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February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 329 days remain until the end of the year (330 in leap years).

Events

• 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
• 756 – An Lushan, leader of a revolt against the Tang Dynasty, declares himself emperor and establishes the state of Yan.
• 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
• 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.
• 1631 – Roger Williams emigrates to Boston.
• 1778 – South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• 1782 – Spanish defeat British forces and capture Minorca.
• 1783 – In Calabria a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
• 1810 – Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins.
• 1818 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
• 1849 – University of Wisconsin-Madison's first class meets at Madison Female Academy.
• 1852 – The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
• 1859 – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state.
• 1869 – The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
• 1885 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• 1900 – The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal.
• 1909 – Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
• 1913 – Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
• 1917 – The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• 1917 – The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. Also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, it forbade immigration from nearly all of south and southeast Asia.
• 1918 – Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane. It is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
• 1918 – SS Tuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
• 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.
• 1924 – The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips".
• 1937 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a plan to enlarge the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 1939 – Generalísimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th "Caudillo de España", or Leader of Spain.
• 1941 – World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea.
• 1945 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.
• 1946 – The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea.
• 1958 – Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
• 1958 – A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
• 1962 – French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
• 1963 – The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the most important, if not the most important, decisions in the development of European Union law.
• 1971 – Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
• 1972 – Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
• 1975 – Riots break in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship.
• 1976 – The 1976 swine flu outbreak begins at Fort Dix, NJ.
• 1985 – Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years.
• 1988 – Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
• 1994 – Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
• 1994 – Markale massacres, more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell explodes in a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo.
• 1997 – The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
• 2000 – Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya.
• 2004 – Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
• 2008 – A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.

Births

• 1505 – Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)
• 1519 – René of Châlon, (d. 1544)
• 1534 – Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian soldier, composer, and critic (d. 1612)
• 1589 – Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)
• 1594 – Biagio Marini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1663)
• 1608 – Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666)
• 1626 – Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)
• 1650 – Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (d. 1708)
• 1703 – Gilbert Tennent, Irish-American minister (d. 1764)
• 1725 – James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1783)
• 1744 – John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (d. 1819)
• 1748 – Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor (d. 1798)
• 1748 – Elias Stein, Dutch chess player (d. 1812)
• 1784 – Nancy Lincoln, American mother of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1818)
• 1788 – Robert Peel, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1850)
• 1795 – Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (d. 1871)
• 1804 – Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (d. 1877)
• 1808 – Carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885)
• 1827 – Peter Lalor, Irish-Australian activist and politician (d. 1889)
• 1810 – Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer (d. 1880)
• 1824 – Alfonso Capecelatro, Italian archbishop (d. 1912)
• 1837 – Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (d. 1899)
• 1840 – John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber (d. 1921)
• 1840 – Hiram Maxim, American-English inventor, invented the Maxim gun (d. 1916)
• 1847 – Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian engraver and missionary (d. 1903)
• 1848 – Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (d. 1907)
