Page 8: Historical Events In February - 05

1959  On this day in history australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide   

1959  On this day in history gwili Andre, actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies   

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

1961  On this day in history 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  On February - 05 suit to bar Englewood NJ from "racial segregated" schools is filed   

1962  On this day in history sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter &Saturn within 16º   

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

1963  On this day in history maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars   

1963  Soviet lunar probe failure on February - 05.   

1965  On February - 05 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  "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC) on this day in history.   

1967  On February - 05 anastasio Somoza elected President of Nicaragua   

1967  Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren on February - 05.   

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

1968  On February - 05 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  On February - 05 luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80   

1969  On February - 05 "Turn-On," debuts &cancelled by ABC after flopping so badly   

1969  On February - 05 uS population reaches 200 million   

1969  Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, vice president, general manager &head coach of Redskins on February - 05.   

1969  Thelma Ritter, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 63 on February - 05.   

1970  On February - 05 first Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six   

1970  On this day in history test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs Australia, Durban   

1970  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 05.   

1970  WSCV TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale FL (IND) suspends broadcasting on February - 05.   

1971  Apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro; Alan Shepard &Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hours on this day in history.   

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

1971  On this day in history mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian premier (1952..56), dies at 78   

1972  "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65 on February - 05.   

1972  Bob Douglas is first black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame on this day in history.   

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0976  On February - 05 birth of sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)   

1505  Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572) was born on February - 05.   

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  Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet was born on this day in history.   

1589  Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669) was born on February - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1520  Death of Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493) on this day in history.   

1578  Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies on February - 05.   

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

1658  Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52 on February - 05.   

1679  Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1705  On February - 05 jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37   

1721  James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 on February - 05.