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What happened in history on this day: February 5?
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- 816 - Frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity.
- 1428 - King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons.
- 1488 - Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium.
- 1505 - Birth of Gilg Tschudi in Glarus, Switzerland; historian (Chronicon Helveticum).
- 1512 - French troops under Gaston de Foix rescues Bologna.
- 1556 - Kings Henri I and Philip II sign Treaty of Vaucelles.
- 1572 - Beggars assault Oisterwijk Netherlands, drive nuns out.
- 1576 - Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours.
- 1578 - Giovanni B Moroni Italian portrait painter, dies.
- 1589 - Birth of Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan French playwright/poet.
- 1597 - 26 Catholics are crucified in Nagasaki, Japan.
- 1626 - Birth of Madame Marie de Sévigné Paris, celebrated letter-writer (Portrait in Letters).
- 1631 - Rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England.
- 1644 - First US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut.
- 1649 - Prince of Wales becomes English king Charles II.
- 1658 - Maria Margaretha van Angels Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at age 52.
- 1663 - In the St. Lawrence River valley (Canada), an Intensity X earthquake occurs, causing vast landslides along the St. Maurice, Batiscan, and St. Lawrence Rivers.
- 1679 - German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France.
- 1679 - Joost van den Vondel Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at age 91.
- 1721 - James Stanhope first earl of Stanhope English General, dies at age 47.
- 1723 - Birth of John Witherspoon clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence.
- 1736 - Methodists John and Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah Georgia.
- 1748 - Birth of Christian Gottlob Neefe; German composer, conductor, tutor of Beethoven.
- 1753 - Birth of Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma Frisian regent/patriot.
- 1754 - Nicolaas S Cruquius hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at age 75.
- 1770 - Birth of Alexandre Brongniart Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary).
- 1775 - Birth of Margaretha J de Neufville author (Small Pligten).
- 1777 - Georgia becomes first US state to abolish both entail and primogeniture.
- 1778 - Articles of Confederation ratified by first state, South Carolina.
- 1779 - Birth of Frans van Campenhout; Belgian vocalist/composer (Brabançonne).
- 1782 - Spanish take Minorca (western Mediterranean) from the English.
- 1783 - Sweden recognizes US independence.
- 1788 - Birth of Karoly Kisfaludy; Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon).
- 1788 - Birth of Robert "Bobbie" Peel; British Prime Minister (1834-46), founded Tories.
- 1795 - Zealand Netherlands surrenders to French General Michaud.
- 1799 - Birth of John Lindley; English botanist (Elements of Botany).
- 1807 - Death of Pasquale Paoli at age 80; Corsican freedom fighter.
- 1817 - First US gas company incorporated, in Baltimore, Maryland (coal gas for street lights).
- 1831 - Jan van Speijk blows up his gunboat in Antwerp, killing about 30.
- 1833 - Birth of John Watkinson; founder of British Chess Magazine (oldest chess magazine).
- 1837 - Birth of Dwight Lyman Moody; US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement).
- 1840 - Birth of Hiram Stevens Maxim; inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle).
- 1840 - Birth of John Boyd Dunlop in Scotland; developer (pneumatic rubber tire).
- 1846 - Oregon Spectator is first newspaper to be published on the West Coast.
- 1848 - Birth of Belle Starr AKA Myra Belle Shirley; US female outlaw (wild west) (dies 1889).
- 1848 - Birth of Joris-Karl Huysmans in France; writer (Against the Grain).
- 1850 - Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, New York.
- 1855 - British government of Lord Palmerston forms.
- 1856 - Birth of Otto Brahm; German critic/founder (Neue Deutsche Rundschau).
- 1860 - Birth of Jackson Showalter; first US chess champion (1888-92, 1895-97, 1906-09).
- 1861 - First moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale of Cincinnati.
- 1861 - Kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1861 - Louisiana delegation except Mr Bouligny withdraws from US Congress.
- 1866 - Birth of Henri [Hendrik J] Hall; Dutch Member of Parliament/comic (Put a Lid on it).
- 1867 - Birth of Casper A Lingbeek; vicar/Dutch Member of Parliament.
- 1867 - French troops leave Mexico City.
- 1867 - Salomon Munk, published Arabic edition of Maimounides, dies.
- 1871 - Birth of Jovan Ducic; Serbian poet (Blue Legends).
- 1878 - Birth of André-Gustave Citroën in France; auto maker (Citroën).