• 1848 – Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean lieutenant (d. 1882)
• 1848 – Belle Starr, American criminal (d. 1889)
• 1852 – Terauchi Masatake, Japanese field marshal and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1919)
• 1866 – Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician, 3rd Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d. 1963)
• 1876 – Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1931)
• 1878 – André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën (d. 1935)
• 1880 – Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (d. 1973)
• 1885 – Burton Downing, American cyclist (d. 1929)
• 1889 – Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1962)
• 1897 – Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO (d. 1979)
• 1900 – Adlai Stevenson, American politician, 31st Governor of Illinois (d. 1965)
• 1903 – Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 1975)
• 1906 – John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988)
• 1906 – Margit Danÿ, Hungarian fencer (d. 1975)
• 1907 – Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2000)
• 1908 – Mietje Baron, Dutch swimmer (d. 1948)
• 1908 – Bob Dunn, American trombonist and guitarist (d. 1971)
• 1908 – Peg Entwistle, English actress (d. 1932)
• 1908 – Daisy and Violet Hilton, English conjoined twins (d. 1969)
• 1909 – Grażyna Bacewicz, Polish violinist and composer (d. 1969)
• 1910 – Charles Leblond, Canadian biologist (d. 2007)
• 1910 – Francisco Varallo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2010)
• 1911 – Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960)
• 1912 – Hedwig Potthast, German secretary and mistress of Heinrich Himmler (d. 1997)
• 1914 – William S. Burroughs, American author (d. 1997)
• 1914 – Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 1915 – Robert Hofstadter, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
• 1917 – Ruth Mott, English chef and author (d. 2012)
• 1917 – Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Dennis Roberts, English footballer (d. 2001)
• 1919 – Red Buttons, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1919 – Kenneth Hare, Canadian climatologist and academic (d. 2002)
• 1919 – Tim Holt, American actor (d. 1973)
• 1919 – Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1996)
• 1920 – Leda Mileva, Bulgarian diplomat (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Frank Muir, English comedian and actor (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Ken Adam, German-English production designer and art director
• 1921 – John Pritchard, English conductor (d. 1989)
• 1922 – Alain de Changy, Belgian race car driver (d. 1994)
• 1923 – Fatmawati, Indonesian wife of Sukarno, 1st First Lady of Indonesia (d. 1980)
• 1923 – Claude King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Basil Copper, English journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Robert Allen, American pianist and composer (d. 2000)
• 1927 – Ruth Fertel, American businesswoman, founded Ruth's Chris Steak House (d. 2002)
• 1927 – Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch pilot (d. 1977)
• 1928 – Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor and film director (d. 1985)
• 1928 – Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (d. 2013)
• 1928 – P. J. Vatikiotis, Israeli-American historian and political scientist (d. 1997)
• 1929 – Luc Ferrari, French composer (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician, 23rd Chancellor of Austria (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Al Worthington, American baseball player
• 1930 – John A. Gambling, American radio host (d. 2004)
• 1930 – Rostislav Yankovsky, Ukrainian-Russian actor
• 1932 – Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager
• 1933 – Jörn Donner, Finnish director and screenwriter
• 1933 – Norm Grabowski, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1933 – B. S. Johnson, English author, poet, and critic (d. 1973)
• 1934 – Hank Aaron. American baseball player
• 1934 – Viacheslav Aliabiev, Ukrainian footballer (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Don Cherry, Canadian sportscaster
• 1935 – Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)
• 1935 – Michel Steininger, Swiss fencer
• 1936 – K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Indian poet
• 1936 – Norma Thrower, Australian hurdler
• 1937 – Stuart Damon, American actor
• 1937 – Larry Hillman, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1937 – Gaston Roelants, Belgian runner
• 1937 – Alar Toomre, Estonian-American astronomer and mathematician
• 1937 – Wang Xuan, Chinese computer scientist (d. 2006)
• 1938 – Andrew Morritt, English judge
• 1938 – Rafael Nieto Navia, Colombian lawyer and jurist
• 1938 – Colin Semper, English priest
• 1939 – Jane Bryant Quinn, American journalist
• 1940 – H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Grady Johnson, American wrestler (d. 2006)
• 1940 – Dick Warlock, Canadian actor and stuntman
• 1941 – Jaap Blokker, Dutch businessman (d. 2011)
• 1941 – Stephen J. Cannell. American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1941 – David Selby, American actor
• 1941 – Vadim Gulyaev, Russian water polo player (d. 1998)
• 1941 – Kaspar Villiger, Swiss businessman and politician
• 1942 – Roger Staubach, American football player
• 1942 – Susan Hill, English author
• 1942 – Cory Wells, American singer (Three Dog Night)
• 1943 – Nolan Bushnell, American businessman, founded Atari, Inc.
