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February 5th


- Christian Feast Day
- Constitution Day (Mexico)
- Kashmir Day (Pakistan)
- Liberation from the Alberoni Occupation (San Marino)
- National Weatherperson's Day (United States)
- Runeberg's Birthday, where Runeberg's tart are made specially for the holiday. (Finland)

February 5th


- 2009 - The United States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef.
- 2008 - A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States leaves 57 dead, the most since the May 31, 1985 outbreak that killed 88.
- 2004 - Twenty-three Chinese people drown when a group of 35 cockle-pickers are trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay, England. Twenty-one bodies are recovered.
- 2004 - Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
- 1997 - The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
- 1994 - 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.
- 1994 - Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
- 1988 - Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
- 1976 - The 1976 swine flu outbreak begins at Fort Dix, NJ.
- 1972 - Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
- 1968 - Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh begins.
- 1962 - French President Charles De Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
- 1958 - Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
- 1958 - 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.
- 1946 - The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea.
- 1945 - World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.
- 1937 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a plan to enlarge the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 1924 - The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips".
- 1923 - Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford makes 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class score.
- 1919 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.
- 1918 - Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane. It is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
- 1918 - SS Tuscania (1914) is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland, it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
- 1917 - The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
- 1917 - The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. Also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, it forbade immigration from nearly all of south and southeast Asia.
- 1913 - Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis performed the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
- 1900 - The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal
- 1885 - King Léopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
- 1859 - Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state.
- 1818 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
- 1783 - In Calabria a sequence of strong earthquakes begins
- 1782 - Spanish defeat British forces and capture Minorca.
- 1778 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
- 1649 - The claimant King Charles II of England and Scotland is declared King of Scotland, by the Parliament of Scotland. This move was not followed by the Parliament of England or the Parliament of Ireland.
- 1631 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston.
- 1597 - A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.
- 1576 - Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
- 62 - Earthquake in Pompeii Italy