- 1879 - Birth of Edward Rigby in England; actor (Star Look Down, Young and Innocent).
- 1879 - Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow.
- 1881 - Birth of Frederick Leonard Lonsdale; British playwright (Balkan Princess).
- 1881 - Phoenix, Arizona, incorporates as a city.
- 1889 - Birth of Elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren; cricket player (prolific England bat of 1920s).
- 1889 - Birth of Ernest Tyldesley; cricket player (first Lancastrian to score 100 100's).
- 1891 - Birth of Elizabeth Ryan in Anaheim, California, USA; doubles tennis champion (six-time Wimbledon).
- 1891 - Birth of Karl L Schmidt; German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum).
- 1893 - Alfred Naess skates world record 500 metre (49.4 seconds).
- 1893 - Birth of Roman Ingarden; Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica).
- 1894 - Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam, Holland forms.
- 1897 - Birth of Dirk U Stikker; director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO.
- 1897 - Hoss Radbourn, pitcher who won 60 games in 1884, dies at age 42.
- 1900 - The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for Panama Canal.
- 1900 - Birth of Adlai E Stevenson; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Illinois), presidential candidate (Democrat, 1952, 1956).
- 1900 - British troops under General Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal.
- 1901 - Loop-the-loop centrifugal railroad (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot.
- 1903 - Birth of Joan Whitney Payson; owner of New York Mets and horse stables.
- 1903 - Birth of Nathaniel Owings in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; architect (Oak Ridge Tennessee; Sears).
- 1904 - American occupation of Cuba ends.
- 1906 - Birth of John Carradine in Greenwich Village, New York, USA; actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling).
- 1907 - Birth of Jan Klaasesz; Dutch governor of Suriname (1949-56).
- 1907 - Birth of Norton Simon; business executive (Simon and Schuster).
- 1907 - Birth of Pierre E J Pflimlin; premier of France.
- 1910 - Birth of Martha van Och-Scholl; German/Dutch resistance fighter (WWII).
- 1912 - Birth of Willard Parker in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman).
- 1914 - Birth of Alan Hodgkin; British physicist (Nobel Prize 1963).
- 1914 - Birth of William S Burroughs in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; novelist (Naked Lunch) (dies 1997).
- 1917 - Birth of Sári Gábor AKA Zsa Zsa Gabor in Budapest, Hungary; actress (Queen of Outer Space).
- 1917 - US Congress overrides President Woodrow Wilson's veto, curtailing Asian immigration.
- 1917 - Mexican constitution is adopted.
- 1918 - Stephen W Thompson becomes first US pilot to down an enemy airplane.
- 1918 - Birth of Charles John Holt AKA Tim Holt in Beverly Hills, California; actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Stagecoach, Hitler's Children).
- 1918 - Birth of Robert Brown in the Hebrides Islands, Scotland; actor (Here Come The Brides, Primus).
- 1918 - Separation of church and state begins in Russia.
- 1919 - Birth of Andrea George Papandreou; Greek premier (1981-89, 1993-).
- 1919 - Birth of Melina Mercouri; actress (Never on Sunday).
- 1919 - Birth of Red Buttons AKA Aaron Chwatt in the Bronx, New York, USA; actor/comic (Sayonara movie, Poseidon Adventure movie, The Red Buttons Show TV show, The Double Life of Henry Phyfe TV show, Knots Landing TV show, Roseanne TV show, Street Time TV show, ER TV show).
- 1919 - National League president John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers.
- 1919 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists film studio in the USA.
- 1921 - New York Yankees purchase 20 acres in the Bronx for Yankee Stadium.
- 1922 - Birth of Bernard Kalb; US State Department spokesman, CBS/NBC/CNN newsman, actor (Dave).
- 1922 - Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer General, dies at age 67.
- 1922 - Reader's Digest magazine is first published.
- 1923 - General mine strike against wage cuts in Saar.
- 1923 - Mass arrests of socialists and communists in Italy.
- 1924 - The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips."
- 1926 - Birth of Arthur Ochs Sulzberger in New York City, New York, USA; publisher (New York Times).
- 1927 - Birth of Val Dufour in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor (Eugenie Grandet, Another World).
- 1929 - Birth of Fred Sinowatz (SPÖ) Neufeld an der Leitha; chancellor of Austria (1983-86).
- 1933 - Birth of Jörn Donner in Helsinki, Finland; director (Anna, Tenderness).
