Historical Events In February - 05

1959  Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide on February - 05.  

1959  Gwili Andre, actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies on February - 05.  

1960  Louis Stricker, cricketer (S Afr open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies on February - 05.  

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

1962  On this day in history 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 16� on this day in history.  

1962  On February - 05 jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71  

1963  Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars on this day in history.  

1963  On February - 05 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 February - 05.  

1966  BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island on February - 05.  

1967  "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC) on this day in history.  

1967  On February - 05 anastasio Somoza elected President of Nicaragua  

1967  Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren on this day in history.  

1967  Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87 on this day in history.  

1968  KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth TX (IND) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

1968  Skater Kees Verkerk win Olympics gold in the 1500m on this day in history.  

1968  Luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1969  "Turn-On," debuts &cancelled by ABC after flopping so badly on February - 05.  

1969  On February - 05 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  On this day in history thelma Ritter, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 63  

1970  On February - 05 first Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six  

1970  On February - 05 test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs Australia, Durban  

1970  On February - 05 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

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

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

1971  The US Apollo 14 (Shepard and Mitchell onboard) lands on the Moon on February - 05.  

1971  On this day in history mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian premier (1952..56), dies at 78  

1972  "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65 on this day in history.  

1972  On February - 05 bob Douglas is first black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame  

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

1505  Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572) was born on February - 05.  

1519  On February - 05 birth of rené of Châlon, (d. 1544)  

1534  Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.  

1589  On this day in history birth of honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet  

1589  Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669) was born on February - 05.  

1608  On this day in history birth of gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666)  

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  Death of Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493) on February - 05.  

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

1591  On February - 05 gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies  

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

1679  Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 on this day in history.  

1705  Jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37 on February - 05.  

1721  On February - 05 james Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47