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What happened in history on this day: February 5?
On February 5 in ...
- 1777 - Georgia becomes first US state to abolish both entail and primogeniture.
- 1778 - Articles of Confederation ratified by first state, South Carolina.
- 1783 - Sweden recognizes US independence.
- 1817 - First US gas company incorporated, in Baltimore, Maryland (coal gas for street lights).
- 1846 - Oregon Spectator is first newspaper to be published on the West Coast.
- 1850 - Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, New York.
- 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.
- 1864 - Federals occupy Jackson, Mississippi.
- 1865 - Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia (Armstrong's Mill, Dabney's Mill).
- 1881 - Phoenix, Arizona, incorporates as a city.
- 1900 - The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for Panama Canal.
- 1904 - American occupation of Cuba ends.
- 1917 - US Congress overrides President Woodrow Wilson's veto, curtailing Asian immigration.
- 1918 - Stephen W Thompson becomes first US pilot to down an enemy airplane.
- 1919 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists film studio in the USA.
- 1922 - Reader's Digest magazine is first published.
- 1936 - National Wildlife Federation forms.
- 1937 - First Charlie Chaplin talkie film, Modern Times, is released to theaters.
- 1937 - President Franklin Roosevelt proposes enlarging US Supreme Court.
- 1945 - US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla, Philippines.
- 1946 - The United States recognizes the government of Romania.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1962 - Law suit to bar Englewood, New Jersey, from "racial segregated" schools is filed.
- 1969 - US population reaches 200 million.
- 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.
- 1972 - US airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers and baggage.
- 1973 - Funeral for Lieutenant Colonel William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam War.
- 1974 - U.S. Mariner 10 returns the first close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure.
- 1977 - General Mills Adventure Theater premieres on CBS radio.
- 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 - Sears Radio Theater premieres on CBS.
- 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.
- 1985 - Australia cancels its involvement in U.S.-led MX missile tests.
- 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.
- 1991 - A Michigan court bars Dr Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides.
- 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 - Medgar Evers' murderer Byron De La Beckwith sentenced to life in prison, in Jackson, Mississippi, 30 years after the crime.
- 1997 - Brook Lee of Hawaii crowned 46th Miss USA.
- 1997 - Morgan Stanley and Dean Witter investment banks announce a US$10 billion merger.
- 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.
- 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.
Births on February 5
- 1891 - Birth of Elizabeth Ryan in Anaheim, California, USA; doubles tennis champion (six-time Wimbledon).
- 1903 - Birth of Nathaniel Owings in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; architect (Oak Ridge Tennessee; Sears).
- 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).
- 1914 - Birth of William S Burroughs in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; novelist (Naked Lunch) (dies 1997).
- 1918 - Birth of Charles John Holt AKA Tim Holt in Beverly Hills, California; actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Stagecoach, Hitler's Children).
- 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).
- 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).
- 1933 - Birth of Nick Georgiade in New York City, New York, USA; actor (The Untouchables, Run Buddy Run).
- 1934 - Birth of Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron Junior in Mobile, Alabama, USA; baseball player (record 755 home runs, 1957 National League Most Valuable Player).
- 1937 - Birth of Stuart Damon in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Alan Quartermaine - General Hospital).
- 1941 - Birth of Barrett Strong in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer ("Money, That's What I Want").
- 1942 - Birth of Cory Wells in Buffalo, New York, USA; rock vocalist (Three Dog Night - "Joy to the World").
- 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 Michael Mann in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor/director (Sexpot, Close Friends).
- 1944 - Birth of J R Cobb in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV).
- 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).
- 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).
- 1951 - Birth of Elizabeth Swados in Buffalo, New York, USA; composer/playwright (1972 Tony Award).
- 1957 - Birth of Craig Wilson in Beeville, Texas, USA; water polo goalie (Olympics-silver-1984, 1988).
- 1959 - Birth of Glenn Dubis in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; 3x40 rifle (Olympics-1984, 1988, 1996).
- 1960 - Birth of Jane Geddes in Huntington, New York, USA; LPGA golfer (1987 Women's Kemper Open).
- 1962 - Birth of Jennifer Jason Leigh [Morrow] in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Single White Female, Spawn, Hercules).
- 1965 - Birth of James David McGovern in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA; PGA golfer (1993 Shell Houston Open).
- 1968 - Birth of Roberto Alomar in Salinas, Puerto Rico; infielder (Baltimore Orioles).
- 1969 - Birth of Bobby Brown in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA; singer ("Ghostbusters", "Don't Be Cruel").
- 1971 - Birth of Dennis Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; 125.5 pounds greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-silver-1992, 1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Peter "Chip" Cipollone in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Erin Phillips in Mexico, Missouri, USA; Miss Missouri-America (1995).
- 1973 - Birth of Laura Espinoza-Watson in Torrance, California, USA; infielder (Silver Bullets).
Deaths on February 5
- 1972 - Marianne Moore, US poet (Pulitzer 1951), dies at age 84.
- 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)).
- 1997 - Death of Pamela Harriman, U.S. Ambassador to France, at age 76 of a stroke (born 1920).
- 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.
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