Historical Events In February - 05

1959  On February - 05 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 this day in history louis Stricker, cricketer (S Afr open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies   

1961  Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73 on February - 05.   

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 February - 05.   

1962  On February - 05 jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71   

1963  On February - 05 maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars   

1963  On this day in history soviet lunar probe failure   

1965  Beursschouwburg opens in Brussels on February - 05.   

1965  On this day in history irving Bacon, actor (Fort Ti, Petticoat Fever), dies at 71   

1966  On this day in history bBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island   

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

1967  On this day in history anastasio Somoza elected President of Nicaragua   

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

1967  Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1968  KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth TX (IND) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history skater Kees Verkerk win Olympics gold in the 1500m   

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

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

1969  On February - 05 uS population reaches 200 million   

1969  On February - 05 vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, vice president, general manager &head coach of Redskins   

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

1970  First Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six on this day in history.   

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 February - 05.   

1970  On February - 05 wSCV TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale FL (IND) suspends broadcasting   

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  The US Apollo 14 (Shepard and Mitchell onboard) lands on the Moon on February - 05.   

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  On this day in history bob Douglas is first black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame   

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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 February - 05 birth of rené of Châlon, (d. 1544)   

1534  On February - 05 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  Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669) was born on February - 05.   

1608  On February - 05 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  Death of Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493) on February - 05.   

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

1591  Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies on this day in history.   

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

1679  On this day in history joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91   

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.