- 1933 - Birth of Nick Georgiade in New York City, New York, USA; actor (The Untouchables, Run Buddy Run).
- 1933 - Birth of Ron Wilson; US percussionist (Joy of Cooking).
- 1934 - Birth of Don Cherry in Ontario, Canada; sports commentator (Hockey Night in Canada).
- 1934 - Birth of Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron Junior in Mobile, Alabama, USA; baseball player (record 755 home runs, 1957 National League Most Valuable Player).
- 1935 - Birth of Alex Harvey; rocker ("Just Visiting This Planet").
- 1935 - Birth of John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys; supreme commander South Africa army 1980-.
- 1936 - National Wildlife Federation forms.
- 1937 - First Charlie Chaplin talkie film, Modern Times, is released to theaters.
- 1937 - Birth of Cocky van Oost [Kommertje van Vliet]; Dutch dancer (Sylphides).
- 1937 - Birth of Gaston Roelants in Belgium; world cross-country champion.
- 1937 - Birth of Stuart Damon in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Alan Quartermaine - General Hospital).
- 1937 - President Franklin Roosevelt proposes enlarging US Supreme Court.
- 1937 - Lou [Andreas-]Salomé, Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at age 75.
- 1938 - Birth of Dick van Niehoff; Dutch vocalist (Fouryo).
- 1938 - Birth of John Guare; American writer (Six degrees of Separation, Atlantic City, Taking Off).
- 1938 - Hans Engnestangen skates world record 500 metre (41.8 seconds).
- 1939 - Birth of Brian Luckhurst; cricket player (England opener of 1960s and early 1970s).
- 1939 - Birth of Jane Bryant Quinn; newscaster/financial writer (Everyone's Money Book).
- 1940 - Birth of Hans Rudolf Giger; artist, special effects designer (Alien).
- 1940 - General Winckelman replaces General Reijnders as Dutch supreme commander.
- 1941 - Birth of Barrett Strong in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer ("Money, That's What I Want").
- 1941 - Birth of David Selby in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA; actor (Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road, Dark Shadows).
- 1941 - Birth of Rick Laird; jazz musician (Gerry Niewood and Timepiece).
- 1941 - Birth of Stephen J Cannell; American TV show producer (The Rockford Files TV show, The A Team TV show, Wiseguy TV show).
- 1941 - Dutch Premier De Geer returns from Lisbon to Netherlands.
- 1942 - Birth of Cory Wells in Buffalo, New York, USA; rock vocalist (Three Dog Night - "Joy to the World").
- 1942 - Birth of Roger Staubach; NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1942 - Birth of Susan Hill; English playwright (Magic Apple Tree).
- 1942 - Boston Braves get Tommy Holmes from New York Yankees for Buddy Hassett and Gene Moore.
- 1943 - Amsterdam resistance group CS-6 shoots German General Seyffardt.
- 1943 - Birth of Charles Winfield in Pennsylvania, USA; rocker (Blood Sweat and Tears - "Spinning Wheel").
- 1943 - Birth of Craig Morton in Flint, Michigan, USA; NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos).
- 1943 - Birth of Larry Tamblyn; rock guitarist (Standells - "Dirty Water").
- 1943 - Birth of Michael Mann in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor/director (Sexpot, Close Friends).
- 1943 - Birth of Nolan Bushnell; founder (Atari)/creator (Pong).
- 1943 - Birth of Sven Johnson; rocker (Tangerine Dream).
- 1943 - Clandestine Radio Atlantiksender, in Germany, makes first transmission.
- 1943 - Wim Gertenbach, Dutch resistance fighter (Slogan), shot by Germans.
- 1944 - 358 RAF-bombers attack Stettin, Germany.
- 1944 - Birth of Al Kooper; rock keyboards/vocalist (Blood Sweat and Tears - "When I Die").
- 1944 - Birth of J R Cobb in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV).
- 1944 - Robert E Park, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at age 79.
- 1945 - Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69.6 kph (440 yards in 20.8 seconds).
- 1945 - British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Yalta, the Crimea.
- 1945 - US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla, Philippines.
- 1946 - Birth of Charlotte Rampling in England; actress (Zardoz, Night Porter, Verdict).
- 1946 - George Arliss, actor/writer (Dr Syn, Voltaire), dies at age 77.
- 1946 - The United States recognizes the government of Romania.
