It happened one 05 February

1818 : Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte became King of Sweden and Norway


On February 5, 1818, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, who was Marshal of France, elected heir to the throne of Sweden in 1810, became King of Sweden and Norway.

1919 : United Artists foundation


On February 5, 1919, D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks created a movie studio: the United Artists

1952 : First sign "Don't Walk"


On February 5, 1952, the first sign "Don't Walk" is set in New York to limit pedestrian accidents on the streets.

Quote of the day : 05 February

Charlie Chaplin
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.

Birthdays : 05 February

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French writer (1626)
Carl Spitzweg, German painter (1808)
John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (1840)
André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (1878)
Gabriel Voisin, French aviation pioneer (1880)
John Carradine, American actor (1906)
Charles Leblond, Canadian biologist (1910)
William S. Burroughs, American writer (1914)
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, British physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1914)
Robert Hofstadter, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1915)
Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (1919)
David Selby, American actor (1941)
Stephen J. Cannell, American television producer and writer (1941)
Charlotte Rampling, British actress (1946)
Barbara Hershey, American actress (1948)
Daniel Balavoine, French singer (1952)
Cliff Martinez, American musician (1954)
Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress (1962)
Laura Linney, American actress (1964)
Duff McKagan, American musician (Guns N' Roses) (1964)
Billy Sharp, English footballer (1986)
Marvin Knoll, German football player (1990)
Neymar, Brazilian footballer (1992)

They left us one 05 February

George Arliss, English actor (1946)
Thelma Ritter, American actress (1969)
Marianne Moore, American poet (1972)
Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (1977)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director (1993)
Doug McClure, American actor (1995)
Pamela Harriman, American diplomat (1997)
Claude Autant-Lara, Director (2000)
Gnassingbe Eyadema, President of Togo (2005)

Tip of the Day : 05 February

Clean your your floating floor


To wash your floating floor, just put white vinegar in your water bucket and mop.

* Warning

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