Today in History
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1852 The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg opens to the public
It is one of the world's largest and oldest museums and was originally founded in 1764.
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1869 The biggest gold nugget in history is found
The “Welcome Stranger” was found at Moliagul in Australia and had a calculated refined weight of 71.
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1909 The world's first synthetic plastic is developed
Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced his invention of Bakelite at a meeting of the American Chemi
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1919 United Artists is founded
Charlie Chaplin was one of the film studio's founders.
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1924 The Greenwich Time Signal is broadcast for the first time
The “BBC pips” are 5 short and 1 long tones that are broadcast by many BBC radio stations to mark th
Births On This Day,
February, 5
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1985 Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese footballer
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1969 Michael Sheen
Welsh actor
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1900 Adlai Stevenson
American politician, 31st Governor of Illinois
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1878 André Citroën
French engineer, businessman, founded Citroën
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1840 John Boyd Dunlop
Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber
Deaths On This Day,
February, 5
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2010 Harry Schwarz
German/South African lawyer, politician, diplomat, 13th South African Ambassador to the United State
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2008 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Indian guru
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1993 Joseph L. Mankiewicz
American director, screenwriter, producer
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1938 Hans Litten
German jurist
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1881 Thomas Carlyle
Scottish historian
