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February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove February 2007 is the second month of the year It began on a Thursday and 28 days later ended on a Wednesday. Stories without links will be removed. News stories must be in English February 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August February 2004 was the second month of 2004 in the Gregorian calendar. February 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - February 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - February 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September February 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 329 days remaining until the end of the year (330 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

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1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Henry IV (Henri IV ( 13 December 1553 &ndash 14 May 1610) ruled as King of France from 1589 to 1610 and as Henry III This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
1597 - A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. from Portuguese cristão, referred to Roman Catholic Christians in Japanese and is used as a historiographic term for Roman Catholics Martyrs of Japan were Christians who were persecuted for their faith in Japan mostly during the 17th century For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
1631 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. Roger Williams ( December 21, 1603 &ndash April 1, 1683) was an English theologian, a notable proponent of Religious
1778 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, also the Articles of Confederation was the governing Constitution of the alliance of thirteen independent and
1782 - Spanish defeat British forces and capture Minorca. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Minorca ( Catalan and Spanish: Menorca; from Latin Balearis Minor, later Minorica "minor island" is one of the
1818 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Charles XIV John ( Karl XIV Johan) born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, later renamed Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte (26 January 1763 &ndash 8 March 1844 "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional
1859 - Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the region in what is now Southern Romania Moldavia (Moldova is a geographic and historical region and former Principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between Eastern Carpathians Alexander Joan Cuza (a common old English rendition of Alexandru Ioan Cuza; March 20, 1820 – May 15, 1873) was a Moldavian Danubian Principalities (Principatele Dunărene was a conventional name given to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which emerged in the
1885 - King Léopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Leopold II (Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909 was King of the Belgians. The Congo Free State was a Corporate state privately controlled by Leopold II King of the Belgians through a dummy non-governmental organization the
1900 - The United States and the United Kingdom sign treaty for Panama Canal
1917 - The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Panama Canal is a man-made Canal in Panama which joins the Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Political Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1917 is the present Constitution of Mexico. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. A federal republic is a Federation of States with a republican form of government
1917 - The Congress of the United States passes a law, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, banning most Asian immigration to the United States. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses On February 4, 1917, the United States Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1917 (also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act with overwhelming majority President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
1918 - Stephen W. Thompson shot down a German airplane. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Stephen W Thompson ( March 20 1894 — October 9 1977) was an American Aviator of World War I, and the It was the first aerial victory by the U.S. military. On February 5 1918 Stephen W Thompson (1894-1977 a native of West Plains Missouri and a member of the American 1st Aero Squadron, became
1919 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mary Pickford ( April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Academy Award -winning Canadian motion picture Douglas Fairbanks ( May 23 1883 – December 12 1939) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, director David Llewelyn Wark "D W" Griffith (January 22 1875 &ndash July 23 1948 was a premier pioneering Academy Award -winning American Film director. This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group.
1924 - The Royal Greenwich Observatory begin broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips". Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Royal Observatory Greenwich (formerly the Royal Greenwich Observatory or RGO) was commissioned in 1675 by King Charles II, with the The Greenwich Time Signal ( GTS) popularly known as the pips, is a series of six short tones broadcast by many BBC radio stations at the end of each The Greenwich Time Signal ( GTS) popularly known as the pips, is a series of six short tones broadcast by many BBC radio stations at the end of each
1945 - World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including General MacArthur redirects here for other meanings see General MacArthur (disambiguation. The City of Manila
1946 - The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Chondoist Chongu (or Ch'ŏngu) Party (an approximate translation into English could be "Party of the Young Friends of the Heavenly Way" North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia,
1958 - Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gamal Abdel Nasser (جمال عبد الناصر Gamāl ‘Abd an-Nāṣir; - January 15 1918 September 28 1970) was the second President The United Arab Republic ( الجمهورية العربية المتحدة al-Jumhūrīyah al-‘Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah / al-Jumhūrīyah al-‘Arabīyah
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. The Teller–Ulam design is a Nuclear weapon design which is used in Megaton -range Thermonuclear weapons and is more colloquially referred to as "the The Tybee Bomb is a 7600 pound (3500 kg Mark 15 Hydrogen bomb that was lost in the waters off Savannah Georgia, USA on February Savannah is a city located in the state of Georgia, United States.