• 1943 – Michael Mann, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Craig Morton, American football player
• 1944 – Henfil, Brazilian journalist, author, and illustrator (d. 1988)
• 1944 – J. R. Cobb, American guitarist (Classics IV and Atlanta Rhythm Section)
• 1944 – Al Kooper, American singer-songwriter and producer (Blues Project and Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• 1944 – Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (d. 1971)
• 1945 – Douglas Hogg, English politician
• 1946 – Amnon Dankner, Israeli journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Mauro Pagani, Italian singer-songwriter and violinist (Premiata Forneria Marconi)
• 1946 – Charlotte Rampling, English actress
• 1946 – Georgi Zažitski, Russian fencer
• 1947 – William Strauss, American historian and author (d. 2007)
• 1947 – Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver
• 1947 – Regina Duarte, Brazilian actress
• 1947 – Clemente Mastella, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Justice
• 1948 – Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish footballer and manager
• 1948 – Dennis Ferguson, Australian sex offender (d. 2012)
• 1948 – Christopher Guest, American actor and director
• 1948 – Barbara Hershey, American actress
• 1948 – Errol Morris, American director and producer
• 1948 – Tom Wilkinson, English actor
• 1949 – Kurt Beck, German politician
• 1949 – Yvon Vallières, Canadian politician
• 1950 – Catherine Castel, French actress and makeup artist
• 1950 – Marie-Pierre Castel, French actress
• 1950 – Jonathan Freeman, American actor
• 1951 – Russell Grant, English astrologer and author
• 1951 – Nikolay Merkushkin, Mordovian politician
• 1951 – Robin Sachs, English actor (d. 2013)
• 1951 – Elizabeth Swados, American composer and director
• 1952 – Daniel Balavoine, French singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1986)
• 1952 – Vladimir Moskovkin, Ukrainian-Russian geographer, economist, and academic
• 1953 – John Beilein, American basketball player and coach
• 1953 – Gustavo Benítez, Paraguayan footballer and manager
• 1953 – Giannina Braschi, Puerto Rican author and playwright
• 1953 – Takashi Ishikawa, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1953 – Loretta Tofani, American journalist
• 1954 – Cliff Martinez, American drummer and songwriter (Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Dickies, and The Weirdos)
• 1954 – Frank Walker, Australian journalist and author
• 1955 – Mike Heath, American baseball player
• 1956 – Betty Ong, American flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11 (d. 2001)
• 1956 – Hector Rebaque, Mexican race car driver
• 1956 – David Wiesner, American author
• 1957 – Jüri Tamm, Estonian hammer thrower and politician
• 1959 – Sudip Chatterjee, Indian footballer and manager (d. 2006)
• 1959 – Jennifer Granholm American politician, 47th Governor of Michigan
• 1959 – Armando Husillos, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1959 – George McGeachie, Scottish footballer
• 1960 – Aris Christofellis, Greek soprano and musicologist
• 1960 – Micky Hazard, English footballer
• 1961 – Albert Anderson, New Zealand rugby player
• 1961 – Roman Kierpacz, Polish wrestler
• 1961 – Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1961 – Tim Meadows, American actor
• 1962 – Jacqui Dankworth, English singer
• 1962 – Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress
• 1962 – Martin Nievera, Filipino-American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1963 – Tebaldo Bigliardi, Italian footballer
• 1963 – Ian Cairns, Scottish-English actor
• 1963 – Steven Shainberg, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Laura Linney, American actress
• 1964 – Duff McKagan, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver, Loaded, and Neurotic Outsiders)
• 1964 – Helena Bergström, Swedish actress
• 1964 – Piotr Trzaskalski, Polish director and screenwriter
• 1964 – Bernhard van Treeck, German psychiatrist
• 1964 – Alexia Vassiliou, Cypriot singer-songwriter
• 1965 – Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player
• 1965 – Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer
• 1965 – Keith Moseley, American bass player and songwriter (The String Cheese Incident)
• 1965 – Svetlana Paramygina, Belarusian biathlete
• 1965 – Andreas Vogler, German footballer
• 1966 – Nicklas Kroon, Swedish tennis player
• 1966 – Jonathan Morgan, American porn actor and director
• 1966 – Dean Nalder, Australian politician
• 1966 – Apostolos Nanos, Greek archer
• 1966 – José María Olazábal, Spanish golfer
• 1966 – Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier (d. 1993)
• 1966 – Vincent Tulli, French sound designer and actor
• 1967 – Chris Parnell, American actor
• 1968 – Roberto Alomar, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1968 – David R. Flores, Mexican-American jockey
• 1968 – Marcus Grönholm, Finnish race car driver
