February 5: Day Of The Week
February 5, 2013 is the 36th day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 329 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.
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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
| February | ||||||
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| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | ||
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
February 5 Historical Events
- 1852 –The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
- 1900 –The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal
- 1939 –Generalísimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th “Caudillo de España”, or Leader of Spain.
- 1941 –World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea.
- 1945 –World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.
- 1971 –Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
- 1981 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- 2000 –Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya.
- 2004 –Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
- 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.
Who were born on February 5?
- 1534 –Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)
- 1878 –André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (d. 1935)
- 1911 –Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960)
- 1915 –Robert Hofstadter, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1990)
- 1930 –John A. Gambling, American radio show host (d. 2004)
- 1941 –David Selby, American actor
- 1964 –Duff McKagan, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
- 1969 –Bobby Brown, American singer
- 1980 –Prince Peter, American-born Yugoslav royalty
- 1987 –Linus Omark, Swedish ice hockey player
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