1962 - French President Charles De Gaulle calls for allowing Algeria to be an independent nation. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( ( 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French General and statesman who led the Free French Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's
1968 - Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh begins. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The Battle of Khe Sanh, or Operation Scotland, Operation Pegasus, was conducted in northwestern Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam
1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 Mission - Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell aboard LM, Antares land on the Moon at Fra Mauro formation. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr (November 18 1923 &ndash July 21 1998 ( Rear Admiral, USN Ret The Fra Mauro formation (or Fra Mauro Highlands) on the Moon is the location of the Apollo 14 landing site
1972 - Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert L Douglas ( November 4, 1882 - July 16, 1979) was the founder of the New York Renaissance basketball team and one of the first African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in downtown Springfield Massachusetts, honors players who have shown exceptional skill at Basketball
1974 - John Murtha becomes the first Vietnam War veteran elected to the Congress of the United States. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. John Patrick “Jack” Murtha Jr (born 17 June 1932 is an American politician from the U The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses
1988 - Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Manuel Antonio Noriega (born February 11, 1934) He was never officially the President of Panama, but held the post of "chief executive officer" The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs Money laundering is the practice of engaging in financial Transactions in order to conceal the Identity, source and/or destination of Money,
1988 - Comic Relief holds the first "Red Nose Day", which raises £15 million in the United Kingdom for charity. Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The definition of charitable organization, and of charity varies according to the country and in some instances the region of the country in which the charitable organization operates
1994 - Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Byron De La Beckwith ( November 9 1920, Colusa California – January 21 2001, Jackson Mississippi) was an American Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Medgar Willy Evers ( July 2, 1925 June 12, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi
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. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, commonly known as the Bosnian War, was an international armed conflict that took place between March 1992 and November 1995 TemplateInfobox City for more fields--> Sarajevo is the Capital city and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with
1997 - The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Banking in Switzerland is characterized by stability privacy and protection of clients' assets and information Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as
2004 - Twenty-three Chinese people drown when a group of 35 cockle-pickers are trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay, England. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Cockle is the common name for edible Bivalve Mollusks of the family Cardiidae. Morecambe Bay is a large bay in northwest England, nearly due east of the Isle of Man and just to the south of the Lake District National Park England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Twenty-one bodies are recovered.
2004 - Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion. Rebellion is a refusal of obedienceIt may therefore be seen as encompassing a range of Behaviours from Civil disobedience and mass Nonviolent resistance The National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haïti (in French: Front pour la Libération et la Reconstruction Nationales) is a Rebel group in Gonaïves ( Gonayiv in Kréyòl) is a city in northern Haiti, the capital of the Artibonite Department. The 2004 Haiti coup was a regime overthrow that happened as the result of conflicts fought for several weeks in Haiti during February 2004
2008 - 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. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak was a deadly Tornado outbreak which affected the Southern United States and the lower Ohio Valley on The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive The US - Canadian Outbreak was a major Tornado outbreak that occurred in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, on

Births

976 - Sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. For the 976 telephone prefix see Premium-rate telephone number Events By Place Byzantine Empire January 10 — ( February 5, 976 - June 5, 1017) was the 67th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession The of Japan is the country's Monarch. He is the head of the Japanese Imperial Family. 1017)
1505 - Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. Aegidius (or Giles) Tschudi ( February 5, 1505 - February 28, 1572) was an eminent member of the Tschudi family 1572)
1519 - René of Châlon, (d. René of Châlon ( February 5 1519 &ndash July 15 1544) also known as Renatus of Châlon, was a Prince of Orange and 1544)
1534 - Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. Giovanni de Bardi ( February 5, 1534 – September 1612 Count of Vernio, was an Italian literary critic writer composer and soldier 1612)
1589 - Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. Esteban Manuel de Villegas (born Matute, La Rioja on 5 February 1589; died Nájera, La Rioja on 3 September 1669 1669)
1608 - Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. Gaspar Schott ( 5 February 1608 - 22 May 1666) was a German scientist specializing in the fields of Physics, Mathematics 1666)
