What Happened On February 5

What Happened On Feb 5 Events

1265 Feb 5 Gui Faucoi (Clement IV) elected Pope
Pope Clement IV (Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, November 23, year ca. 1195 – November 29, 1268 in Viterbo), born Gui Faucoi called in later life le Gros (English: Guy Foulques the Fat; Italian: Gu...
1631 Feb 5 Roger Williams Arrives In Boston
Roger Williams, defender of religious liberty and founder of Rhode Island, arrived in Boston on February 5, 1631. Born in England just after the turn of the seventeenth century, Williams...
1783 Feb 5
to 1783 Mar 28
 Calabrian Earthquake of 1783
February 5 This earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 7.0, affected a large area including most of the southern Italian peninsula and shook the whole of Sicily. Many villages were...
1865 Feb 5
to 1865 Feb 7
 Battle of Hatcher's Run
Description: On February 5, Bvt. Brig. Gen. David Gregg’s cavalry division rode out to the Boydton Plank Road via Ream's Station and Dinwiddie Court House in an attempt to intercept Confe...
1869 Feb 5
to 1869 Apr 12
 Texas v. White
Texas v. White, 74 U.S. 700 (1869) was a significant case argued before the United States Supreme Court in 1869. The case involved a claim by the reconstruction government of Texas that U...
1936 Feb 5 "Modern Times" (film) is Released
Modern Times is a 1936 comedy film by Charlie Chaplin that has his iconic Little Tramp character struggling to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the de...
1945 Feb 5 37th Infantry Division Moves into Manila
The primarily US forces involved were represented by the 37th Infantry Division and the 1st Cavarly Division, smaller airborne units, forces already highly experienced in combat, junge wa...
1953 Feb 5 Peter Pan is released
Peter Pan is a 1953 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney and based on the play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up by J. M. Barrie. It is the fourteenth film in the Wa...
1953 Feb 5 Ronald Reagan Appears in "The Ford Television Theatre" - Season 1, Episode 19: The First Born
Ford Theatre (spelled Ford Theater for the radio version) is a radio and television anthology series broadcast in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s. At various times, the televisio...
1957 Feb 5 Boston College defeats Boston University, 5-4
1957 Feb 5 Harvard defeats Northeastern, 5-3
1960 Feb 5 "La Dolce Vita" Is Released
La dolce vita (Italian for "The Sweet Life") is a 1960 film by the critically acclaimed director Federico Fellini. The film is a trajectory of a passive journalist's week in Rome, and his...
1962 Feb 5 Boston University defeats Northeastern, 5-4
1962 Feb 5 Harvard defeats Boston College, 6-1
1968 Feb 5 Boston University defeats Northeastern, 7-4
1968 Feb 5 Harvard defeats Boston College, 6-4
1973 Feb 5 Boston College defeats Northeastern, 9-8
1973 Feb 5 Boston University defeats Harvard, 8-3
1974 Feb 5 Kiss starts first tour
Kiss's first tour started on February 5, 1974 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium.
1977 Feb 5
to 1977 Feb 11
 1977 International Special Olympics Winter Games
5-11 February 1977 The First International Special Olympics Winter Games are held in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, with more than 500 athletes competing in skiing and skating events. CBS,...
1979 Feb 5 Boston College defeats Northeastern, 7-2
1979 Feb 5 Boston University defeats Harvard, 4-2
1979 Feb 5 The Bee Gees release Spirits Having Flown
Spirits Having Flown is the Bee Gees' fifteenth original album (thirteenth internationally), released on February 5, 1979. It was the group's first album after their collaboration on the ...
1988 Feb 5 She's Having a Baby is released
The movie portrays a young newlywed couple, Kristy and Jake Briggs played by Elizabeth McGovern and Kevin Bacon, who try to cope with being married and what is expected of them by their p...
1989 Feb 5 MST3K Ep. K12 - "Fugitive Alien"
Movie Summary: Starwolf Ken casts his lot with the Earthling crew of Bacchus 3.
1990 Feb 5 Boston University defeats Boston College, 4-3
1990 Feb 5 Harvard defeats Northeastern, 5-4
1992 Feb 5 "The Fix-Up" - Season 3 Episode 16 of Seinfeld First Airs
"The Fix-Up" is the thirty-fourth episode of the hit sitcom Seinfeld. The episode was the 17th episode for the show's third season. It aired on February 5, 1992. The episode won the award...
