Calendar Day of Week for February 5th. It's the 33rd day of the year (34th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 332 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for February 5th
Year 1066 Calendar » Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.
Year 1477 Calendar » Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Duchy of Burgundy or Burgundy becomes part of France.
Year 1675 Calendar » Battle of Turckheim e.g Battle of Colmar: the French army beats Brandenburg.
Year 1757 Calendar » Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be Capital punishment named executed in France by Hanged, drawn and quartered e.g drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital puni
Year 1781 Calendar » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by Kingdom of Great Britain or British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
Year 1846 Calendar » The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
Year 1896 Calendar » An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of electromagnetic radiation known as radiation later known as X-rays.
Year 1900 Calendar » Ireland named Irish leader John Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
Year 1913 Calendar » First Balkan War: During the Battle of Lemnos (1913) named Battle of Lemnos, Greece called Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
Year 1925 Calendar » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
Year 1933 Calendar » Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
Year 1940 Calendar » FM broadcasting e.g FM radio is demonstrated to the Federal Communications Commission for the first time.
Year 1944 Calendar » The 'Daily Mail' becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
Year 1945 Calendar » The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland.
Year 1949 Calendar » President of the United States named United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
Year 1957 Calendar » In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
Year 1968 Calendar » Alexander Dubček comes to power: "Prague Spring" begins in Czechoslovakia.
Year 1969 Calendar » The Troubles: The Royal Ulster Constabulary raid the Bogside area of Derry, damaging property and beating residents. In response, residents erect barricades and establish Free Derry.
Year 1972 Calendar » United States President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.
Year 1974 Calendar » An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses.
Year 1974 » Warmest reliably measured temperature in Antarctica of +59 °F (+15 °C) recorded at Vanda Station
Year 1975 Calendar » The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, Tasman Bridge disaster or is struck by the bulk ore carrier 'Lake Illawarra', killing twelve people.
Year 1976 Calendar » The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
Year 1991 Calendar » Georgia (country) named Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia or South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991–1992 South Ossetia War.
Year 1993 Calendar » The oil tanker MV Braer known as MV 'Braer' runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
Year 2005 Calendar » Eris (dwarf planet) called Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System, is discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory.
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