Tukuk-OS📅 February 5
18 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on February 5? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2009 — The United States Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal ran aground (pictured) on a coral reef off the island of Oahu.
United States NavyUSS Port Royal (CG-73)2009 USS Port Royal grounding
- 2008 — Eighty-seven tornadoes occurred over the course of the Super Tuesday tornado outbreak across multiple U.S. states, causing 56 deaths and over $1 billion in damage.
- 2004 — The National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti captured the city of Gonaïves, starting a coup d'état against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government.
National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation and Reconstruction of HaitiGonaïves2004 Haitian coup d'état
- 2004 — At least 21 cockle-gatherers were drowned by an incoming tide in Morecambe Bay, England, prompting the establishment of the British government's Gangmasters Licensing Authority.
- 2000 — Second Chechen War: As the Battle of Grozny came to a close, Russian forces summarily executed at least 60 civilians in Grozny's Novye Aldi suburb.
Second Chechen WarBattle of Grozny (1999–2000)Novye Aldi massacre
- 1985 — The mayors of Carthage and Rome signed a symbolic peace treaty to officially end the Third Punic War, 2,134 years after it began.
- 1967 — Cultural Revolution: The January Storm revolt in Shanghai reached its apogee as Maoist rebels proclaimed the establishment of the Shanghai People's Commune, a move the previously supportive Mao Zedong criticized.
- 1958 — After a mid-air collision with a fighter plane during a practice exercise off Tybee Island, Georgia, a U.S. Air Force bomber jettisoned a Mark 15 nuclear bomb, which was presumed lost.
1958 Tybee Island mid-air collisionTybee Island, GeorgiaUnited States Air Force
- 1923 — Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford made 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class score.
- 1917 — The U.S. Congress overrode President Woodrow Wilson's veto to pass the Immigration Act of 1917, establishing new restrictions on immigrants, including the wholesale ban of people from much of Asia.
- 1913 — Claudio Monteverdi's last opera, L'incoronazione di Poppea, was performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years.
- 1909 — Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced his invention of Bakelite (production device pictured), the world's first synthetic plastic.
- 1869 — Prospectors in Moliagul, Australia, discovered the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the Welcome Stranger.
- 1861 — In a speech before the U.S. Congress, Representative John Edward Bouligny refused to join his fellow Louisiana congressmen in heeding the state's secession convention and resigning.
- 1818 — Charles XIV John (pictured) succeeded to the thrones of Sweden and Norway as the first monarch of the House of Bernadotte.
Charles XIV JohnUnion between Sweden and NorwayHouse of Bernadotte
- 1783 — The first of five strong earthquakes hit the region of Calabria on the Italian Peninsula, killing more than 32,000 people over a period of nearly two months.
- 1597 — As part of enforcing Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ban on Christianity in Japan, twenty-six Catholics, a mix of European missionaries and Japanese converts, were executed (depicted) near Nagasaki by crucifixion and impalement.
- 62 — Pompeii was severely damaged by a strong earthquake, which may have been a precursor to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed the town 17 years later.
Births
- 2016 — Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutanese prince
- 2002 — Jisung, South Korean rapper
- 2002 — Taehyun, South Korean singer-songwriter
- 2001 — Kim Min-ju, South Korean actress
- 1997 — Patrick Roberts, English footballer
- 1996 — Stina Blackstenius, Swedish footballer
- 1995 — Adnan Januzaj, Belgian-Albanian footballer
- 1993 — Leilani Latu, Australian rugby league player
- 1993 — Ty Rattie, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1992 — Stefan de Vrij, Dutch footballer
- 1992 — Neymar, Brazilian footballer
- 1991 — Nabil Bahoui, Swedish footballer
Deaths
- 2025 — Irv Gotti, American record producer, co-founded Murder Inc Records (born 1970)
- 2024 — Toby Keith, American country singer (born 1961)
- 2023 — Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani military officer and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (born 1943)
- 2021 — Örs Siklósi, Hungarian singer (born 1991)
- 2021 — Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (born 1929)
- 2020 — Kirk Douglas, American actor (born 1916)
- 2016 — Ciriaco Cañete, Filipino martial artist (born 1919)
- 2015 — K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka (born 1933)
- 2015 — Marisa Del Frate, Italian actress and singer (born 1931)
- 2015 — Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)
- 2015 — Herman Rosenblat, Polish-American author (born 1929)
- 2014 — Robert Dahl, American political scientist and academic (born 1915)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Adelaide of Vilich
- Christian feast day: Agatha of Sicily
- Christian feast day: Avitus of Vienne
- Christian feast day: Bertulf (Bertoul) of Renty
- Christian feast day: Ingenuinus (Jenewein)
- Christian feast day:
Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson (Episcopal Church (United States))
Roger WilliamsAnne HutchinsonEpiscopal Church (United States)
- Christian feast day:
26 Martyrs of Japan (in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Anglican Church in Japan)
26 Martyrs of JapanEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaNippon Sei Ko Kai
- Christian feast day: February 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Kashmir Solidarity Day (Pakistan)
- Runeberg Day (Finland)
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