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On this day: February 5th
There are many and several events on this day in history. Read and discover what happened on this day: On this day: February 5th
On this day: February 5th
Events On this day: February 5th
- 1852: The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg opens to the public. It is one of the world’s largest and oldest museums and was originally founded in 1764.
- 1869: The biggest gold nugget in history is found. The “Welcome Stranger” was found at Moliagul in Australia and had a calculated refined weight of 71.081 kg.
- 1909: The world’s first synthetic plastic is developed. Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced his invention of Bakelite at a meeting of the American Chemical Society that day.
- 1917: The Constitution of Mexico is ratified.
- 1919: United Artists is founded. Charlie Chaplin was one of the film studio’s founders.
- 1924: The Greenwich Time Signal is broadcast for the first time. The “BBC pips” are 5 short and 1 long tones that are broadcast by many BBC radio stations to mark the precise start of the hour.
- 1953: The movie Peter Pan is released by Walt Disney.
- 1958: The Tybee Bomb is lost.
- 1971: Apollo 14 lands on the moon.
Birthdays on this day: February 5th
- 1840: John Boyd Dunlop (Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber)
- 1878: André Citroën (French engineer, businessman, founded Citroën)
- 1900: Adlai Stevenson (American politician, 31st Governor of Illinois)
- 1919: Red Buttons (Actor)
- 1934: Henry Aaron (Baseball Player)
- 1942: Roger Staubach (Football Player)
- 1969: Michael Sheen (Welsh actor)
- 1985: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese footballer)
- 1992: Neymar (Brazilian footballer)
Deaths On this day: February 5th
- 1881: Thomas Carlyle (Scottish historian)
- 1938: Hans Litten (German jurist)
- 1993: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (American director, screenwriter, producer)
- 2008: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (Indian guru)
- 2010: Harry Schwarz (German/South African lawyer, politician, diplomat, 13th South African Ambassador to the United States)
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