What Day of the Week

February 5, 2020 was the 36^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 330 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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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• 1810

  Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins.
• 1818

  Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
• 1913

  Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
• 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.
• 1962

  French President Charles De Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
• 1963

  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.
• 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.
• 1982

  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.
• 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.

• 1906

  John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988)
• 1934

  Don Cherry, Canadian ice hockey commentator
• 1937

  Wang Xuan, Chinese scientist (d. 2006)
• 1978

  Brian Russell, American football player
• 1980

  Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer
• 1980

  Stefano Di Fiordo, Italian footballer
• 1982

  Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (d. 2007)
• 1982

  Dionysis Makris, Greek singer
• 1982

  Kevin Everett, American football player
• 1986

  Reed Sorenson, American racecar driver

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