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People on February 5th: birthdates

Bob Allen: 1927 (is 85 in 2012, 86 in 2013)
Songwriter, Pianist, Arranger, Music Producer, Conductor, of Four Lads
Christopher Barron: 1968 (is 44 in 2012, 45 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Singer, of Spin Doctors
Bobby Brown: 1969 (is 43 in 2012, 44 in 2013)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Rap Singer, Songwriter, b. in Boston; MN:Baresford; of New Edition, Soloist; Whitney Houston's hubby
Nolan Bushnell: 1943 (is 69 in 2012, 70 in 2013)
Executive, created Pong, founded Atari
Lindsey Cardinale: 1985 (is 27 in 2012, 28 in 2013)
Singer, American Idol Finalist #12 of 2005
David Chisum: yr unknown
Soap Actor, One Life to Live's Miles Lawrence
J. R. Cobb: 1944 (is 68 in 2012, 69 in 2013)
Guitarist, Songwriter, FN:James; of Atlanta Rhythn Section, Classics IV
Esme Creed-Miles: 2000 (is 12 in 2012, 13 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Samantha Morton and Charlie's son
Stuart Damon: 1937 (is 75 in 2012, 76 in 2013)
TV/Stage Actor, Soap Actor, RLN:Zonis; The Champions, General Hospital's Dr. Alan Quartermaine
David Denny: 1948 (is 64 in 2012, 65 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, of The Steve Miller Band
Sara Evans: 1971 (is 41 in 2012, 42 in 2013)
Country Singer
Nick Georgiade: 1933 (is 79 in 2012, 80 in 2013)
Actor, Untouchables' agent Enrico Rossi; the imdb says 3-25-33
Don Goldie: 1930 (is 82 in 2012, 83 in 2013)
Trumpeter
Jennifer Granholm: 1959 (is 53 in 2012, 54 in 2013)
Governor, of Michigan
Andrew M. Greeley: 1928 (is 84 in 2012, 85 in 2013)
Reverend, Author
John Guare: 1938 (is 74 in 2012, 75 in 2013)
Writer, Dramatist/Playwright
Baron Christopher Guest: 1948 (is 64 in 2012, 65 in 2013)
Comedian, TV/Movie Actor, Comedy Writer, Movie Director, b. in New York City; This is Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel; Saturday Night Live member 1984-85, Princess Bride; Jamie Lee Curtis' hubby; Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Barbara Hershey: 1948 (is 64 in 2012, 65 in 2013)
TV/Movie Actress, b. in Los Angeles; RN:Barbara Herzstine Seagull; The Monroes' Kathy Monroe, From Here to Eternity, Hannah & Her Sisters, Last Temptation of Christ, The Natural, The Portrait of a Lady, The Mountain's Gennie Carver
Crystal Hunt: 1985 (is 27 in 2012, 28 in 2013)
Soap Actress, Guiding Light's Lizzie Spaulding
Tony Jaa: 1976 (is 36 in 2012, 37 in 2013)
Actor, The Protector
Sven Johannson: 1943 (is 69 in 2012, 70 in 2013)
Music Figure, of Tangerine Dream
Bernard Kalb: 1922 (is 90 in 2012, 91 in 2013)
Newscaster, Journalist, Author
Luna Marie Katich: 2009 (is 3 in 2012, 4 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Constance Marie and Kent's daughter
Claude King: 1923 (is 89 in 2012, 90 in 2013)
Country Singer, Guitarist, Actor, Songwriter