• 1968 – Eyþór Guðjónsson, Icelandic actor
• 1968 – Nir Kabaretti, Israeli conductor
• 1968 – Qasim Melho, Syrian actor
• 1969 – Bobby Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (New Edition)
• 1969 – Michael Sheen, Welsh actor
• 1970 – Jean-Marc Jaumin, Belgian basketball player and coach
• 1971 – Michel Breistroff, French ice hockey player (d. 1996)
• 1971 – Sara Evans, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 – John Kaleo, American football player
• 1972 – Kristopher Carter, American composer
• 1972 – Koriki Choshu, Japanese comedian
• 1972 – Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
• 1973 – Richard Matvichuk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch singer
• 1973 – Georgios Psykhos, Greek water polo player
• 1974 – Goran Kalamiza, Croatian basketball player
• 1974 – Juha Tapio, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 – Brainpower, Belgian-Dutch rapper
• 1975 – Adam Carson, American drummer (AFI and Tiger Army)
• 1975 – Alison Hammond, English television host
• 1975 – Denys Hotfrid, Russian-Ukrainian weightlifter
• 1975 – Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer
• 1976 – Altan Aksoy, Turkish footballer
• 1976 – John Aloisi, Australian footballer
• 1976 – Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor, singer, and producer
• 1976 – Nancy Feber, Belgian tennis player
• 1976 – Tony Jaa, Thai actor and martial artist
• 1976 – Sione Jongstra, Dutch triathlete
• 1976 – Brian Moorman, American football player
• 1977 – Ben Ainslie, English sailor
• 1977 – Yuko Aoki, Japanese singer and model
• 1977 – Andrew Baldwin, American soldier, physician, and triathlete
• 1977 – Julian Charles, English footballer
• 1977 – Simone Cristicchi, Italian singer-songwriter
• 1977 – Adam Everett, American baseball player
• 1977 – Valery Kobzarenko, Ukrainian cyclist
• 1977 – Ahmad Merritt, American football player
• 1977 – Pavel Novotný, Czech porn actor
• 1977 – Andrejs Prohorenkovs, Latvian footballer
• 1977 – Elin Topuzakov, Bulgarian footballer and manager
• 1978 – Mohamed Ousserir, Algerian footballer
• 1978 – Shawn Reaves, American actor
• 1978 – Brian Russell, American football player
• 1978 – Samuel Sánchez, Spanish cyclist
• 1979 – Alexander Ryabov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Ilaria Salvatori, Italian fencer
• 1980 – Stefano Di Fiordo, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer, created LiveJournal
• 1980 – Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia
• 1980 – Chris Holloway, Welsh footballer
• 1980 – Paul Kirui, Kenyan runner
• 1980 – Tiwa Savage, Nigerian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1980 – Jo Swinson, Scottish politician
• 1980 – Robin Vik, Czech tennis player
• 1981 – Zied Bhairi, Tunisian footballer
• 1981 – Sara Foster, American actress
• 1981 – Mia Hansen-Løve, French director and screenwriter
• 1981 – Jason Kawau, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 – Wesam Rizik, Qatari footballer
• 1981 – Jason Shoemark, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 – Loukas Vyntra, Czech-Greek footballer
• 1981 – Nora Zehetner, American actress
• 1981 – Julie Zenatti, French singer
• 1982 – Wheesung, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer
• 1982 – Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (d. 2007)
• 1982 – Deidra Dionne, Canadian skier
• 1982 – Kevin Everett, American football player
• 1982 – Marc Kennedy, Canadian curler
• 1982 – Yū Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
• 1982 – Tomáš Kopecký, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1982 – Dionysis Makris, Greek singer
• 1982 – Rodrigo Palacio, Argentinian footballer
• 1982 – Pablo Palacios, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1982 – Jenn Suhr, American pole vaulter
• 1983 – Sanna Askelöf, Swedish judoka
• 1983 – Travon Bryant, American basketball player
• 1983 – Baby K, Singaporean-Italian singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Nate Salley, American football player
• 1984 – Carlos Tevez, Argentinian footballer
• 1985 – Lindsey Cardinale, American singer
• 1985 – Paul Duffield, Australian footballer
• 1985 – Constantinos Georgiades, Cypriot footballer
• 1985 – Rudy Haddad, French-Tunisian footballer
• 1985 – Crystal Hunt, American actress
• 1985 – Lloyd Johansson, Australian rugby player
• 1985 – Julia Kova, Russian model and singer, Miss Universe Russia 2003
• 1985 – Robert Lijesen, Dutch swimmer
• 1985 – Laurence Maroney, American football player
• 1985 – Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 – Tatiana Silva, Belgian model, Miss Belgium 2005
• 1985 – Paul Vandervort, American actor and model
• 1986 – Vedran Ćorluka, Croatian footballer
• 1986 – Manuel Fernandes, Portuguese footballer
• 1986 – Sekope Kepu, Australian-New Zealand rugby player
• 1986 – Roger Kluge, German cyclist
• 1986 – Janne Korpi, Finnish snowboarder and harness racer
