On This Day February 5th
OTD
February 5th is the Thirty-sixth day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar; 329 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
1818 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of
Sweden and Norway.
1852 – The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia,
one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
1862 – Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the
Romanian United Principalities.[9]
1869 – The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called
the "Welcome Stranger," is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
1885 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a
personal possession.
1901 – J. P. Morgan incorporated U.S. Steel in New Jersey;
however, the company would not start business until February 25. The
assets of Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company, Elbert H. Gary's Federal
Steel Company, and William Henry Moore's National Steel Company were not
acquired until April 1.
1907 – Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation
of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks,
and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists.
1945 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to
Manila.
1958 – A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by
the U.S. Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
1971 – Astronauts land on the Moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
1988 – Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and
money laundering charges.
1997 – The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce
the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their
families.
Birthdays
1519 – René of Châlon, prince of Orange (d. 1544)
1534 – Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian soldier, composer, and
critic (d. 1612)
1788 – Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1850)
1804 – Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet and hymn-writer
(d. 1877)
1837 – Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher,
founded Moody Church, Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers (d. 1899)
1878 – André Citroën, French engineer and businessman,
founded Citroën (d. 1935)
1900 – Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and
diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1965)
1914 – William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story
writer, and essayist (d. 1997)
1919 – Red Buttons, American actor (d. 2006)
1934 – Hank Aaron, American baseball player (d. 2021)
1942 – Roger Staubach, American football player,
sportscaster, and businessman
1960 – Micky Hazard, English footballer
1992 – Neymar, Brazilian footballer
Holiday Spotlight
NATIONAL PORK RIND DAY
Pork rinds are crispy snacks made by deep-frying pieces of
pigskin. Pork rinds are made by cutting pigskin into squares and boiling them
in water for about an hour. The skins are drained and chilled for a few hours
to solidify the fat. Once the process is done, the fat is scraped off the skin.
It is then dehydrated in an oven at a low temperature for about ten hours.
After the fat has been removed during this process, the pork
rinds are deep-fried to give them their crispy texture.
Other Include
Adlai Stevenson Day
Disaster Day
Move Hollywood & Broadway to Lebanon, PA Day
National Chocolate Fondue Day
National Fart Day
National Primrose Day
National Weatherperson's Day
Shower With a Friend Day
Western Monarch Day
World Animal Reiki Day
World Nutella Day
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