1626 - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Marquise de Sévigné ( February 5, 1626 &ndash April 17, 1696) was a French aristocrat 1696)
1650 - Anne-Jules, French general (d. Anne-Jules 2nd duc de Noailles ( 5 February 1650 &mdash 2 October 1708) was one of the chief generals of France towards the 1708)
1703 - Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (d. Year 1708 ( MDCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Gilbert Tennent ( February 5, 1703, County Armagh, Ireland &ndash July 23, 1764, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1764)
1725 - James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a James Otis Jr (February 5 1725 &ndash May 23 1783 was a lawyer in colonial Massachusetts who was an early advocate of the political views that led to the American 1783)
1784 - Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln (d. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year For the passenger train see Nancy Hanks (passenger train. For the National Endowment for the Arts chairman Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal 1818)
1788 - Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 &ndash 2 July 1850 was the Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1850)
1795 - Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (or Wilhelm von Haidinger) ( February 5, 1795 &ndash March 19, 1871) was an Austrian 1871)
1804 - Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (d. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Johan Ludvig Runeberg (5 February 1804 Jakobstad &ndash 6 May 1877 Porvoo) was a Finnish poet and is the National poet of Finland 1877)
1808 - Carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Carl Spitzweg ( February 5, 1808 - September 23, 1885) was a German romanticist painter and Poet 1885)
1810 - Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (d. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ole Borneman Bull ( February 5, 1810 &ndash August 17, 1880) was a Norwegian Violinist, often called Norway's first 1880)
1837 - Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist (d. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Early life Dwight Moody was born in Northfield Massachusetts to a large family 1899)
1840 - John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (d. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year John Boyd Dunlop ( February 5, 1840 &ndash October 23, 1921) born in Scotland, was the inventor 1921)
1840 - Hiram Stevens Maxim, American inventor (Maxim gun) (d. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim ( February 5, 1840 &ndash November 24, 1916) was an American born Inventor who emigrated to The Maxim gun was the first self-powered Machine gun, invented by the American-born Briton Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884 1916)
1848 - Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (d. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans ( February 5, 1848 – May 12, 1907) was a French Novelist who published his works as 1907)
1848 - Belle Starr, American outlaw (d. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr, better known as Belle Starr ( February 5, 1848 &ndash February 3, 1889) was a famous American 1889)
1848 - Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero (d. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ignacio Carrera Pinto ( February 5, 1848 – July 9, 1882) is a Chilean hero of the War of the Pacific. 1882)
1878 - André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (d. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common André-Gustave Citroën (5 February 1878-3 July 1935 was a French entrepreneur of Dutch and Polish descent 1935)
1880 - Gabriel Voisin, French aviation pioneer (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Gabriel Voisin ( February 5, 1880 &ndash December 25, 1973) was a French aviation pioneer 1973)
1889 - Ernest Tyldesley, British cricketer (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common (George Ernest Tyldesley ( February 5, 1889, Worsley, Lancashire, England – May 5 1962, Rhos-on-Sea 1962)
1900 - Adlai Stevenson, American politician (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar This is about the mid-20th-century politician and diplomat for other American politicians so named see Adlai Stevenson (disambiguation. 1965)
1903 - Joan Whitney Payson, American heiress (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Joan Whitney Payson ( February 5 1903 – October 4 1975) was an American heiress businesswoman Philanthropist, patron 1975)
1906 - John Carradine, American actor (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting John Carradine ( February 5, 1906 &ndash November 27, 1988) was an American Actor, perhaps best known for his roles in 1988)
1908 - Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Daisy Hilton and Violet Hilton ( February 5, 1908 – January 4, 1969) were a pair of Conjoined twins who toured in 1969)
1910 - Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer
1910 - Charles Leblond, Canadian Cell Biologist (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Francisco Antonio "Pancho" Varallo (born February 5, 1910) is a former football player for Argentina and is the only person still Charles Philippe Leblond, CC, MD, PhD, DSc, FRSC, FRS, ( February 5, 1910 &ndash 2007)
1911 - Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Johan Jonatan (sometimes spelled as "Bjoerling" in English-language sources ( 5 1960)
1914 - William S. Burroughs, American author (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year William Seward Burroughs II ( – ˈbʌroʊz was an American Novelist, Essayist, Social critic, painter and Spoken word 1997)
1914 - Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, OM, KBE, FRS (5 February 1914 Banbury, Oxfordshire, England – 20 December 1998 Cambridge The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1998)