• 1986 – Madison Rayne, American wrestler
• 1986 – Takayuki Seto, Japanese footballer
• 1986 – Billy Sharp, English footballer
• 1986 – Reed Sorenson, American race car driver
• 1986 – Jānis Strenga, Latvian bobsledder
• 1986 – Carlos Villanueva, Chilean footballer
• 1987 – Vernus Abbott, Saint Lucian footballer
• 1987 – Darren Criss, American actor and singer
• 1987 – Curtis Jerrells, American basketball player
• 1987 – Alex Kuznetsov, Ukrainian-American tennis player
• 1987 – Denis McLaughlin, Irish footballer
• 1987 – Linus Omark, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1988 – Natalie Geisenberger, German luger
• 1988 – Johnathan Haggerty, American football player
• 1988 – Kevin J. Maclean, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Philipp Marschall, German skier
• 1988 – Karin Ontiveros, Mexican model and sportscaster
• 1989 – Edoardo Giorgetti, Italian swimmer
• 1989 – Dmytro Khovbosha, Ukrainian footballer
• 1989 – Marina Melnikova, Russian tennis player
• 1989 – Otele Mouangue, Cameroonian footballer
• 1989 – Cristine Reyes, Filipino actress
• 1989 – Renée Slegers, Dutch footballer
• 1989 – Jeremy Sumpter, American actor
• 1990 – Dmitry Andreikin, Russian chess player
• 1990 – Lars Krogh Gerson, Luxembourgian-Norwegian footballer
• 1990 – Kim Ji-soo (singer), South Korean singer-songwriter and musician
• 1990 – Marvin Knoll, German footballer
• 1990 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Indian cricketer
• 1990 – Jordan Rhodes, Scottish footballer
• 1991 – Nabil Bahoui, Swedish footballer
• 1991 – Alba Riquelme, Paraguayan model, Miss Paraguay 2011
• 1991 – Gerald Tusha, Albanian footballer
• 1992 – Nabilla Benattia, French model
• 1992 – Stefan de Vrij, Dutch footballer
• 1992 – Neymar, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 – Aleksandr Ilyin, Russian footballer
• 1993 – Madeleine McAfee, Australian handball player
• 1993 – Ty Rattie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1993 – Michael A. Aiello, Loner
• 1994 – Saki Nakajima, Japanese singer (Cute, Guardians 4, and Petitmoni)
• 1995 – Adnan Januzaj, Belgian-Albanian footballer
• 1995 – Batuhan Karacakaya, Turkish actor
• 1995 – Trayvon Martin, American shooting victim (d. 2012)
• 2002 – Davis Cleveland, American actor

Deaths

• 523 – Avitus of Vienne, Latin archbishop and saint (b. 470)
• 1520 – Sten Sture the Younger, Swedish politician (b. 1493)
• 1578 – Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian painter (b. 1520)
• 1705 – Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (b. 1635)
• 1751 – Henri François d'Aguesseau, French politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
• 1754 – Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch astronomer and cartographer (b. 1678)
• 1766 – Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
• 1775 – Eusebius Amort, German theologian (b. 1692)
• 1790 – William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)
• 1807 – Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (b. 1725)
• 1881 – Thomas Carlyle, Scottish historian (b. 1795)
• 1882 – Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 – Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 – Ross Barnes, American baseball player (b. 1850)
• 1917 – Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti sheikh (b. 1860)
• 1922 – Christiaan De Wet, South African general (b. 1854)
• 1922 – Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer (b. 1871)
• 1927 – Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 – Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 – Joseph Roffo, French rugby player (b. 1879)
• 1933 – Josiah Thomas, Australian politician (b. 1863)
• 1937 – Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)
• 1938 – Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
• 1941 – Banjo Paterson, Australian poet (b. 1864)
• 1941 – Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1875)
• 1946 – George Arliss, English actor (b. 1868)
• 1948 – Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)
• 1952 – Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (b. 1877)
• 1955 – Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (b. 1885)
• 1957 – Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon (b. 1890)
• 1962 – Jacques Ibert, French composer (b. 1890)
• 1967 – Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, founded L.L.Bean (b. 1872)
• 1967 – Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)
• 1969 – Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1970 – Rudy York, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1972 – Marianne Moore, American poet (b. 1887)
• 1976 – Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley and His Comets) (b. 1926)
• 1977 – Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (b. 1894)
• 1981 – Ella T. Grasso, American politician, 83rd Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919)