Al Kooper: 1944 (is 68 in 2012, 69 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Singer, Keyboardist, Organist, Music Producer, Pianist, Songwriter, Guitarist, b. in Brooklyn, N.Y.; lead of Blood Sweat & Tears, Blues Project, soloist
David Ladd: 1947 (is 65 in 2012, 66 in 2013)
TV Actor, Alan Sr.'s son; Cheryl's ex-
Art Lande: 1947 (is 65 in 2012, 66 in 2013)
Jazz Pianist
Jennifer Jason Leigh: 1962 (is 50 in 2012, 51 in 2013)
TV/Movie Actress, Single White Female, Hudsucker Proxy, Kansas City, In The Cut, The Machinist; Barbara Turner & Vic Morrow's daughter
Laura Linney: 1964 (is 48 in 2012, 49 in 2013)
Actress, The Truman Show, Lorenzo's Oil, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Primal Fear, Mystic River, Love Actually, Kinsey, The Squid and the Whale, Breach, Jindabyne, Savages
Michael Mann: 1943 (is 69 in 2012, 70 in 2013)
Movie Producer/Director, Screen/Scriptwriter, The Insider, Ali
Duff Rose McKagan: 1964 (is 48 in 2012, 49 in 2013)
Heavy Metal Bassist, of Guns 'N Roses; some say b. 1962
Tim Meadows: yr unknown
Comedian, Actor, of Saturday Night Live 1991-?; The Ladies Man
Christian Anthony Muniz: 2001 (is 11 in 2012, 12 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Dayanara Muniz and Marc Anthony's son
Chris Parnell: 1967 (is 45 in 2012, 46 in 2013)
Comedian, Actor, Saturday Night Live
Jane Bryant Quinn: 1939 (is 73 in 2012, 74 in 2013)
Columnist, Journalist, Newscaster, Writer, Financial; Martha's mom
Charlotte Rampling: 1946 (is 66 in 2012, 67 in 2013)
Movie Actress, English, Swimming Pool
Marcus Redman: 1971 (is 41 in 2012, 42 in 2013)
Actor, Doogie Howser's Raymond
David Selby: 1941 (is 71 in 2012, 72 in 2013)
TV Actor, Dark Shadows' Quentin Collins: a famous werewolf, Flamingo Road's Michael Tyrone, Falcon Crest's Richard Channing
Diego Serrano: 1973 (is 39 in 2012, 40 in 2013)
Soap Actor, Another World's Tomas Rivera, Time of Your Life's J.B., Young and Restless' Diego Guitterez
Michael Sheen: 1969 (is 43 in 2012, 44 in 2013)
Actor
Barrett Strong: 1941 (is 71 in 2012, 72 in 2013)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Songwriter, Music Producer, b. in Jackson, MS; Money (That's What I Want) singer, wrote lots of Temptations hits
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger: 1926 (is 86 in 2012, 87 in 2013)
Publisher, New York Times chairman
Jeremy Sumpter: 1989 (is 23 in 2012, 24 in 2013)
Actor, Clubhouse's Pete Young
Larry Tamblyn: 1943 (is 69 in 2012, 70 in 2013)
Music Figure, of Standells
Nigel Tufnel: 1948 (is 64 in 2012, 65 in 2013)
Musician, of Spinal Tap
Cory Julius Wells: 1942 (is 70 in 2012, 71 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Singer, b. in Los Angeles; of Three Dog Night; some say b. 1944
Tom Wilkinson: 1948 (is 64 in 2012, 65 in 2013)
Movie Actor, The Full Monty, The Patriot, The Importance of Being Ernest, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Mr. Sunshine, Separate Lies, Duplicity
Chuck Winfield: 1943 (is 69 in 2012, 70 in 2013)
Trumpeter, Saxophonist, Flugelhorn, of Blood Sweat & Tears

