Historical Events on February 5.

1.  1294, 5th Feb: Allauddin Khilji conquered Devagiri fort and the Yadav Empire.

2.  1919, 5th Feb: Charlie Chaplin, along with three others, formed the United Artists Company.

3.  1922, 5th Feb: The first issue of Reader’s Digest was published.

4.  1948, 5th Feb: After the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, Vinayak Savarkar was arrested due to security restrictions.

5.  1952, 5th Feb: First general elections held in independent India.

6.  2003, 5th Feb: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced that PSLV C-4, a meteorological satellite launched by India in 2002, has been named after astronaut Kalpana Chawla.

7.  2007, 5th Feb: Sunita Williams of Indian descent became the woman to spend the most time in space.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on February 5.

1.  1905: Achyut Patwardhan, an Indian independence activist and political leader and founder of the Socialist Party of India.

2.  1933: Girija Keer, an Indian Marathi language writer from Maharashtra state.

3.  1949: Neela Satyanarayanan, the first female State Election Commissioner in Maharashtra.

4.  1976: Abhishek Bachchan, an Indian film actor and film producer.

5.  1985: Cristiano Ronaldo, a Portuguese professional footballer.

6.  1990: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, an Indian international cricketer.

7.  1992: Neymar, a Brazilian professional footballer.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on February 5.

1.  1927: Inayat Rehmat Khan Pathan, the founder of the Sufi Order in the West and teacher of Universal Sufism.

2.  1999: Indrani Rahman, an Indian classical dancer.

3.  2008: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, an Indian guru.

4.  2010: Sujit Kumar, an Indian film actor, and producer.