1915 - Robert Hofstadter, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Robert Hofstadter ( February 5, 1915 &ndash November 17, 1990) was the winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1990)
1919 - Red Buttons, American actor (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Red Buttons ( February 5, 1919 &ndash July 13, 2006) was an American comedian and Actor. 2006)
1919 - Andreas Papandreou, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Andreas Georgiou Papandreou (Ανδρέας Γ Παπανδρέου ( 5 February, 1919 23 June, 1996) was a Greek economist 1996)
1919 - Tim Holt, American actor (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Tim Holt ( February 5, 1919 &ndash February 15, 1973) was an American film actor 1973)
1920 - Frank Muir, British comedian (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Frank Herbert Muir (5 February 1920 - 2 January 1998 was an English Comedy writer radio and television personality and raconteur 1998)
1921 - John Pritchard, British conductor (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Sir John Michael Pritchard CBE ( 5 February 1921 &ndash 5 December 1989) was a English conductor 1989)
1922 - Alain de Changy, Belgian racing driver (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Alain Carpentier de Changy (born in Brussels, February 5 1922 - died in Etterbeek, August 5 1994 was a Racing driver from Belgium. 1994)
1923 - Claude King, American musician
1927 - Ruth Fertel, American entrepreneur (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Claude King (born 5 February 1923, Keithville, Louisiana, near the city of Shreveport) is an Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ruth Ann Udstad Fertel ( February 5, 1927 - April 16, 2002) was the founder of Ruth's Chris Steak Houses Early life and 2002)
1928 - Andrew Greeley, American priest and novelist
1929 - Luc Ferrari, French composer (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Reverend Dr Andrew M Greeley (born February 5, 1928 in Oak Park Illinois, to Andrew and Grace Greeley is an Irish-American Roman Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Luc Ferrari, French composer born on February 5, 1929 in Paris - deceased on August 22, 2005 in Arezzo in Italy 2005)
1929 - Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician
1929 - Al Worthington, baseball player
1930 - John A. Gambling, American radio show host (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fred Sinowatz ( 5 February 1929 11 August 2008) was born in Neufeld an der Leitha, Burgenland, Austria Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Allan Fulton Worthington (born February 5, 1929 in Birmingham Alabama) nicknamed "Red" is a former Pitcher in Major League Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Alfred Gambling ( February 5, 1930 – January 8, 2004) was a member of the Gambling family, 3 generations of whom - John 2004)
1932 - Cesare Maldini - Italian footballer and manager
1933 - Jörn Donner, Finnish writer/director
1934 - Don Cherry, Canadian hockey commentator
1934 - Hank Aaron, American baseball player
1937 - Stuart Damon, American actor
1937 - Wang Xuan, Chinese scientist (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Cesare Maldini (born February 5, 1932) is an Italian football coach and former player Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jörn Johan Donner (born 5 February 1933 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish writer film director actor producer politician Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Donald Stewart "Grapes" Cherry, (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian hockey commentator for CBC Television. Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5 1934 in Mobile Alabama) nicknamed "Hammer" "Hammerin' Hank” or "Bad Henry” is a retired Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stuart Damon (born Stuart Michael Zonis; February 5, 1937) is an American Actor. Wang Xuan ( Chinese 王选 February 5 1937 - February 13 2006 2006)
1940 - H.R. Giger, Swiss artist
1941 - Jane Bryant Quinn, American journalist
1941 - Stephen J. Cannell, American television producer and writer
1941 - David Selby, American actor
1941 - Kaspar Villiger, Swiss Federal Councilor
1942 - Roger Staubach, American football player
1942 - Cory Wells, American singer (Three Dog Night)
1943 - Nolan Bushnell, American video game pioneer
1943 - Michael Mann, American film director
1943 - Craig Morton, American football player
1944 - Al Kooper, American musician
1946 - Charlotte Rampling, British actress
1947 - Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver
1948 - Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager
1948 - Christopher Guest, American actor
1948 - Barbara Hershey, American actress
1948 - Errol Morris, American film director
1952 - Daniel Balavoine, French singer and songwriter (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hans Ruedi Giger (ˈɡi ɡɚ (born at Chur, Grisons Canton, February 5, 1940) is an Academy Award -winning Swiss Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jane Bryant Quinn (born February 5, 1939) is an American journalist Stephen Joseph Cannell, (born February 5, 1941; ˈkænəl rhymes with "channel" is an American Television producer, Writer David Lynn Selby (born February 5, 1941 in Morgantown, West Virginia) is an American character and stage actor primarily in Kaspar Villiger (pronounced Caspar Veeleeger (born February 5, 1941) is a Swiss industrialist politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roger Thomas Staubach, also known as Roger the Dodger, Captain Comeback, and Captain America, (born February 5, 1942 in Cincinnati Cory Wells (born February 5, 1942 in Buffalo New York) is an American Singer, best known as one of the three lead vocalists in the Three Dog Night is an American Rock band, best known for their music from 1968&ndash1975 but still making live appearances as of 2008 Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nolan K Bushnell (born February 5, 1943) is an American electrical Engineer and Entrepreneur who