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Thursday, 05 February 2026
1993 Sacramento Gold Miners admitted as CFL's 9th franchise (1st US team). 
1993 Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33.
1994 Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at 40
1995 Antoine Nduwayo appointed Premier of Burundi
1995 On Wall Street, The Dow Jones industrial average closes above 4000 for the inaugural time, ending the day at 4003.33
1995 Art Kane, photographer, dies at 69.
1996 Mark Waugh scores 130 in World Cup vs Kenya, 207 w/brother Steve
1996 Rajindra Dhanraj takes 9-97 for Trinidad against Leeward Islands
1996 Freddie Stocks, cricket (cent on debut and wkt on 1st ball, Notts), dies
1997 Ali Abu Kamal opens fire in Empire State Building and results in the deaths of 1.
1997 American Express Senior Golf Invitational.
1997 In this year, Jeff Sluman claims Tucson Golf Classic
1997 NBC TV shows "Schindler's List," completely uncensored, 65 million watch
1997 Scottish scientists announce the successful cloning of an adult mammal ("Dolly" the lamb).
1997 Tucson Chrysler Golf Classic
1997 Oscar Lewenstein, impressario, dies at 80
1998 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charleston SC on WAVF 96.1 FM
1998 Supreme Court lets Megan's Law stand.
1998 Tornadoes in Florida results in the deaths of at least 31 feb240303 inaugural official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued
1998 Philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74.
1999 Two avalanches in as many days are blamed for the death of 38 people in Austria
2006 A roof collapses on a Moscow market, killing 56 people
2012 A series of bomb attacks across 12 Iraqi cities results in the deaths of 60 and injures 200.
2013 51 people are killed and 62 are injured in conflict between rival tribes in Darfur, Sudan
2014 A pro-Euromaidan rally is held in Simferopol, Ukraine, while in Kerch, protesters attempt to replace the Ukrainian flag from city hall with a Russian flag.
2018 Study suggests earliest European Palaeolithic artwork in Spain made by Neanderthals not humans in "Science Journal".
2019 Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi scores the 50th hat-trick of his career as Barcelona beats Sevilla, 4-2 in the Spanish La Liga.
2019 Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir declares a national emergency, dismisses the federal government and sacks all state governors
2019 In this year, Nigerian presidential election: President Muhammadu Buhari claims re-election defeating Atiku Abubakar, amid violence and a delay, on turnout of 35.6%
2019 2019 Nigerian general election, for the President; all 360 seats in the House of Representatives and all 110 seats in the Senate
2019 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis: President Maduro severs diplomatic ties with Colombia as humanitarian aid attempts to enter the country across the border.
2020 President Moon Jae-in puts South Korea on high alert, empowering the government to lock down cities after 602 cases of Coronavirus reported with six deaths.
2020 China's Supreme Leader Xi Jinping describes the country's coronavirus outbreak as the China's largest health emergency since 1949
2021 Tiger Woods crashes his car driving south of Los Angeles, injuring both his legs.
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