5TH
FEBRUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST
AGATHA; SAINTS INDRACTUS & DOMINICA; ST ADELAIDE OF BELLICH; ST BERTULPH OR BERTOUL OF
RENTY; ST AVITUS OF VIENNE; & ST VODALUS OR VOEL." |
| 5TH |
1850 |
THE PUSH KEY ADDING MACHINE IS PATENTED. |
| 5TH |
1861 |
KINEMATOSCOPE PATENTED BY "COLEMAN
SELLERS," IN PHILADELPHIA. |
| 5TH |
1861 |
"SAMUEL GOODALE," OF CINCINNATI" PATENTS THE
PEEP SHOW MACHINE. |
| 5TH |
1869 |
"JOHN FORREST" LEAVES PERTH
TO EXPLORE INLAND AND SEARCH FOR THE REMAINS OF LUDWIG LEICHARDT. |
| 5TH |
1869 |
THE "WELOME STRANGER" GOLD NUGGET WEIGHING 70.92kg
AND A GOLD CONTENT OF 69.92kg IS FOUND AT MOLIAGUL, VICTORIA. |
| 5TH |
1870 |
THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE IS SHOWN TO A
THEATRE AUDIENCE IN PHILADELPHIA, USA. |
| 5TH |
1901 |
LOOP-THE-LOOP CENTRIFUGAL ROLLER COASTER PATENTED BY "ED
PRESCOT." |
| 5TH |
1922 |
READER’S DIGEST BEGINS PUBLICATION
IN NEW YORK. |
| 5TH |
1924 |
THE BBC TIME SIGNALS ‘PIPS’ FROM GREENWICH
OBSEVATORY WERE HEARD FOR THE FIRST TIME; THEY ARE BROADCAST EVERY HOUR. |
| 5TH |
1937 |
"MODERN TIMES" THE FIRST
"CHARLIE CHAPLIN" TALKING MOVIE IS RELEASED. |
| 5TH |
1945 |
"BIG RACKET BECOMES THE FASTEST RACEHORSE, COVERING 440
YARDS IN 20.8sec (69.6kph) |
| 5TH |
1953 |
BRITAIN’S CHILDREN CELEBRATE AS
SWEET RATIONING COMES TO AN END. |
| 5TH |
1953 |
THE ANIMATED MOVIE VERSION OF THE CLASSIC TALE "PETER
PAN" IS RELEASED BY WALT DISNEY STUDIO. |
| 5TH |
1969 |
THE POPULATION OF THE U.S. REACHES 200
MILLION. |
| 5TH |
1971 |
US APOLLO 14 ASTRONAUTS LAND ON THE MOON. |
| 5TH |
1974 |
DAUGHTER OF A MEDIA MAGNATE, 19 YEAR
OLD "PATRICIA HEARST" IS KIDNAPPED BY THE SIBIANESE LIBERATION ARMY IN U.S.A. |
| 5TH |
1982 |
THE UNITED STATES DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SEIZED 3,192 TONS
OF MARIJUANA, CHARGING 495 PEOPLE. |
| 5TH |
1982 |
LAKER AIRLINE COLLAPSES WITH DEBTS OF
$270MILLION. |
| 5TH |
1984 |
AUSTRALIAN WICKETKEEPER ROD MARSH RETIRES. |
| 5TH |
1984 |
100 yr OLD "MOHAMAD ALU,"
MARRIES A 14 yr OLD GIRL IN A MOSLEM CEREMONY IN KENYA. |
| 5TH |
1996 |
"TAMMY VAN WISSE" IS THE FIRST TO SWIM BASS STRAIT;
A DISTANCE OF 120 km IN A TIME OF 17hrs 46 mins 30 secs. |
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