This day in History - February 5

437 Historic Events for February 5
1909 Birth Grazyna Bacewicz, composer
1910 Birth Martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter (WW II)
1911 Event Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam
1911 Death Petrus A Cronj‚, Transvaal Boer general, dies
1912 Birth Zoltan Pongracz, composer
1912 Birth Willard Parker, NYC, actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman)
1913 Birth Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger
1914 Birth Alan Hodgkin, British physicist (Nobel 1963)
1914 Birth William S Burroughs, St Louis, novelist (Naked Lunch)
1915 Birth Robert Hofstadter, US atomic physicist
1916 Event Enrico Caruso recorded "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Co
1917 Death Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41
1917 Event Congress overrides Wilson's veto, curtailing Asian immigration
1917 Event Morosco Theater opens at 217 W 45th St NYC (demolished 1982)
1917 Event Present Mexican constitution adopted
1917 Birth Zsa Zsa Gabor, [Zsa Sari], Budapest, actress (Queen of Outer Space)
1918 Event 1st US pilot to down an enemy airplane, Stephen W Thompson
1918 Birth Tim Holt, Beverly Hills CA, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children)
1918 Birth Kara Abulfazogli Karayev, composer
1918 Birth Charles J "Tim" Holt, US actor (Treasure of Sierra Madre)
1918 Event Separation of church and state begins in USSR
1919 Death Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher/writer, dies at 62
1919 Event NL pres John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers
1919 Birth Andrea George Papandreou, Greek premier (1981-89, 93- )
1919 Birth Red Buttons, [Aaron Chwatt], Bronx NYC, comedian/actor (Sayonara)