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Thursday, 05 February 2026
1970 Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record). 
1972 Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley Belgium.
1972 Israeli athletes held hostage by Arab guerrillas at the Munich Olympics.
1972 The Olympic Games in Munich, Germany are marred by tragedy when PLO terrorists hold the Israeli delegation hostage; 11 Israelis are killed during the ordeal.
1972 Josef Romano, Israeli olympian, murdered.
1975 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme makes an attempt on the life of US President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, CA
1975 US President Gerald Ford escapes assassination attempt in Sacramento
1975 Wings release "Letting Go"
1976 A E R Gilligan, cricketer (11 Tests for England 1922-25), dies.
1977 Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn
1978 Sadat, Begin and Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md
1979 Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Bruma.
1980 World's longest auto tunnel, St Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens.
1980 Barbara Loden, actress (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 48
1981 Ayatollah Ali Qoddusi, prosecutor-general of Iran, assassinated.
1982 Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph.
1982 Maurice Naessens, Belgian banker, dies at 73
1983 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB
1984 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) -Discovery 1- lands at Edwards AFB.
1986 Merv Griffin makes his final appearance as host of his own TV talk show
1986 NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms.
1986 NASA launches DOD-1
1987 Bill Bowes, cricketer (Bodyline bowler, 68 wkts for England), dies.
1988 Jerry Lewis' 23rd Labor Day telethon raises record $41132113
1988 Gert Froebe, actor (Lover's Wood, Upper Hand), dies at 75
1989 Deborah Norville is recorded as becoming news anchor of the Today Show.
1990 Iraqi Pres Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West.
1990 Beppo Brem, actor (Frontgockel), dies of heart failure at 84
1991 Actor John Travolta weds Kelly Preston
1991 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), wound up by the Congress of Peoples Deputies
1991 US trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins.
1992 Billy Herman, 2nd baseman/manager (Dodgers, Cubs), dies at 83.
1993 Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (Spy Who Loved Me), dies at 78.
1994 Billy Usselton, saxophonist, dies at 68
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