February 5th


- 1998 - Sreelakshmi Suresh, Youngest Web Designer
- 1994 - Saki Nakajima, Japanese singer
- 1992 - Neymar, Brazilian footballer
- 1989 - Cristine Reyes, Filipino actress
- 1989 - Jeremy Sumpter, American actor
- 1988 - Johnathan Haggerty, American football player
- 1988 - Kevin J Maclean, Scottish Singer Songwriter
- 1986 - Vedran ?orluka Croatian football player
- 1986 - Manuel Fernandes, Portuguese footballer
- 1986 - Ashley Lane, American professional wrestler
- 1986 - Billy Sharp, English footballer
- 1986 - Reed Sorenson, American racecar driver
- 1986 - Carlos Villanueva, Chilean footballer
- 1985 - Laurence Maroney, American football player
- 1985 - Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
- 1985 - Crystal Hunt, American actress
- 1985 - Lindsey Cardinale, American singer
- 1984 - Carlos Tévez, Argentinine footballer
- 1984 - Nate Salley, American football player
- 1982 - Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (d. 2007)
- 1982 - Kevin Everett, American football player
- 1982 - Marc Kennedy, Canadian Curler
- 1982 - Tomáš Kopecký, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1982 - Dionysis Makris, Greek singer
- 1982 - Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine footballer
- 1982 - Wheesung, Korean R&B singer
- 1981 - Nora Zehetner, American actress
- 1981 - Loukas Vyntra, Greek football player
- 1980 - Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer
- 1980 - Prince Peter, American-born Yugoslav royalty
- 1980 - Jo Swinson, British politician
- 1980 - Robin Vik, Czech tennis player
- 1980 - Stefano Di Fiordo, Italian footballer
- 1978 - Shawn Reaves, American actor
- 1978 - Brian Russell, American football player
- 1977 - Ben Ainslie, British sailor
- 1977 - Adam Everett, American baseball player
- 1977 - Ahmad Merritt, American football player
- 1976 - Tony Jaa, Thai actor
- 1976 - Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
- 1976 - John Aloisi, Australian soccer player
- 1976 - Brian Moorman, American football player
- 1975 - Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer
- 1975 - Adam Carson, American musician (AFI)
- 1973 - Richard Matvichuk, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 - Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch singer
- 1972 - Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
- 1972 - Koriki Ch?sh?, Japanese comedian
- 1971 - Sara Evans, American singer
- 1969 - Bobby Brown, American singer
- 1969 - Michael Sheen, Welsh actor
- 1968 - Roberto Alomar, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1968 - Qasim Melho, Syrian actor
- 1968 - Eyþór Guðjónsson, Icelandic actor
- 1968 - Nir Kabaretti, Israeli conductor
- 1967 - Chris Parnell, American actor
- 1967 - Frederick Pitcher, Nauruan politician
- 1966 - Rok Petrovi?, Slovenian skier (d. 1993)
- 1966 - Apostolos Nanos, Greek archer
- 1965 - Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer
- 1965 - Keith Moseley, American musician (The String Cheese Incident)
- 1964 - Alexia, Cypriot singer
- 1964 - Laura Linney, American actress
- 1964 - Duff McKagan, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
- 1963 - Steven Shainberg, American film director
- 1962 - Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress
- 1961 - Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager
- 1961 - Tim Meadows, American actor and comedian
- 1960 - Aris Christofellis, Greek countertenor
- 1959 - Jennifer Granholm American politician
- 1956 - Hector Rebaque, Mexican racing driver
- 1956 - Betty Ong, flight attendant that died on September 11, 2001, on American Airlines Flight 11
- 1955 - Mike Heath, American baseball player
- 1954 - Cliff Martinez, American musician
- 1953 - John Beilein, American basketball coach
- 1953 - Takashi Ishikawa, Japanese sumo and professional wrestler
- 1952 - Daniel Balavoine, French singer and songwriter (d. 1986)
- 1951 - Russell Grant, British astrologer
- 1950 - Jonathan Freeman, American actor
- 1949 - Yvon Vallières, Quebec politician
- 1948 - Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager
- 1948 - Christopher Guest, American actor
- 1948 - Barbara Hershey, American actress
- 1948 - Errol Morris, American film director
- 1947 - Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver
- 1946 - Charlotte Rampling, British actress
- 1944 - Al Kooper, American musician
- 1944 - Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (d. 1971)
- 1943 - Nolan Bushnell, American video game pioneer
- 1943 - Michael Mann, American film director
- 1943 - Craig Morton, American football player
- 1942 - James B. Cobb, Jr., American guitarist (Classics IV)
- 1942 - Roger Staubach, American football player
- 1942 - Cory Wells, American singer (Three Dog Night)
- 1941 - David Selby, American actor
- 1941 - Kaspar Villiger, Swiss Federal Councilor
- 1941 - Jane Bryant Quinn, American journalist
- 1941 - Stephen J. Cannell, American television producer and writer
- 1940 - H.R. Giger, Swiss artist
- 1937 - Stuart Damon, American actor
- 1937 - Gaston Roelants, Belgian athlete
- 1937 - Wang Xuan, Chinese scientist (d. 2006)
- 1936 - K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Kannada Poet
- 1934 - Don Cherry, Canadian ice hockey commentator
- 1934 - Hank Aaron, American baseball player
- 1933 - Jörn Donner, Finnish writer/director
- 1932 - Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager
- 1930 - John A. Gambling, American radio show host (d. 2004)
- 1929 - Luc Ferrari, French composer (d. 2005)
- 1929 - Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician (d. 2008)
- 1929 - Al Worthington, American baseball player
- 1928 - Andrew Greeley, American priest and novelist
- 1927 - Ruth Fertel, American entrepreneur (d. 2002)
- 1923 - Claude King, American musician
- 1922 - Alain de Changy, Belgian racing driver (d. 1994)
- 1921 - John Pritchard, British conductor (d. 1989)
- 1920 - Frank Muir, British comedian (d. 1998)
- 1919 - Red Buttons, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1919 - Andreas Papandreou, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1996)
- 1919 - Tim Holt, American actor (d. 1973)
- 1917 - Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress
- 1915 - Robert Hofstadter, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1990)
- 1914 - William S. Burroughs, American author (d. 1997)
- 1914 - Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1998)
- 1911 - Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960)
- 1910 - Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer (d. 2010)
- 1910 - Charles Leblond, Canadian cell biologist (d. 2007)
- 1909 - Gra?yna Bacewicz, Polish composer and violinist (d. 1969)
- 1908 - Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins (d. 1969)
- 1907 - Pierre Pflimlin, French Politician (d. 2000)
- 1906 - John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988)
- 1903 - Joan Whitney Payson, American heiress (d. 1975)
- 1900 - Adlai Stevenson, American politician (d. 1965)
- 1889 - Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1962)
- 1880 - Gabriel Voisin, French aviation pioneer (d. 1973)
- 1878 - André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (d. 1935)
- 1848 - Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (d. 1907)
- 1848 - Belle Starr, American outlaw (d. 1889)
- 1848 - Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero (d. 1882)
- 1840 - John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (d. 1921)
- 1840 - Hiram Stevens Maxim, American inventor (Maxim gun) (d. 1916)
- 1837 - Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist (d. 1899)
- 1810 - Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (d. 1880)
- 1808 - Carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885)
- 1804 - Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (d. 1877)
- 1795 - Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. 1871)
- 1788 - Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1850)
- 1784 - Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1818)
- 1744 - John Jeffries, Physician, Surgeon, Balloonist (d. 1819)
- 1725 - James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783)
- 1703 - Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (d. 1764)
- 1650 - Anne-Jules, French general (d. 1708)
- 1626 - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)
- 1608 - Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666)
- 1589 - Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)
- 1534 - Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)
- 1519 - René of Châlon, (d. 1544)
- 1505 - Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)
- 976 - Sanj?, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)