Today, February 5 is the 36th day of the year on the Gregorian Calendar. The Zodiac sign for individuals born on this day is Aquarius. On this day in in 1994 white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in the murder of African-American civil rights leader Medgar Evers, more than 30 years after the crime was committed, in 1974 Patty Hearst, daughter of Randolf Hearst, was kidnapped and in 1988 Noriega was indicted on U.S. drug charges.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=52325/ref <ref>http://www.historynet.com/today_in_history
Today in History
2010
Snow began falling today as a major storm is bearing down on the East coast of the United States, with up to 24 inches predicted for some parts of New Jersey on Saturday.http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/storm_starts_piling_snow_on_so.html
China has responded negatively to President Barack Obama's plan to meet with the Dalai Lama this month saying it is "resolutely" opposed to any such contact. Every U.S. president in the last twenty years has met with the Dalai Lama.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/05/AR2010020504394.html
Intact bottles of whiskey have been found in the Antarctic, buried for 100 years in ice under the shack used by Shackleford during the 1907-1909 Nimrod expedition.http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/feb/05/shackleton-whisky-recovered
February 5, 2008
1900s
- 1900: The Panama Canal treaty is signed by the United States and Great Britain.
- 1917: Mexican constitution adopted.
1600s
- 1631: Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, arrives in Boston.
Holidays and Observances
Famous Birthdays
- 1962: Jennifer Jason Leigh - Actress
- 1948: Barbara Hershey - Actress
- 1948: Christopher Guest - Actor and Director
- 1942: Roger Staubach - NFL football player
- 1934: Hank Aaron - Baseball player
Famous Deaths
- 2008: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi- Guru to The Beatles
Music Chart Toppers
Top Box Office Movies
- 2010: Avatar - James Cameron, Director
- 2009: Taken - Liam Neeson
- 2008: Best of Both Worlds - Miley Cyrus
- 2007: Because I Said So - Keaton, Mandy Moore
- 2006: When a Stranger Calls - Camilla Belle
- 2005: Boogeyman - Barry Watson
- 2004: The Butterfly Effect - Ashton Kutcher
- 1998: Titanic - DiCaprio, Winslet The Numbers: Historical Box Office Charts
