Page 8: Historical Events In February - 05

1959  Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide on this day in history.   

1959  Gwili Andre, actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies on this day in history.   

1960  On February - 05 louis Stricker, cricketer (S Afr open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies   

1961  On February - 05 anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73   

1962  On February - 05 french President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence   

1962  On this day in history hSS-2 Sea King became the first helicopter to exceed 200 m.p.h. in an officially sanctioned trial.   

1962  Suit to bar Englewood NJ from "racial segregated" schools is filed on February - 05.   

1962  Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter &Saturn within 16º on this day in history.   

1962  Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1963  Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars on this day in history.   

1963  Soviet lunar probe failure on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history beursschouwburg opens in Brussels   

1965  On February - 05 irving Bacon, actor (Fort Ti, Petticoat Fever), dies at 71   

1966  On February - 05 bBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island   

1967  On February - 05 "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)   

1967  Anastasio Somoza elected President of Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1967  Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren on this day in history.   

1967  On February - 05 herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87   

1968  On this day in history kDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth TX (IND) begins broadcasting   

1968  On February - 05 skater Kees Verkerk win Olympics gold in the 1500m   

1968  Luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80 on February - 05.   

1969  "Turn-On," debuts &cancelled by ABC after flopping so badly on this day in history.   

1969  US population reaches 200 million on this day in history.   

1969  Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, vice president, general manager &head coach of Redskins on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history thelma Ritter, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 63   

1970  First Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six on February - 05.   

1970  Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs Australia, Durban on this day in history.   

1970  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history wSCV TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale FL (IND) suspends broadcasting   

1971  On February - 05 apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro; Alan Shepard &Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hours   

1971  On this day in history the US Apollo 14 (Shepard and Mitchell onboard) lands on the Moon   

1971  On February - 05 mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian premier (1952..56), dies at 78   

1972  "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65 on this day in history.   

1972  On February - 05 bob Douglas is first black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame   

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0976  Sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017) was born on February - 05.   

1505  On this day in history birth of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)   

1519  On this day in history birth of rené of Châlon, (d. 1544)   

1534  On this day in history birth of giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)   

1589  On February - 05 birth of honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet   

1589  On this day in history birth of esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)   

1608  On this day in history birth of gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666)   

1626  Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696) was born on February - 05.   

0995  On February - 05 death of william IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)   

1520  On this day in history death of sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)   

1578  On this day in history giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies   

1591  Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies on February - 05.   

1658  Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1679  Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 on February - 05.   

1705  Jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37 on February - 05.   

1721  James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 on this day in history.