- 1947 - Birth of David Ladd in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Raymie, Catlow, Misty, Deathline).
- 1947 - Birth of Mary Louise Cleave in Southampton, New York, USA; PhD/astronaut (STS 61-B, STS 30).
- 1947 - Bolewet Beirut becomes President of Poland.
- 1947 - Ganzefles, Dutch Nazi spy/Jew hunter, executed.
- 1948 - NBC TV debuts science show The Nature of Things.
- 1948 - Birth of Barbara Hershey [Herzstein] in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; actor (Stuntman, Shy People, A World Apart, The Mountain, Return to Lonesome Dove).
- 1948 - Birth of Christopher Guest in New York City, New York, USA; actor, director, comedian (Saturday Night Live, Heartbeeps, This is Spinal Tap, Princess Bride, Blind Ambition).
- 1948 - Birth of Tom Wilkinson; actor (The Gathering Storm, David Copperfield).
- 1948 - Birth of David Denny; rock guitarist (Steve Miller Band - "Abracadabra").
- 1948 - Birth of Elco [LC] Brinkman; Dutch minister WVC (CDA).
- 1948 - Birth of Nigel Tufnel; rocker (Spinal Tap).
- 1948 - Dick Button becomes first US figure skating Olympics champion.
- 1948 - Gretchen Fraser becomes first US woman Olympics slalom champion.
- 1948 - Johann Blaskowitz, German General (surrendered at Wageningen), dies at age 64.
- 1949 - Birth of David Sullivan; English newspaper publisher (Sunday Sport).
- 1949 - Birth of Maidarjabyn Ganzorig in Mongolia; cosmonaut (Soyuz 39 backup).
- 1949 - Birth of Nigel Olsson, rock guitarist/drummer (Elton John Band).
- 1949 - Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 1950 - Birth of Ann Sexton; US vocalist ("You're Gone too Long").
- 1951 - Birth of Elizabeth Swados in Buffalo, New York, USA; composer/playwright (1972 Tony Award).
- 1952 - Reginald Allen, cricket player (uncle of Gubby, Test Australia vs England 1887), dies.
- 1953 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated feature film Peter Pan to US theaters. The film is adapted from the play by Sir James M. Barrie.
- 1953 - In Los Angeles, California, the 5th Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Art Linkletter.
- Best Actor: Thomas Mitchell
- Best Actress: Helen Hayes
- Best Audience Participation, Quiz or Panel Program: What's My Line?
- Best Children's Program: Time for Beany
- Best Comedian: Jimmy Durante
- Best Comedienne: Lucille Ball
- Best Dramatic Show: Robert Montgomery Presents
- Best Mystery, Action or Adventure Program: Dragnet
- Best Public Affairs Program: See It Now
- Best Situation Comedy: I Love Lucy
- Best Variety Program: Your Show of Shows
- Most Outstanding Personality: Fulton J. Sheen.
- 1956 - VII Olympic Winter Games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- 1956 - Louise Suggs win LPGA Havana Golf Open.
- 1956 - New York Mayor Robert Wagner and Brooklyn Boro President Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a Brooklyn Sports Center Authority, which will propose building a $30 million downtown sports center.
- 1957 - Birth of Craig Wilson in Beeville, Texas, USA; water polo goalie (Olympics-silver-1984, 1988).
- 1958 - Gamel Abdel Nasser nominated first President of United Arab Republic.
- 1958 - Henry M Tomlinson, British writer (Under red ensign), dies at age 84.
- 1958 - Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, West Indies versus Pakistan, Port-of-Spain.
- 1958 - Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km.
- 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.
- 1959 - Redhead opens at 46th Steet Theater in New York City for 455 performances.
- 1959 - Australia regains the Ashes with a 10-wicket victory at Adelaide.
- 1959 - Birth of Glenn Dubis in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; 3x40 rifle (Olympics-1984, 1988, 1996).
- 1959 - Gwili Andre, actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies.
- 1960 - Birth of Jane Geddes in Huntington, New York, USA; LPGA golfer (1987 Women's Kemper Open).
- 1960 - Louis Stricker, cricket player (South Africa open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies.
- 1961 - Birth of Tim Meadows; Actor-comedian (Saturday Night Live, Dennis Miller).
- 1961 - Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at age 73.
- 1962 - Birth of Jennifer Jason Leigh [Morrow] in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Single White Female, Spawn, Hercules).
