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What happened in history on this day: February 5?
On February 5 in ...
- 1861 - First moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale of Cincinnati.
- 1861 - Kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1919 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists film studio in the USA.
- 1937 - First Charlie Chaplin talkie film, Modern Times, is released to theaters.
- 1948 - NBC TV debuts science show The Nature of Things.
- 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.
- 1967 - The CBS TV network airs the first The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 60-minute comedy TV show in the USA.
- 1969 - ABC-TV airs, then immediately cancels, comedy-variety show Turn On, hosted by Tim Conway.
- 1988 - First prime-time wrestling match in 30 years - Andre the Giant beats Hulk Hogan.
- 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.
- 1994 - Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego debuts on Fox TV.
- 1995 - The 200th episode of US TV show Married With Children airs.
Births on February 5
- 1879 - Birth of Edward Rigby in England; actor (Star Look Down, Young and Innocent).
- 1906 - Birth of John Carradine in Greenwich Village, New York, USA; actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling).
- 1912 - Birth of Willard Parker in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman).
- 1917 - Birth of Sári Gábor AKA Zsa Zsa Gabor in Budapest, Hungary; actress (Queen of Outer Space).
- 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).
- 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).
- 1922 - Birth of Bernard Kalb; US State Department spokesman, CBS/NBC/CNN newsman, actor (Dave).
- 1927 - Birth of Val Dufour in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor (Eugenie Grandet, Another World).
- 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).
- 1934 - Birth of Don Cherry in Ontario, Canada; sports commentator (Hockey Night in Canada).
- 1937 - Birth of Stuart Damon in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Alan Quartermaine - General Hospital).
- 1940 - Birth of Hans Rudolf Giger; artist, special effects designer (Alien).
- 1941 - Birth of David Selby in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA; actor (Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road, Dark Shadows).
- 1941 - Birth of Stephen J Cannell; American TV show producer (The Rockford Files TV show, The A Team TV show, Wiseguy TV show).
- 1943 - Birth of Michael Mann in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor/director (Sexpot, Close Friends).
- 1946 - Birth of Charlotte Rampling in England; actress (Zardoz, Night Porter, Verdict).
- 1947 - Birth of David Ladd in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Raymie, Catlow, Misty, Deathline).
- 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).
- 1961 - Birth of Tim Meadows; Actor-comedian (Saturday Night Live, Dennis Miller).
- 1962 - Birth of Jennifer Jason Leigh [Morrow] in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Single White Female, Spawn, Hercules).
- 1964 - Birth of Laura Linney; actress (John Adams, Frasier, Tales of the City).
- 1971 - Birth of Marcus Redman; actor (Raymond - Doogie Howser).
- 1973 - Birth of Diego Serrano in Quito, Ecuador; actor (Tomas Rivera - Another World).
- 1989 - Birth of Jeremy Sumpter; actor (Clubhouse, Peter Pan).
Deaths on February 5
- 1946 - George Arliss, actor/writer (Dr Syn, Voltaire), dies at age 77.
- 1959 - Gwili Andre, actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies.
- 1965 - Irving Bacon, actor (Fort Ti, Petticoat Fever), dies at age 71.
- 1976 - Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Colonel Blimp), dies at age 69.
- 1982 - Dolores Moran, actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at age 56.
- 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).
- 1992 - Laura Liddell, actress (Shakespeare Wallah), dies at age 83.
- 1993 - Joseph L Mankiewicz, US writer/director/producer (All about Eve), dies at age 83 (born 1909).
- 1995 - Death of Doug McClure at age 59 of lung cancer; rodeo rider, actor (Trampas - The Virginian TV show (1962-66), Backtrack! (1969)).
- 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.
- 2006 - Death of Reuven Frank at age 85 of pneumonia; NBC news president.
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