Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 5
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This is a list of selected February 5 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.February 5: Constitution Day in Mexico; Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan begins (2008); Shrove Tuesday in Western Christianity and Mardi Gras (2008)
- 1862 – Domnitor Alexander John Cuza (pictured) merged his two principalities, Wallachia and Moldavia, to form the United Principalities (now Romania).
- 1885 – King Leopold II of Belgium established the Congo Free State as his personal possession in Africa through his organization Association Internationale Africaine and his private army, the Force Publique.
- 1924 – Hourly Greenwich Time Signals from the Royal Greenwich Observatory were first broadcast by the BBC.
- 1958 – A hydrogen bomb now known as the Tybee Bomb disappeared off the shores of Tybee Island, Georgia after it was jettisoned during a practice exercise when the bomber carrying it collided in midair with a fighter plane.
- 2004 – The Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front captured Gonaïves, Haiti, starting the 2004 Haitian rebellion against the government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
More events: February 4 – February 5 – February 6
