Wednesday February 5, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

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Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
In Calabria a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins.
The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the “Welcome Stranger”, is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto. Also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, it forbade immigration from nearly all of south and southeast Asia.
The European Court of Justice’s ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the most important, if not the most important, decisions in the development of European Union law.
Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years.
Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
The United States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef.
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Pig in Chinese astrology.

Who were born on ?

Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666)
William S. Burroughs, American author (d. 1997)
Hank Aaron. American baseball player
K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Kannada Poet
David Selby, American actor
Charlotte Rampling, British actress
Yvon Vallières, French-Canadian politician
Qasim Melho, Syrian actor
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
Marvin Knoll, German footballer

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