1993 Feb 5 Bill Clinton Signs his First Law the Family and Medical Leave Act
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), was passed by the 103rd United States Congress and subsequently signed into law on 5 August 1993 by President Bill Clinton (Pub.L. 103-3; ...
1994 Feb 5 MST3K Ep. 524 - "12 To The Moon"
(Short: Design for Dreaming) A multinational expedition to Earth's moon discovers advanced beings who want no contact with humanity.
1996 Feb 5 Boston University defeats Boston College, 4-1
1996 Feb 5 Northeastern defeats Harvard, 4-1
2001 Feb 5 Boston College defeats Harvard, 4-1
2001 Feb 5 Boston University defeats Northeastern, 6-4
2003 Feb 5 Chappelle's Show - Season 1 Ep. 3
QVC, Roots outtakes, Zapped, It's a Wonderful Chest
2005 Feb 5 UFC 51: Super Saturday
UFC 51: Super Saturday was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 5, 2005 (Super Bowl weekend) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, N...
2006 Feb 5 Steelers Beat Seahawks in Super Bowl XL
After the first four possessions of the game ended with punts, Seahawks punt returner Peter Warrick gave his team good field position by returning Chris Gardocki's 37-yard punt 12 yards t...
2007 Feb 5 Boston College defeats Harvard, 3-1
For years, coaches of the four Beanpot tournament schools would be asked, "Who is the team to beat?" Invariably, they would all be diplomatic and talk about "on any given Monday," and say...
2007 Feb 5 Boston University defeats Northeastern, 4-0
Brad Thiessen was toddling around British Columbia in a diaper the last time his school won the Hub's annual intramural all-skate. "I wasn't even 2," said Northeastern's lanky, laid-back ...
2008 Feb 5 Cleveland Cavaliers defeat Boston Celtics, 114-113
CLEVELAND - The bar has been set high, almost impossibly so. This Celtics team has won on defense all season long, leading the NBA in all the pertinent categories, and yet last night, Doc...
2008 Feb 5 Dead Prez Releases "Live in San Francisco"
In 1990, M-1 headed to Tallahassee to attend FAMU (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University) where he and stic.man met and connected due to their mutual love of music and similar po...
2008 Feb 5 "Jurassic Park" Rifftrax is Released
Every quarter century or so a project comes along that so perfectly unites artist and medium that one can only stand in wonder and proclaim, "Wow, Sandra, when was the last time something...
2009 Feb 5 Boston Bruins defeat Ottawa Senators, 4-3
OTTAWA - Not one of his best outings, P.J. Axelsson admitted. For Axelsson, back on the No. 1 line last night against the Senators because of Milan Lucic's swollen left foot, his usual...
2009 Feb 5 Joose Releases a New Flavor, "Jungle Joose"
Joose is an alcoholic energy drink, similar in design and purpose to competing beverages such as Sparks and Tilt. It is growing in popularity due to its relatively high alcohol content (9...
2009 Feb 5 Los Angeles Lakers defeat Boston Celtics, 110-109
So much for home-court advantage. The Celtics did not receive the benefit of a couple of potential hometown calls from the officials in a 110-109 overtime loss to the Lakers last night at...
2010 Feb 5 Boston Celtics defeat New Jersey Nets, 96-87
At the top of the list of Celtics opponents’ defensive axioms is to never leave Ray Allen open. The same goes for Eddie House. But, of course, that is something easier said by coaches tha...
2010 Feb 5 Milwaukee Bucks defeat New York Knicks, 114-107
New York — Andrew Bogut made an unexpected exit in the first quarter, and the Milwaukee Bucks struggled to regain their balance. But regain it they did, thanks to a resurgent Brandon J...
2010 Feb 5 Minnesota Timberwolves defeat Dallas Mavericks, 117-108
DALLAS — Timberwolves coach Kurt Rambis met with his players last week after they had been mostly thumped in successive road losses at Milwaukee, New York and Cleveland and declared the 9...
2010 Feb 5
to 2010 Feb 6
 Tea Party Movement Holds a Convention in Nashville, Tennessee
With conservative firebrand Sarah Palin headlining, it’s been billed as an event to fuse and celebrate the tenets of the disparate “tea party” movement that has rocked American politics o...
2010 Feb 5 Three MPs to be charged over expenses