founded both Atari Inc Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5 1943 is an American Film director, Screenwriter, and producer. Larry Craig Morton (born February 5, 1943 in Flint Michigan) was an American football Quarterback in the National Football League Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt, February 5 1944, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Songwriter, Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charlotte Rampling, OBE (born February 5, 1946) is a highly acclaimed European Film Award and Honorary Cesar Award winning English Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro Kentucky) is a three-time former NASCAR Winston Cup champion the 1989 Daytona Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sven-Göran Eriksson ( born February 5 1948 is a Swedish football manager, who is currently the manager of the Mexico national football team. Christopher Guest (born February 5 1948 is an Emmy Award-winning writer Grammy Award-winning composer/musician director and comic actor Barbara Hershey (born February 5, 1948) is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy-winning American actress known for her many Film roles Errol Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American Academy Award winning Documentary film director Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Daniel Balavoine ( Alençon, February 5, 1952 &ndash January 14, 1986) was a French Singer and Songwriter 1986)
1953 - John Beilein, American basketball coach
1954 - Cliff Martinez, American musician
1955 - Mike Heath, baseball player
1956 - Hector Rebaque, Mexican racing driver
1956 - Betty Ong, flight attendant that died on September 11, 2001, on American Airlines Flight 11
1959 - Jennifer Granholm American Politician
1960 - Aris Christofellis, Greek countertenor
1961 - Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager
1961 - Tim Meadows, American actor and comedian
1962 - Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress
1963 - Steven Shainberg, American film director
1964 - Alexia, Cypriot singer
1964 - Laura Linney, American actress
1964 - Duff McKagan, American musician
1965 - Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer
1966 - Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Beilein (pronounced bee-line; born February 5, 1953 in Burt Niagara County New York) is the men's basketball head coach at the University Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Cliff Martinez (born February 5, 1954) is an American film score composer and former drummer for Captain Beefheart, The Dickies, The Weirdos Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Michael Thomas Heath (born February 5, 1955, in Tampa Florida) is a former catcher in Major League Baseball. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Héctor Alonso Rebaque (born February 5, 1956 in Mexico City) is a former Racing driver from Mexico. Betty Ann Ong ( Chinese: 鄧月薇 5 February 1956 &ndash 11 September 2001) born in San Francisco was an American The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (born February 5 1959 in Vancouver British Columbia) is a Canadian -born American Politician, former Attorney Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Aris Christofellis (Άρης Χριστοφέλλης is a Sopranist (male soprano who was born in Athens on 5 February 1960. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Savvas Kofidis (Σάββας Κωφίδης (born 5 February, 1961 near Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, USSR) is a Greek football Tim Meadows (born February 5 1961) is an American Actor and Comedian. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jennifer Jason Leigh (born February 5, 1962) is a Golden Globe -nominated and two-time NYFCC Award -winning American Actress Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Steven Shainberg (born 5 February 1963) is an American Film director and producer. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Alexia Vassiliou (born February 5, 1964) better known as Alexia, is a Cypriot vocalist musician performer singer who represented Cyprus Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is a three-time Academy Award -nominated a three time Golden Globe nominee and a three-time Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan (born February 5 1964) is an American Musician and rock Bassist, who is best known Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Gheorghe Hagi (ˈge̯orge ˈhaʤi in Romanian born February 5, 1965 in Săcele) is a Romanian former football player Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Rok Petrovič ( February 5 1966 - September 16 1993) was a Slovenian alpine Skier. 1993)
1966 - Apostolos Nanos, Greek archer
1967 - Chris Parnell, American actor
1968 - Roberto Alomar, baseball player
1968 - Eyþór Guðjónsson, Icelandic actor
1968 - Nir Kabaretti, Israeli conductor
1969 - Bobby Brown, American singer
1969 - Michael Sheen, Welsh actor
1971 - Sara Evans, American singer
1972 - Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
1972 - Koriki Chōshū, Japanese comedian
1973 - Richard Matvichuk, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 - Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch singer
1975 - Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer
1975 - Adam Carson, American musician (AFI)
1976 - Tony Jaa, Thai actor
1976 - Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
1976 - John Aloisi, Australian footballer
1976 - Brian Moorman, American football player
1977 - Ben Ainslie, British sailor
1977 - Adam Everett, American baseball player
1977 - Ahmad Merritt, American football player
1978 - Shawn Reaves, American actor
1978 - Brian Russell, American 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
1981 - Nora Zehetner, American actress
1981 - Loukas Vyntra, Greek football player
