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A total solar eclipse occurred on February 5, 1962.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_February_5,_1962

The Flash Spectrum Observed at the Total Eclipse of February 5, 1962
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1969PASJ...21..141K



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Messier 67 transits (due south/north) at midnight
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_67



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The "Welcome Stranger" gold nugget was discovered by Cornish prospectors on 5 February 1869 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47675280/welcome-stranger-gold-nugget/



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The 62 Pompeii earthquake occurred on 5 February.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47675284/62-pompeii-earthquake/

The 1663 Charlevoix earthquake occurred on February 5, 1663
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1663_Charlevoix_earthquake

The 1783 Calabrian earthquakes were a sequence of five strong earthquakes
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47675278/1783-calabrian-earthquakes/

The "Blizzard of '78" formed on February 5, 1978 and broke up on February 7, 1978.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47675282/us-blizzard-of-1978/



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On February 5, 1987, more than 400 people were arrested at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Desert_Experience#Protests

The Tybee Island B-47 crash was an incident on February 5, 1958
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t40965902/1958-tybee-island-b-47-crash/



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Vanguard TV3BU was launched on February 5th, 1958.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_TV3BU

ASTRO-C, renamed Ginga, was an X-ray astronomy satellite launched on 5 February 1987
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginga_(satellite)

Mariner 10 Venus 5790 km flyby in 1974

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On February 5, 2002, NASA launched the High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) into orbit.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47747723/rhessi/

Apollo 14 Lunar landing on the 5th February, 1971
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t31468477/apollo-14/

The Lunar Orbiter 3 was a spacecraft launched by NASA in 1967
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t40965884/lunar-orbiter-3/

Progress M-22M was launched on the 5th February 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_M-22M

Kounotori 6 reentered Earth atmosphere over the southern Pacific Ocean around 15:06, 5 February 2017 UTC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kounotori_6



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Gabriel Voisin (February 5, 1880 - December 25, 1973) was an aviation pioneer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Voisin

August Kopff (February 5, 1882 - April 25, 1960) was a German astronomer who discovered several comets and asteroids.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Kopff

Alar Toomre (born 5 February 1937 in Rakvere) is an Estonian-American astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alar_Toomre

Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (February 5, 1835 - December 3, 1897) was a German astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_August_Theodor_Winnecke

John Jeffries (5 February 1744 - 16 September 1819) was a Boston physician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jeffries



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Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1956 American science fiction film 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56614147/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/

The Greenwich Time Signal was first broadcast on 5 February 1924
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47675316/greenwich-time-signal/



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NGC 2559 was discovered by John Herschel using on the 5th February 1837. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56613900/ngc-2559/

NGC 2580 was discovered by John Herschel on the 5th February 1837. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56613908/ngc-2580/

NGC 2683 was discovered by William Herschel on the 5th February 1788. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56613934/ngc-2683/

NGC 3089 was discovered by John Herschel on the 5th February 1837. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56613966/ngc-3089/

NGC 3877 was discovered by William Herschel on the 5th February 1788. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56613980/ngc-3877/

NGC 4355 was rediscovered by David Peck Todd on the 5th February 1878. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52234838/ngc-4418/



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Maarten Schmidt measured the first quasar redshift in 1963
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Schmidt

Asteroid (172) Baucis was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on February 5, 1877
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/172_Baucis

Asteroid (129) Antigone was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on February 5, 1873
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/129_Antigone

The Great Comet of 1843 was discovered on February 5, 1843
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1843

Bald Hills meteor: It was on Feb. 5, 1869, when a strange thing occurred in the vicinity of Bald Hills.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t42874997/bald-hills-meteor/



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