- 1962 - Birth of Tommy Skeoch; rock vocalist (Tesla - "Five Man Acoustical Jam").
- 1962 - French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence.
- 1962 - Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at age 71.
- 1962 - Law suit to bar Englewood, New Jersey, from "racial segregated" schools is filed.
- 1962 - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16 degrees.
- 1963 - Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars.
- 1964 - Birth of Duff [Michael] "Rose" McKagan; rocker (Velvet Revolver, Guns and Roses - "Sweet Child of Mine").
- 1964 - Birth of Laura Linney; actress (John Adams, Frasier, Tales of the City).
- 1965 - Birth of Ben Lee in Rangoon, Burma; US badminton player (Olympics-1992).
- 1965 - Birth of James David McGovern in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA; PGA golfer (1993 Shell Houston Open).
- 1965 - Irving Bacon, actor (Fort Ti, Petticoat Fever), dies at age 71.
- 1966 - BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island.
- 1966 - In the United Kingdom, the last braches of the Boots lending libraries close. The first location opened in 1899; there were 440 branches at its peak.
- 1966 - In Central Greece, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurs. One person killed and 50 injured. Extensive property damage at Krenti, Kliston, Fourna, Alestia, and surrounding villages.
- 1966 - Death of Ludwig Binswanger at age 84 in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland; psychiatrist (existentialist phenomenology, self-image, Erinnerung an Sigmund Freud (1956), Grundformen und Erkenntnis menschlichen Daseins (1962)).
- 1967 - The CBS TV network airs the first The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 60-minute comedy TV show in the USA.
- 1967 - Anastasio Somoza elected President of Nicaragua.
- 1967 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren.
- 1967 - Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at age 87.
- 1968 - Birth of Chris Barron; rocker (Spin Doctors).
- 1968 - Birth of Roberto Alomar in Salinas, Puerto Rico; infielder (Baltimore Orioles).
- 1968 - Birth of Will Furrer; NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Saint Louis Rams).
- 1969 - ABC-TV airs, then immediately cancels, comedy-variety show Turn On, hosted by Tim Conway.
- 1969 - Birth of Bobby Brown in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA; singer ("Ghostbusters", "Don't Be Cruel").
- 1969 - US population reaches 200 million.
- 1969 - Vince Lombardi becomes part owner, vice president, general manager and head coach of Washington Redskins.
- 1970 - First Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours, 1 six.
- 1970 - Birth of Darren Lehmann; cricket player (South Africa and Victoria LHB Australian ODI 1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Forey Duckett; NFL/WLAF cornerback/safety (New Orleans Saints, Scottish Claymores).
- 1970 - In central Philippines (Romblon Island), a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurs. Widespread damage and three deaths.
- 1970 - Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa versus Australia, Durban.
- 1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1971 - Apollo 14, third US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro; Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell walk on Moon for four hours.
- 1971 - Birth of Dennis Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; 125.5 pounds greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-silver-1992, 1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Dianne Norman in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada; basketball forward (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Marcus Redman; actor (Raymond - Doogie Howser).
- 1971 - Birth of Peter "Chip" Cipollone in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Mátyás Rákosi; Hungarian premier (1952-56), dies at age 78.
- 1972 - Birth of Chris Bailey; ice hockey defenseman (USA, Olympics-1998).
- 1972 - Birth of Erin Phillips in Mexico, Missouri, USA; Miss Missouri-America (1995).
- 1972 - Birth of Tony Johnson; tight end (New Orleans Saints).
- 1972 - Bob Douglas is elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
- 1972 - Marianne Moore, US poet (Pulitzer 1951), dies at age 84.
- 1972 - US airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers and baggage.
- 1972 - Birth of Mary; Crown Princess of Denmark.
- 1973 - Birth of Diego Serrano in Quito, Ecuador; actor (Tomas Rivera - Another World).
- 1973 - Birth of Israel Raybon; defensive end (Carolina Panthers).
- 1973 - Birth of Laura Espinoza-Watson in Torrance, California, USA; infielder (Silver Bullets).
- 1973 - Birth of Richard Matvichuk in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada; NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars).
- 1973 - Comic strip Hagar The Horrible debuts.
- 1973 - Funeral for Lieutenant Colonel William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam War.
- 1974 - Birth of Adrienne Johnson; WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers).
- 1974 - Mats Wermelin, of Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win.
- 1974 - Maximum speed on German Autobahn reduced to 100 kph.
