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'''February 5''' in history:
== Birthdays ==
# 1962 [[Jennifer Jason Leigh]] ([[actress]])
# 1948 [[Christopher Guest]] ([[comic]])
# 1948 [[Barbara Hershey]] (Herzstein) ([[actress]])
# 1946 [[Charlotte Rampling]] ([[actress]])
# 1942 [[Roger Staubach]] ([[quaterback]])
# 1940 [[H.R. Giger]] ([[surrealist artist]])
# 1934 [[Hank Aaron]] ([[baseballer]] hall of fame)
# 1928 [[Andrew Greeley]] (priest, author, sociologist)
# 1919 [[Red Buttons]] (Aaron Chwatt) ([[comedian]], actor)
# 1914 [[William S. Burroughs]] ([[writer]])
# 1900 [[Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.]] ([[governor]])
== '''February 5''' in history: ==
* 1897, the [[Directory:Indiana|Indiana]] House of Representatives passed, 67-0, a measure redefining the method for determining the area of a circle, which included altering the value of pi. (The bill died in the Indiana Senate.)
* 1897, the [[Directory:Indiana|Indiana]] House of Representatives passed, 67-0, a measure redefining the method for determining the area of a circle, which included altering the value of pi. (The bill died in the Indiana Senate.)
* 1924, the Royal Greenwich Observatory begin broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips"
* 1924, the Royal Greenwich Observatory begin broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips"
* 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a plan to enlarge the Supreme Court of the United States
* 1937, President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] proposes a plan to enlarge the Supreme Court of the United States
* 1958, a hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, [[Directory:Georgia|Georgia]], never to be recovered
* 1958, a hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, [[Directory:Georgia|Georgia]], never to be recovered
* 1973, services were held at Arlington National Cemetery for Army Lt. Col. William B. Nolde, the last American combat casualty before the [[Directory:Vietnam|Vietnam]] cease-fire
* 1973, services were held at Arlington National Cemetery for Army Lt. Col. William B. Nolde, the last American combat casualty before the [[Directory:Vietnam|Vietnam]] cease-fire
* 1974, John Murtha becomes the first Vietnam War veteran elected to the Congress of the United States
* 1974, [[John Murtha]] becomes the first Vietnam War veteran elected to the Congress of the United States
* 1988, Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges
* 1988, Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges
