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On This Day In History for February 5, 2020
This is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 330 days remaining in 2020.
- It was on this date in 1869, that The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the “Welcome Stranger”, is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
- On February 5, 1907, Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world’s first synthetic plastic.
- 107 years ago today, Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
- Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists on this date in 1919.
- On February 5, 1924, The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
- 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 on this date in 1958.
- February 5, 1971, Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- German mathematician and physicist, Gaspar Schott, born on this date in 1608.
- Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist, Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger was born 225 years ago today.
- American engineer, invented the Maxim gun, Hiram Maxim, born on this date in 1840.
- John Boyd Dunlop, the Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber was born 180 years ago today.
- Born February 5, 1878, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën André Citroën.
- American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Robert Hofstadter, born on this date in 1915.
- Red Buttons, the American actor was born 101 years ago today.
- Also turning 83 today is Estonian-American astronomer and mathematician Alar Toomre.
- Also born on that same date in 1943, American engineer and businessman, founded Atari, Inc, Nolan Bushnell.
- Also turning 73 today is American engineer and astronaut Mary L. Cleave.
- American actress, Barbara Hershey is 72 today.
- American actor and director, Christopher Guest, born on this date in 1948.
- Also born on that same date in 1969, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor, Bobby Brown.
Listener birthdays
- 01 – Matt Baum aka Racer X, Pittsburgh PA
- 01 – Brandon Kirkwold – MN
- 02 – Gary Lindros – aka Gary from Jacksonville – Groundhog’s Day Rules!!!
- 02 – Chuck Provenzano aka podlurker aka Chuck’s evil twin
- 02 – Oreo Cookie Monster
- 03 – Euan Campbell McGregor – Scotland, UK
- 07 – Chad W. Smith from Chattanooga, TN
- 07 – Bryon the Big BS in PA, Williamsport PA
- 08 – Jan Scott from Yorkshire, UK
- 09 – “Podcast” Mike Wills from Minnesota
- 10 – Zach Akgulian – Appleton, WI
- 10 – Drace (Shari from ND)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 5, 2020
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News
- Scientists Snap Closest-Ever View of the Sun – ExtremeTech
- ‘The little telescope that could’ has retired. It changed how we see the universe – CNN
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