- 1974 - U.S. Mariner 10 returns the first close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure.
- 1975 - Birth of Giovanni van Bronckhorst; Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord).
- 1975 - Birth of Jan l'Ami; Dutch soccer player (Willem II).
- 1976 - Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies.
- 1976 - Birth of Nancy Feber in Antwerp, Belgium; tennis star (1995 Puerto Rico).
- 1976 - Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs and Ian Redpath.
- 1976 - Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Colonel Blimp), dies at age 69.
- 1977 - General Mills Adventure Theater premieres on CBS radio.
- 1977 - Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in six rounds in his first pro fight.
- 1977 - The Canadian Meteorite Observation and Recovery Programme photos stony meteorites landing at Innisfree, Alberta, weighing 4.58kg.
- 1977 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne.
- 1977 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner.
- 1978 - Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Omzien), dies at age 83.
- 1978 - Birth of Kristina Cherina; Miss Croatia-Universe (1997).
- 1978 - Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free-throws blindfolded.
- 1978 - (to February 7) The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 hits the New England region and the New York metropolitan area, killing about 100 and causing over US$520 million in damage.
- 1979 - Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time.
- 1979 - Eddie Paynter, cricket player (20 Tests for England, average 59.23), dies.
- 1979 - Sears Radio Theater premieres on CBS.
- 1980 - Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel.
- 1980 - 32nd NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit.
- 1981 - Kuda Bux, Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), dies at age 75.
- 1981 - Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane, Australia.
- 1981 - Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy.
- 1982 - American Drug Enforcement Agency announces seizure of 3,192 tons of marijuana, 495 people.
- 1982 - Dolores Moran, actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at age 56.
- 1982 - London-based Laker Airways collapses owing £270 million (US$351 million).
- 1982 - Suriname President Chin A Sen resigns and flees to Netherlands.
- 1982 - Death of Neil Aggett, South African labor leader (suicide).
- 1983 - Derk Roemers, Dutch union leader/politician (Social Democrat), dies at age 67.
- 1983 - Klaus Barbie, former German Gestapo officer, arrives in Lyons, France, after being expelled from Bolivia for having obtained citizenship under false pretenses. Barbie is charged with crimes against humanity, murder, torture, arbitrary arrests and jailings.
- 1984 - New Zealand beats England (82 and 93) by an innings in three days.
- 1984 - Patty Sheehan win LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic.
- 1985 - Australia cancels its involvement in U.S.-led MX missile tests.
- 1987 - Dow Jones Industrial Average average closes above 2,200 for first time.
- 1987 - Soyuz TM-2 launched.
- 1988 - First prime-time wrestling match in 30 years - Andre the Giant beats Hulk Hogan.
- 1988 - Arizona House of Representatives votes to impeach Republican Governor Evan Mecham.
- 1988 - Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by US grand jury on drug charges.
- 1989 - Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at age 51.
- 1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes first NBA player to score 38,000 points.
- 1989 - Birth of Jeremy Sumpter; actor (Clubhouse, Peter Pan).
- 1990 - Notre Dame becomes first team to sell its game to a major network (NBC).
- 1990 - Manuel Fraga becomes the president of Galicia (Spain).
- 1991 - A Michigan court bars Dr Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides.
- 1991 - All American Bowl ends after 14 years.
- 1991 - Big East Football conference forms.
- 1991 - Death of Dean Jagger at age 87 of heart disease; actor (Twelve O'Clock High movie (Oscar award), Principal - Mr. Novak TV show, Hunter TV show, The Waltons TV show, St. Elsewhere TV show, Rawhide TV show).
- 1991 - Joni Mitchell inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame.
- 1991 - Los Angeles Kings' Dave Taylor becomes 29th NHL player to score 1000 points.
- 1992 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the nomination of Beauty and the Beast for a Best Picture award. This is the first time in the history of the Motion Picture Academy that an animated feature has been nominated in this category.
- 1992 - Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
- 1992 - Laura Liddell, actress (Shakespeare Wallah), dies at age 83.
- 1992 - Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win versus India.
- 1993 - Grenade explodes in Sarajevo, killing 63 and injuring 160.
- 1993 - Jack Young, cricket player (8 Tests for England 1947-49, 17 wickets), dies.
- 1993 - Joseph L Mankiewicz, US writer/director/producer (All about Eve), dies at age 83 (born 1909).
- 1993 - R James Woolsey becomes 16th director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1993 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Family and Medical Leave Act.
