February 05 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

1962  HSS-2 Sea King became the inaugural helicopter to exceed 200 m.p.h. in an officially sanctioned trial   

1962  Suit to bar Englewood NJ from "racial segregated" schools is filed.   

1962  Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16º.   

1962  Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71.   

1963  Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars   

1963  Soviet lunar probe failure   

1965  Beursschouwburg opens in Brussels   

1965  Irving Bacon, actor (Fort Ti, Petticoat Fever), dies at 71   

1966  BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island   

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

1967  Anastasio Somoza elected President of Nicaragua.   

1967  Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren   

1967  Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87.   

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

1968  Skater Kees Verkerk win Olympics gold in the 1500m   

1968  Luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80.   

1969  "Turn-On," debuts and cancelled by ABC after flopping so badly.   

1969  US population reaches 200 million   

1969  Vince Lombardi, is recorded as becoming part owner, vice president, general manager and head coach of Redskins.   

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

1970  inaugural Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six   

1970  Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs Australia, Durban.   

1970  WSCV TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale FL (IND) suspends broadcasting   

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

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

1971  Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian premier (1952..56), dies at 78.   

1972  "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65.   

1972  Bob Douglas is inaugural black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame.   

1972  US airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers and baggage.   

1972  Marianne Moore, US poetess (Pulitzer 1951), dies at 84   

1973  Comic strip "Hagar The Horrible" debuts   

1973  Funeral for LC William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam War.   

1973  Juan Corona sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for 25 murders.   

1973  George Morrison, dies at 82   

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0976  Sanjō: Emperor of japan   

1505  Aegidius tschudi: Swiss historian   

1519  René of châlon:   

1534  Giovanni de' bardi: Italian writer   

1589  Honorat de brueil seigneur de racan: French playwright/poet   

1589  Esteban manuel de villegas: Spanish poet   

1608  Gaspar schott: German mathematician   

1626  Marie de rabutin-chantal: Marquise de sévigné, french author   

0995  William iv: Duke of aquitaine (b. 937)   

1520  Sten sture the younger: Regent of sweden (b. 1493)   

1578  Death of Giovanni b moroni: Italian portrait painter,   

1591  Gerard de jode: Flemish publisher,   

1658  Death of Maria margaretha van angels: Dutch prioress at oirschot,   

1679  Joost van den vondel: Dutch poet (gysbreght van aemstel),   

1705  Jean gilles: Composer,   

1721  James stanhope 1st earl of stanhope: English general,