Historical Events In February - 05

1959  On February - 05 australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide  

1959  On February - 05 gwili Andre, actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies  

1960  On this day in history louis Stricker, cricketer (S Afr open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies  

1961  Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1962  On February - 05 french President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence  

1962  On February - 05 hSS-2 Sea King became the first helicopter to exceed 200 m.p.h. in an officially sanctioned trial.  

1962  On this day in history suit to bar Englewood NJ from "racial segregated" schools is filed  

1962  Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter &Saturn within 16º on February - 05.  

1962  On this day in history jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71  

1963  On February - 05 maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars  

1963  On this day in history soviet lunar probe failure  

1965  Beursschouwburg opens in Brussels on this day in history.  

1965  Irving Bacon, actor (Fort Ti, Petticoat Fever), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1966  BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island on this day in history.  

1967  "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC) on February - 05.  

1967  Anastasio Somoza elected President of Nicaragua on February - 05.  

1967  On this day in history bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren  

1967  On February - 05 herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87  

1968  On this day in history kDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth TX (IND) begins broadcasting  

1968  On February - 05 skater Kees Verkerk win Olympics gold in the 1500m  

1968  On this day in history luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80  

1969  On this day in history "Turn-On," debuts &cancelled by ABC after flopping so badly  

1969  On this day in history uS population reaches 200 million  

1969  Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, vice president, general manager &head coach of Redskins on this day in history.  

1969  Thelma Ritter, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1970  First Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six on this day in history.  

1970  Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs Australia, Durban on this day in history.  

1970  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

1970  WSCV TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale FL (IND) suspends broadcasting on February - 05.  

1971  Apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro; Alan Shepard &Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hours on February - 05.  

1971  The US Apollo 14 (Shepard and Mitchell onboard) lands on the Moon on this day in history.  

1971  Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian premier (1952..56), dies at 78 on February - 05.  

1972  "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65 on February - 05.  

1972  Bob Douglas is first black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame on this day in history.  

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0976  On February - 05 birth of sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)  

1505  On February - 05 birth of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)  

1519  René of Châlon, (d. 1544) was born on February - 05.  

1534  On this day in history birth of giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)  

1589  Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet was born on February - 05.  

1589  Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.  

1608  Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666) was born on this day in history.  

1626  Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.  

0995  Death of William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937) on February - 05.  

1520  On this day in history death of sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)  

1578  Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies on February - 05.  

1591  Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies on February - 05.  

1658  On this day in history maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52  

1679  On this day in history joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91  

1705  On this day in history jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37  

1721  James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 on February - 05.