- 1994 - Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego debuts on Fox TV.
- 1994 - Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at age 63.
- 1994 - Hermann J. Abs, German banker to Hitler and Adenauer, dies at age 92 in Bad Soden, Germany.
- 1994 - Medgar Evers' murderer Byron De La Beckwith sentenced to life in prison, in Jackson, Mississippi, 30 years after the crime.
- 1995 - Death of Doug McClure at age 59 of lung cancer; rodeo rider, actor (Trampas - The Virginian TV show (1962-66), Backtrack! (1969)).
- 1995 - Japan's Shinshinto Party win local elections.
- 1995 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 41-13.
- 1995 - Sandra Völker swims female European record 50 metre backstroke (27.77).
- 1995 - The 200th episode of US TV show Married With Children airs.
- 1996 - Netscape Communications ships Netscape Navigator 2.0 web browser for Windows 3.1, 95, NT, and the Macintosh. Price is US$49. It features support for JavaScript, Java applets, streaming audio, and 3D.
- 1997 - The so-called "Big Three" banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a US$71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
- 1997 - Brook Lee of Hawaii crowned 46th Miss USA.
- 1997 - Death of Pamela Harriman, U.S. Ambassador to France, at age 76 of a stroke (born 1920).
- 1997 - Morgan Stanley and Dean Witter investment banks announce a US$10 billion merger.
- 1998 - Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record.
- 1998 - Figure skaters Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding talk on FOX (Taped December 22nd).
- 1999 - Death of Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906).
- 2000 - Death of Doris Coley at age 58 of breast cancer; singer (The Shirelles - "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (1961)).
- 2003 - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell addresses the United Nations Security Council on Iraq, giving evidence of Iraq's efforts to conceal weapons of mass destruction from inspectors.
- 2003 - North Korea announces it had re-activated the Yongbyon reactor, producing fuel-rods for reprocessing into bomb-grade plutonium.
- 2003 - Gold hits US$385 per ounce, highest since September 1996.
- 2003 - Death of Manfred von Brauchitsch, at age 97. Von Brauchitsch was a German race car driver of the 1930a, winning 45 grand prix races over six seasons.
- 2004 - John Hench dies, at age 95. Hench worked at The Walt Disney Company for 64 years, the longest of any Disney employee. He worked on animation, and took part in the creation of all Disney parks.
- 2005 - Death of Gnassingbe Eyadema, President of Togo (born 1937).
- 2006 - The Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl XL, defeating the Seattle Seahawks 21-10.
- 2006 - Death of Reuven Frank at age 85 of pneumonia; NBC news president.
- 2008 - In Kenya, the death toll reaches 1000 in the crisis over a disputed election in December.
- 2008 - In the USA, 24 states hold Republican and/or Democratic caucus elections for presidential nominee. This day is referred to as "Super Tuesday". For the Democrats, Barack Obama wins in 12, Hillary Clinton wins in 7 For the Republicans, John McCain wins in 8 states, Mitt Romney wins in 6, and Mike Huckabee wins in 5.
- 2008 - U.S. stock market indices plunge more than 3 percent after a report shows signs of economic recession in the service sector. The S&P 500 fall 3.2 percent, The Dow Jones Industrial Average 370 points.
- 2008 - (to February 6) A tornado outbreak, the deadliest in 23 years, kills 58 in the Southern United States.
- 2008 - Death of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, guru and tycoon, at about age 91.
- 2009 - The Bank of England reduces interest rates to a record low of 1 percent.
- 2009 - Undefeated world super-middleweight and light-heavyweight boxing champion Joe Calzaghe of the United Kingdom announces his retirement, with a record of 46 wins from 46 fights.
- 2010 - In the Iraqi city of Kerbala, twin car bombs kill at least 40 people and wound 145 others.
- 2010 - Egypt completes the restoration of the Saint Anthony's monastery, believed to be the world's oldest Christian monastery at 1600 years old. The restoration project cost over US$14 million and took over eight years.
- 2016 - Birth of Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, heir apparent to the throne of Bhutan.
- 2022 - In Freeport, Bahamas, the Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony cruise ships are arrested, due to unpaid fuel bills.
- 2023 - Death of Pervez Musharraf at age 79; chief executive and president of Pakistan (1999-2008).
- 2023 - Death of Hilary Alexander at age 77; fashion journalist, coined term 'supermodel'.
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