On this day 5th February
Some notable facts about this date, for more, visit http://www.onthisday.com
Facts
1576 Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV of France) abjures Catholicism at Tours
1885 News of the fall of Khartoum reaches London
1885 King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal colonial possession
1936 "Modern Times", silent film directed by, written by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released
1944 358 RAF bombers attack Stettin
1945 US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla
1971 Apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard & Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hrs
1983 Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial
2008 A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States leaves at least 58 dead, the most since the May 31, 1985 outbreak that killed 88.
Deaths
995 William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)
1705 Jean Gilles, French composer, dies at 37
1881 Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85
1946 George Arliss, British actor (Devil, Green Goddess), dies at 77
1977 Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67
1981 Kuda Bux, Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), dies at 75
1993 Tip Tipping, [Tim], stuntman, dies in sky-diving accident at 34
2010 Ian Carmichael, British actor (Private's Progress, I'm All Right Jack), dies at 89
2012 Sam Coppola, US actor (Saturday Night Fever), dies at 79
Sport
1945 Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s)
2006 Super Bowl XL: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Seattle Seahawks, 21-10 at the Ford Field MVP: Hines Ward, Pittsburgh, WR
2012 Super Bowl XLVI: New York Giants beat New England Patriots, 21-17 at the Lucas Oil Stadium MVP: Eli Manning, New York, QB
Films and TV
1924 The Royal Greenwich Observatory begin broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips".
1936 "Modern Times", silent film directed by, written by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released
1953 5th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell & Helen Hayes win
1994 "Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego," debuts on Fox TV
2012 Flavor Flav and Elton John appear in a Pepsi Co. ad during Super Bowl XLVI
Born on this day
1943 Nolan Bushnell, American electrical engineer (founded Atari, created Pong), born in Clearfield, Utah
1948 Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Ian Carmichael
Sam Coppola