1982 - Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell (born February 5, 1967) is an American actor and comedian who was a Saturday Night Live cast member Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roberto Alomar Velázquez (born February 5 1968 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball player (- considered by many to be one of the Eyþór Guðjónsson (born February 5, 1968) often Anglicized as Eythor Gudjonsson, is an Icelandic Actor. Nir Kabaretti, (born February 5, 1968) is the conductor and music director of the Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra in California Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bobby Brown (born Robert Barisford Brown, on February 5 1969) is an American R&B Singer, Songwriter, and Michael Sheen (born 5 February 1969) is a BAFTA and Laurence Olivier Award - nominated Welsh Actor perhaps best known for Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Sara Lynn Evans (born February 5, 1971) is an American country Singer-songwriter who has had numerous top 10 hits Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Early life Mary was born and raised in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. (born, February 5, 1972 in the city of Nishi-Tokyo, Tokyo) is a Japanese comedian. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Richard Matvichuk (born February 5, 1973 in Edmonton, Alberta) is an NHL defenceman currently a free agent Judith Katrijntje "Trijntje" Oosterhuis (born February 5, 1973) is a Dutch pop and Jazz Singer. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Giovanni Christiaan van Bronckhorst, nicknamed "Gio" (born February 5, 1975 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch footballer of Moluccan Adam Carson is the original and current drummer of the alternative rock band AFI. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Panom Yeerum (พนม ยีรัมย์ pʰanom jiːrɑm born on February 5, 1976 in Surin province Isaan Thailand better known in the West Abhishek Bachchan (अभिषेक बच्चन born February 5, 1976 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an award-winning John Aloisi (born 5 February 1976 in Adelaide, Australia) is an Australian Football (soccer Striker who most recently plays for A-League Brian Donald Moorman (born February 5, 1976 in Wichita Kansas) is an American football punter who currently plays for the Buffalo Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Charles Benedict "Ben" Ainslie, OBE, (born 5 February 1977 in Macclesfield) is an English sailor and three-times Jeffery Adam Everett (born February 5, 1977 in Austell, Georgia) is a Major League Baseball Shortstop for the Minnesota Ahmad Rashad Merritt (born February 5, 1977 in) is an American football Wide receiver who is currently a Free agent. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Shawn Reaves (born February 5, 1978 in Monroe Louisiana) is an American Actor. Brian William Russell (born February 5, 1978 in West Covina California) is an American football player who currently plays safety Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Bradley Joseph "Brad" Fitzpatrick (born February 5, 1980 in Iowa) often seen on the Internet under the nickname bradfitz, is an Peter Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia ( Serbian name Петар Карађорђевић) was born on 5 February 1980 in Chicago Illinois, United Jo Swinson (born 5 February 1980) is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire constituency, to Robin Vik (born February 5, 1980 in Hradec Králové) is a Czech professional Tennis player Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Nora Angela Zehetner (born February 5, 1981) is an American film and television actress Loukas Vyntra (Λουκάς Βύντρα (born 5 February 1981 in Město Albrechtice, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech - Greek (Czech Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami ( ( February 5, 1982 &ndash December 28, 2007) was an Iranian professional Basketball player 2007)
1982 - Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine footballer
1982 - Kevin Everett, American football player
1982 - Tomas Kopecky, Ice hockey player
1984 - Carlos Tévez, Argentinine footballer
1984 - Nate Salley, American football player
1985 - Laurence Maroney, American football player
1985 - Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
1985 - Crystal Hunt, American actress
1985 - Lindsey Cardinale, American singer
1986 - Reed Sorenson, American racecar driver
1986 - Billy Sharp, English footballer
1986 - Manuel Fernandes, Portuguese footballer
1989 - Cristine Reyes, Filipino actress
1989 - Jeremy Sumpter, American actor

Deaths

995 - William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio (born 5 February Kevin Everett (born February 5, 1982 in Port Arthur, Texas) is a former American football Tight end who played for Tomáš Kopecký (born on February 5, 1982 in Ilava, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovakian National Hockey League Left Wing Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Carlos Alberto Tévez (born Carlos Alberto Martínez, 5 February 1984 in Ciudadela, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine Nate Salley (born February 5, 1984 in Fort Lauderdale Florida) is an American football safety for the Carolina Panthers Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Laurence Maroney (born February 5, 1985 in St Louis, Missouri) is an American football Running back for the New England Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH (kɾɨʃˈtiɐnu ʁuˈnaɫdu born 5 February 1985 in Funchal, Madeira) is a Portuguese footballer Crystal Hunt (born February 5, 1985) is an American actress. Biography Personal life Hunt was born and raised in Lindsey Michelle Cardinale (born February 5, 1985 in Hammond, Louisiana) is an American country singer and University Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Bradley Reed Sorenson (born February 5, 1986, in Peachtree City Georgia) is a NASCAR driver who currently drives the #41 Target William Louis "Billy" Sharp (born 5 February 1986 in Sheffield) is an English professional footballer currently playing a Manuel Henrique Tavares Fernandes (pronounced mɐnu'ɛɫ fɨɾ'nɐ̃ðɨʃ (born February 5, 1986) commonly known as Manuel Fernandes, is a Portuguese Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Christine Reyes (born Ara Cristine Pascual Reyes on February 5 1989 in Marikina, Philippines) is a Filipina Actress Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter (born February 5, 1989) is an American Actor. Events By Place Europe Erik Segersäll is succeeded by Olof Skötkonung, the first baptized ruler of Sweden (see William IV (937 &ndash 3 February 994) called Fierebras or Fierebrace (meaning "Iron Arm" from the French Fier-à-bras 937)
