Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: February 5
February 5, 2024 is the 36th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 330 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aquarius is your zodiac sign. Amethyst is your modern birthstone. Bloodstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: February 5
- 62 –Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
- 1900 –The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal
- 1918 –SS Tuscania (1914) is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
- 1941 –World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea.
- 1958 –A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
- 2004 –Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
- 2004 –Twenty-three Chinese people drown when a group of 35 cockle-pickers are trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay, England. Twenty-one bodies are recovered.
- 2008 –A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States leaves 57 dead, the most since the May 31, 1985 outbreak that killed 88.
- 2009 –The United States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef.
- 2019 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Pig in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on February 5?
- 1519 –René of Châlon, (d. 1544)
- 1650 –Anne-Jules, French general (d. 1708)
- 1922 –Alain de Changy, Belgian racing driver (d. 1994)
- 1923 –Fatmawati, Indonesian First Lady
- 1940 –H.R. Giger, Swiss artist
- 1953 –John Beilein, American basketball coach
- 1962 –Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress
- 1965 –Keith Moseley, American musician (The String Cheese Incident)
- 1978 –Brian Russell, American football player
- 1991 –Alba Riquelme, Paraguayan model
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