People on February 5th: birth anniversaries

Truman Bradley: 1905=d.Jul 28, 1974 (was 69)
TV Host, Sportscaster, Announcer, Narrator, Science Fiction Theater; b. Feb 8?
Ole Bull: 1810=d.Aug 17, 1880 (was 70)
Violinist, Composer, Norweigan
William S. Burroughs: 1914=d.Aug 2, 1997 (was 83)
Novelist, Beat Generation Author (Naked Lunch), alternative music fan; the stone-faced godfather of the "Beat generation"
Red Buttons: 1919=d.Jul 13, 2006 (was 87)
Comedian, TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Variety Show Host, Jewish, b. in New York City; RN:Aaron Chwatt; own TV show, Double Life of Henry Phyfe, Knots Landing's Al Baker
Stephen J. Cannell: 1941=d.Sep 30, 2010 (was 69)
TV Producer, Writer, MN:Joseph; Rockford Files; AP says 1941
Henson Cargill: 1941=d.Mar 24, 2007 (was 66)
Country Singer
John Carradine: 1906=d.Nov 27, 1988 (was 82)
TV/Movie Actor, b. in Greenwich Village N.Y.; RN:Richmond Reed Carradine; was in 200+ films such as The Invisible Man, The Ten Commandments, and Of Human Bondage; father of David, Keith, & Robert; My Friend Irma
Andre Citroen: 1878=d.Jul 3, 1935 (was 57)
Manufacturer, Engineer, French, introduced Henry Ford's methods of mass production to the European automobile industry.
Carleton Coon: 1894=d.May 3, 1932 (was 38)
Drummer, of Coon-Sanders team with Joe Sanders
Val Dufour: 1927=d.Jul 27, 2000 (was 73)
Actor, RN:Albert Valery; Search For Tomorrow's John Wyatt, Edge of Night, Another World
John Boyd Dunlop: 1840=d.Oct 23, 1921 (was 81)
Inventor, Scotish, pneumatic tires inventor and patenter 1888
Sid Fields: 1898=d.Sep 28, 1975 (was 77)
Comedian, Actor, Abbott & Costello Show's himself the landlord, Jackie Gleason Shows
Alex Harvey: 1935=d.Feb 4, 1982 (was 47)
Rock & Roll Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, British, lead of own band, soloist
Robert Hofstadter: 1915=d.Oct 24, 1970?
Physicist, his popular books on the political, social, and intellectual trends in U.S. history garnered two Pulitzer Prizes.; some say d. Nov 17, 1990
Tim Holt: 1918=d.Feb 15, 1973 (was 55)
TV/Movie Actor, RFMN:Charles John Jr.; Jack's son; Stagecoach, Hitler's Children
John Jeffries: 1744=d.Sep 16, 1819 (was 75)
Weatherman, Scientist, Physician, America's first weatherman
Will Mahoney: 1894=d.Feb 8, 1967 (was 73)
Actor
Sir Hiram Maxim: 1840=d.Nov 24, 1916 (was 76)
Inventor, inventor of the automatic machine gun amd smokeless gunpowder, the rifle, auto muffler and firearm silencer
Dwight L. Moody: 1837=d.Dec 22, 1899 (was 62)
Evangelist
Frank Muir: 1920=d.Jan 2, 1998 (was 77)
Comedian, Comedy Writer, English
Joan Whitney Payson: 1903=d.Oct 4, 1975 (was 72)
Sports Owner, Philanthropist, NY Mets baseball and horse stables
Sir Robert Peel: 1788=d.Jul 2, 1850 (was 62)
Statesman, British PM 1834-46
Norton Simon: 1907=d.Jun 2, 1993 (was 86)
Executive, Industrialist, of Simon & Schuster; art collector; Jennifer Jones' hubby
Belle Starr: 1848=d.Feb 3, 1889 (was 41)
Outlaw, Pioneer, Cattle & horse thief leader of Texas and the Oklahoma Indian Territory
Adlai Ewing II Stevenson: 1900=d.Jul 14, 1965 (was 65)
Governor, Diplomat, Ambassador, Adlai's grandson; U.S. political leader and diplomat who helped found the United Nations (UN), where he served as chief U.S. delegate (1961-65); he is mainly remembered by his countrymen as the eloquent, witty, but unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the presidency in 1952 and 1956; died in London at age 65.
John Witherspoon: 1723=d.Nov 15, 1794 (was 71)
Educator, Revolutionary, Clergyman, Scotish, Declaration of Independence signer