1520 - Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. Events By Place Europe Battle of Brunanburh: King Athelstan of England defeats the Viking king of Sten Sture the Younger ( Swedish: Sten Sture den yngre) Lord of Ekesiö (1493 &ndash February 5 1520) was a Swedish statesman and regent 1493)
1578 - Giambattista Moroni, Italian painter
1705 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (b. Giovanni Battista Moroni (c 1520/24 &ndash February 5, 1578) was an Italian painter of the mannerist period Year 1705 ( MDCCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Philipp Jakob Spener ( January 13, 1635 &ndash February 5, 1705) was a German Christian theologian known as the "Father 1635)
1766 - Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Count Leopold Joseph von Daun (or Dhaun) ( September 24, 1705 &ndash February 5, 1766) later Prince of Thiano, 1705)
1775 - Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (b. Year 1705 ( MDCCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Eusebius Amort ( November 15, 1692 - February 5, 1775) was a German Roman Catholic theologian. 1692)
1790 - William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year William Cullen ( 15 April 1710 – 5 February 1790) was a Scottish doctor and Chemist. 1710)
1807 - Pasquale Paoli, Corsican patriot and military leader (b. Year 1710 ( MDCCX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Filippo Antonio Pasquale di Paoli ( Pascal Paoli, April 6, 1725 February 5, 1807 1725)
1881 - Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (b. Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881 was a Scottish essayist satirist and historian whose work was highly influential during the Victorian era. 1795)
1892 - Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (b. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Emilie Flygare-Carlén ( née Smith August 8 1807 &ndash February 5 1892) was a Swedish Novelist Emilie Smith 1807)
1915 - Ross Barnes, baseball player (b. Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Charles Roscoe Barnes ( May 8, 1850 in Mount Morris New York – February 5, 1915 in Chicago Illinois) was one of 1850)
1917 - Jaber II Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sheikh Jaber II Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah CSI, ( 1860 - February 5, 1917) was the eighth The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed 1860)
1922 - Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian inventor (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Slavoljub Eduard Penkala ( April 20, 1871 – February 5, 1922) was an Engineer and Inventor from Croatia 1871)
1922 - Christiaan De Wet, South African general (b. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Christiaan Rudolf de Wet ( 7 October 1854 - 3 February 1922) was a Boer General, Rebel Leader 1854)
1927 - Inayat Khan, Indian sufi
1937 - Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born writer (b. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hazrat Inayat Khan ( July 5, 1882 &ndash February 5, 1927) was the founder of Universal Sufism and the Sufi Order International Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lou Andreas-Salomé (née Louise von Salomé) ( February 12, 1861 St 1861)
1938 - Hans Litten, German jurist (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hans Achim Litten ( June 19, 1903 – February 5, 1938) was a young Lawyer, born in Halle, who had represented anti- 1903)
1941 - Banjo Paterson, Australian poet, author of "Walzing Matilda" (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (17 February 1864 – 5 February 1941 was a famous Australian Bush poet, journalist and author 1864)
1946 - George Arliss, English actor (b. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Arliss ( April 10, 1868 - February 5, 1946) was an English Academy Award -winning Actor, Author 1868)
1948 - Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Johannes Blaskowitz ( 10 July 1883 - 5 February 1948) was a German general during World War II. 1883)
1957 - Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Sami Ibrahim HADDAD, Arabic: سامي ابراهيم حداد ( July 3, 1890 &ndash February 5, 1957) was a doctor 1890)
1962 - Jacques Ibert, French composer (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jacques François Antoine Ibert ( August 15, 1890 &ndash February 5, 1962) was a French Composer of classical 1890)
1967 - Leon Leonwood Bean, American department store founder (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. LLBean is a privately held Mail-order and retail company based in Freeport, Maine, specializing in clothing and outdoor recreation equipment 1872)
1969 - Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thelma Ritter ( February 14 1902 – February 5 1969) was an American Tony Award -winning character actress 1905)
1970 - Rudy York, American baseball player (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Preston Rudolph York ( August 17, 1913 - February 5, 1970) was a Major League Baseball First baseman who played for the 1913)
1972 - Marianne Moore, American poet (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marianne Moore ( November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American Poet and Writer 1887)
1976 - Rudy Pompilli, American musician (Bill Haley and His Comets) (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rudy Pompilli (b Rudolph Clement Pompilii Chester Pennsylvania April 16, 1924 (many sources say 1926 d This article is specifically about the rock and roll band See Bill Haley for biographical information regarding Haley himself 1926)
