February
5
Constitution
Day (Mexico)
Kashmir Day (Pakistan)
Liberation from the Alberoni Occupation
(San Marino)
National Weatherperson's Day (United
States)
Runeberg's Birthday, where Runeberg's
tart are made specially for the
holiday. (Finland)
Unity Day (Burundi)
Events
62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
1597 – A group of early Japanese
Christians are killed by the new
government of Japan for being seen
as a threat to Japanese society.
1783 – In Calabria a sequence of
strong earthquakes begins.
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.
1917 – The current constitution
of Mexico is adopted, establishing
a federal republic with powers separated
into independent executive, legislative,
and judicial branches.
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.
1971 – Astronauts land on the moon
in the Apollo 14 mission.
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.
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