People on February 5th: death anniversaries

Nick Adams: 1968 (was 36)/b.Jul 10, 1931
TV/Movie Actor, RN:Nicholas Adamshock; The Rebel's Johnny Yuma, Saints & Sinners
George Arliss: 1946 (was 77)/b.Apr 10, 1868
Movie/Stage Actor, English, RN:George Augustus Andrews
Lew Brown: 1958 (was 64)/b.Dec 10, 1893
Songwriter, Lyricist, Russian, of DeSylva, Brown, & Henderson songwriting team
Michael "Mike" Burke: 1987 (was 70)?/b.Aug 6, 1916
Sportsfigure, Executive, head of N.Y. Yankees & Madison Square Garden; some say d. Jul 26, 1973 (was 56)
Kuda Bux: 1981/b.1905
Magician/Illusionist, The Mystic Man with the X-ray Eyes; RN:Khudah Bukhsh
Thomas Carlyle: 1881 (was 85)/b.Dec 4, 1795
Philosopher, Historian, Critic, Essayist, Scotish, his major works include The French Revolution, 3 vol. (1837), On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (1841), and The History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great among others; d. Feb 4?
Ian Carmichael: 2010 (was 89)/b.Jun 18, 1920
Actor, English
Franklin Cover: 2006 (was 77)/b.Nov 20, 1928
Actor, The Jeffersons' Tom Willis
Pablo Elvira: 2000 (was 61)/b.Sep 24, 1938
Opera Singer, Puerto Rican
Dean Jagger: 1991 (was 87)/b.Nov 7, 1903
TV/Movie Actor, b. in Columbus Grove, OH; RLN:Jeffries; Mr. Novak's Albert Vane; 150+ movies; NOT Mick's dad
Todd Karns: 2000 (was 79)/b.Jan 15, 1921
Movie Actor, It's a Wonderful Life
Timothy Patrick "Tim" Kelly: 1998 (was 35)/b.Jan 13, 1963
Heavy Metal Guitarst, of Slaughter
King Charles II Of Great Britian: 1685 (was 54)/b.May 29, 1630
King, ruled 1660-85
Joseph Leo Mankiewicz: 1993 (was 83)/b.Feb 11, 1909
Movie Producer/Director, Screen/Scriptwriter, b. in Wilkes-Barre, PA; All About Eve
Doug McClure: 1995 (was 59)/b.May 11, 1935
TV/Movie Actor, b. in Glendale, Ca.; Coyboy star; Checkmate's Jed Sills, The Virginian's Trampas, Barbary Coast, Roots' Jemmy Brent, Out of This World's Mayor Kyle Applegate; some say b. 1938
Frank "Killer Joe" Piro: 1989 (was 67)/b.Mar 2, 1921
Dancer, popularized 60-70s discotheque-style dances called Killer Joe
Rudy Pompelli: 1976 (was 47)/b.yr unknown
Rock & Roll Musician, of Bill Halley & his Comets
Harry W. Prichett: 2000 (was 79)/b.yr unknown
Cartoonist, creator of the interactive TV program Winky Dink and You
Dirk Rambo: 1967 (was 25)/b.Nov 13, 1941
Actor, Dack's twin
Joe Raposo: 1989 (was 51)/b.Feb 8, 1937
Composer, Music Producer, RFN:Joseph G.; Sesame Street songwriter & co-creator
Peggy Rea: 2011 (was 89)/b.Mar 31, 1921
Actress, Red Skelton Show reg, The Waltons' Rose Burton, The Dukes of Hazzard's Lulu Hogg
Thelma Ritter: 1969 (was 63)/b.Feb 14, 1905
Movie/Stage Actress, some say d. Feb 4; All About Eve, Pillow Talk, Miracle On 34th Street
Hannah Hoes van Buren: 1819 (was 35)/b.Mar 8, 1783
First Lady, Martin's wife
Len Wayland: 2001 (was 80)/b.Dec 28, 1920
Actor

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In 1817, the first U.S. gas company was incorporated in Baltimore (coal gas for street lights).

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Government and Politics on February 5th

In 46, B.C., according to our Funk and Wagnalls, that the Roman statesman Cato retired from politics by killing himself.

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War, Crime and Disaster events on February 5th

In 1783, Earthquakes ravage Calabria, killing 30,000.

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Royalty and Religious events on February 5th

In 1265, Election of Pope Clement IV

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Human Achievement and Science events on February 5th

In 1825, Hannah Lord Montague of New York grabs her scissors and creates the first detachable collar on one of her husband's shirts in order to reduce her laundry load.

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Arts and Prose events on February 5th

In 1846, the first US newspaper was published on Pacific Coast: thg Oregon Spectator.

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Weird and Other events on February 5th

In 1897, the Indiana House of Representatives passed, 67-0, a measure redefining the method for determining the area of a circle, which included altering the value of pi. (The bill died in the Indiana Senate.)

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