1977 - Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Oskar Benjamin Klein ( September 15 1894 - February 5 1977) was a Swedish theoretical Physicist. 1894)
1981 - Ella Grasso, Governor of Connecticut (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Ella Grasso ( May 10, 1919 – February 5, 1981) born Ella Giovanna Oliva Tambussi, was an American politician 1919)
1984 - Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, Mexican wrestler and film actor (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta ( September 23, 1917 - February 5, 1984) more widely known as Santo el Enmascarado de Plata ( Saint 1917)
1985 - Georges-Émile Lapalme, Quebec politician (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Georges-Émile Lapalme ( January 14, 1907 - February 5, 1985) was a politician in Quebec, Canada, member of the Legislative 1907)
1987 - William Collier, American film and stage actor (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) William Collier Jr ( February 12, 1902 – February 5, 1987) was an American film and stage actor who appeared in 89 films 1902)
1991 - Dean Jagger, American actor (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Dean Jagger ( 7 November, 1903 &ndash 5 February, 1991) was an Academy Award -winning and a Daytime Emmy Award winning 1903)
1992 - Miguel Rolando Covian, Brazilian physiologist (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Miguel Rolando Covian (1913-1992 was an Argentine - Brazilian physiologist medical educator and writer 1913)
1993 - Marcel Léger, Quebec politician (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Marcel Léger ( June 8 1930 - February 5, 1993) was a Canadian politician and a supporter of Quebec sovereignty 1930)
1993 - Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American writer, producer, and director (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Leo Mankiewicz ( February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American Academy Award -winning director 1909)
1993 - Tip Tipping, British actor and stuntman (parachuting accident) (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Timothy Tipping ( February 13, 1958 &ndash February 5, 1993) better known as Tip Tipping, was a British movie stuntman 1958)
1995 - Doug McClure, American actor (b. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Douglas Osborne McClure ( May 11, 1935 – February 5, 1995) was an American Actor whose career in Film 1935)
1997 - Pamela Harriman, English-born American diplomat (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Pamela Churchill Harriman ( 20 March 1920 &ndash 5 February 1997) was an English-born Socialite who was married and linked to important 1920)
1998 - Tim Kelly, American musician (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Timothy Patrick Kelly ( January 13, 1963 - February 5, 1998) was the Guitarist for the band Slaughter. 1963)
1999 - Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Wassily Wassilyovitch Leontief (Василий Васильевич Леонтьев August 5, 1905, Munich, Germany February 5 The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk 1906)
2000 - Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Claude Autant-Lara ( 5 August 1901 in Luzarches, Val-d’Oise &ndash 5 February 2000 in Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes 1901)
2003 - Helge Boes, American Central Intelligence Agency officer
2004 - John Hench, American animator (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Helge Boes, an operations officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, was killed on February 5, 2003, while participating in United States "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " John Hench ( June 29, 1908 – February 5, 2004) was an employee of The Walt Disney Company for more than sixty five years an exceptionally 1908)
2005 - Gnassingbe Eyadema, President of Togo (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. General Gnassingbé Eyadéma, formerly Étienne Eyadéma ( December 26, 1937 – February 5 2005) was the President of This page contains a list of presidents of Togo. See also Lists of incumbents. 1937)
2006 - Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress and comedian (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Norma Candal ( April 10, 1930 – February 5, 2006) was an Actress and Comedian who was best known for her role as "Petunia" 1930)
2006 - Franklin Cover, American actor (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Franklin Cover ( November 20, 1928 – February 5, 2006) was an American actor most noted for starring on the Sitcom 1928)
2007 - Alfred Worm, Austrian investigative journalist (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Alfred Worm ( 14 June 1945, Gmünd, Niederösterreich - 5 February 2007, Vienna) was an Austrian 1945)
2007 - Leo T. McCarthy, American politician and 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California (1983–1995) (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Leo Tarcissus McCarthy ( August 15 1930 - February 5 2007) was a New Zealand -born American politician and businessman 1930)
2008 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru, founder of Transcendental Meditation (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ( January 12, 1917 &ndash February 5 2008) founded and developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and Transcendental Meditation or TM is the trademarked name of a Meditation technique introduced in 1958 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1917-2008 ca. 1917)

Holidays and observances

St. Agatha

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Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year For communities named after St Agatha see Sainte-Agathe. Saint Agatha of Sicily or Saint Agatha (died 251 is a Christian

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