• 1982 – Neil Aggett, Kenyan-South African physician and union leader (b. 1953)
• 1983 – Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American physical chemist and bioinformatician (b. 1925)
• 1984 – Santo, Mexican wrestler and actor (b. 1917)
• 1985 – Georges-Émile Lapalme, Canadian politician (b. 1907)
• 1987 – William Collier, Jr., American actor (b. 1902)
• 1991 – Dean Jagger, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1992 – Miguel Rolando Covian, Brazilian physiologist (b. 1913)
• 1993 – Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician (b. 1922)
• 1993 – Marcel Léger, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
• 1993 – Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 1993 – William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
• 1993 – Tip Tipping, English actor and stuntman (b. 1958)
• 1995 – Doug McClure, American actor (b. 1935)
• 1997 – Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (b. 1920)
• 1997 – René Huyghe, French historian and author (b. 1906)
• 1998 – Tim Kelly, American guitarist (Slaughter) (b. 1963)
• 1999 – Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 2000 – Claude Autant-Lara, French director and screenwriter (b. 1901)
• 2001 – Jean Davy, French actor (b. 1911)
• 2003 – Helge Boes, American CIA officer (b. 1970)
• 2004 – John Hench, American animator (b. 1908)
• 2005 – Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Togolese politician, President of Togo (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Henri Rochon, Canadian tennis player (b. 1912)
• 2006 – Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress (b. 1930)
• 2006 – Franklin Cover, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Fred Ball, American actor (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Leo T. McCarthy, New Zealand-American politician, 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1930)
• 2007 – Alfred Worm, Austrian journalist (b. 1945)
• 2008 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru, founded Transcendental Meditation (b. 1918)
• 2010 – Brendan Burke, Canadian ice hockey player and activist (b. 1988)
• 2010 – Ian Carmichael, English actor (b. 1920)
• 2010 – Harry Schwarz, South African lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 13th South Africa Ambassador to United States (b. 1924)
• 2011 – Brian Jacques, English author (b. 1939)
• 2011 – Peggy Rea, American actress (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Blaine, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Sam Coppola, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Al De Lory, American keyboard player, producer, and conductor (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Bill Hinzman, American actor and director (b. 1936)
• 2012 – John Turner Sargent, Sr., American publisher (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Jiang Ying, Chinese opera singer (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Jo Zwaan, Dutch sprinter (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Stuart Freeborn, English make up artist (b. 1914)
• 2013 – Reinaldo Gargano, Uruguayan politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Uruguay (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Gerry Hambling, English film editor (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Charles Longbottom, English politician (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Tom McGuigan, New Zealand politician (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Leda Mileva, Bulgarian diplomat (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Paul Tanner, American trombonist (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (b. 1917)
• 2014 – Roderick Bain, American soldier (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Suzanne Basso, American murderer (b. 1954)
• 2014 – Robert A. Dahl, American political scientist and academic (b. 1915)
• 2014 – Richard Hayman, American harmonica player, composer, and conductor (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Samantha Juste, English-American singer and television host (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Mirkka Rekola, Finnish poet (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Juthika Roy, Indian singer (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Tzeni Vanou, Greek singer (b. 1939)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Agatha of Sicily
  • Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • February 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Constitution Day (Mexico)
• Crown Princess Mary's birthday (Denmark)
• Kashmir Day (Pakistan)
• Liberation from the Alberoni Occupation (San Marino)
• National Weatherperson's Day (United States)
• Runeberg's Birthday, where Runeberg's tart are made specially for the holiday. (Finland)
• Unity Day (Burundi)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada