Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
February 5
| 1556 | Henry II of France and Philip of Spain sign the truce of Vaucelles. | |
| 1631 | A ship from Bristol, the Lyon, arrives with provisions for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. | |
| 1762 | Martinique, a major French base in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, surrenders to the British. | |
| 1783 | Sweden recognizes U.S. independence. | |
| 1846 | The first Pacific Coast newspaper, Oregon Spectator, is published. | |
| 1864 | Federal forces occupy Jackson, Miss. | |
| 1865 | The three-day Battle of Hatcher's Run, Va., begins. | |
| 1900 | The United States and Great Britain sign the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, giving the United States the right to build a canal in Nicaragua but not to fortify it. | |
| 1917 | U.S. Congress nullifies President Woordrow Wilson's veto of the Immigration Act; literacy tests are required. | |
| 1918 | The Soviets proclaim separation of church and state. | |
| 1922 | The Reader's Digest begins publication in New York. | |
| 1922 | William Larned's steel-framed tennis racquet gets its first test. | |
| 1945 | American and French troops destroy German forces in the Colmar Pocket in France. | |
| 1947 | The Soviet Union and Great Britain reject terms for an American trusteeship over Japanese Pacific Isles. | |
| 1952 | New York adopts three-colored traffic lights. | |
| 1961 | The Soviets launch Sputnik V, the heaviest satellite to date at 7.1 tons. | |
| 1968 | U.S. troops divide Viet Cong at Hue while the Saigon government claims they will arm loyal citizens. | |
| 1971 | Two Apollo 14 astronauts walk on the moon. | |
| 1972 | It is reported that the United States has agreed to sell 42 F-4 Phantom jets to Israel. | |
| 1974 | Patty Hearst is kidnapped at gunpoint. | |
| 1985 | U.S. halts a loan to Chile in protest over human rights abuses. | |
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Born on February 5 |
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| 1723 | John Witherspoon, Declaration of Independence signer. | |
| 1788 | Sir Robert Peel, British prime minister. | |
| 1837 | Dwight L. Moody, evangelist, founder of the Moody Bible Institute. | |
| 1848 | Belle Starr, Western outlaw. | |
| 1872 | Lafayette Benedict Mendel, biochemist. | |
| 1898 | Ralph McGill, editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution. | |
| 1900 | Adlai E. Stevenson II, Illinois governor and presidential candidate. | |
| 1914 | Sir Alan Hodgin, English physiologist and biophysicist. | |
| 1915 | Robert Hofstadter, physicist who won the Nobel prize in 1961 for his studies of neutrons and protons. | |
| 1926 | Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, longtime New York Times publisher. | |
| 1934 | Hank Aaron, American hall of fame baseball player. | |
| 1938 | John Guare, playwright (The House of Blue Leaves). | |
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