, baseball player (b: May 8, 1850 ; d: February 5, 1915) (Biography of Ross Barnes)

1881:
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (b: December 4, 1795 ; d: February 5, 1881) (Biography of Thomas Carlyle)

1818:
King Charles XIII (b: October 7, 1748 ; d: February 5, 1818) (Biography of Charles XIII of Sweden)

1775:
Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (b: November 15, 1692 ; d: February 5, 1775) (Biography of Eusebius Amort)

1766:
Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (b: September 24, 1705 ; d: February 5, 1766) (Biography of Leopold Josef Graf Daun)

1705:
Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (b: January 13, 1635 ; d: February 5, 1705) (Biography of Philipp Jakob Spener)

1578:
Giambattista Moroni (d: February 5, 1578) (Biography of Giambattista Moroni)

1520:
Sten Sture the Younger (d: February 5, 1520) (Biography of Sten Sture the Younger)

995:
William IV of Aquitaine (d: February 5, 995) (Biography of William IV of Aquitaine)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/05-february/deaths.html