What happened on February 5 ?

976 - Sanjo, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)

1505 - Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)

1519 - René of Châlon, Prince of the House of Orange (d. 1544)

1534 - Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer, composer, and soldier (d. 1612)

1589 - Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)

1626 - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)

1650 - Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, French general (d. 1708)

1703 - Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (d. 1764)

1725 - James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783)

1788 - Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1850)

1795 - Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. 1871)

1804 - Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (d. 1877)

1808 - Carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885)

1810 - Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (d. 1880)

1837 - Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist (d. 1899)

1840 - John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (d. 1921)

1848 - Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (d. 1907)

1848 - Belle Starr, American outlaw (d. 1889)

1878 - André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (d. 1935)

1880 - Gabriel Voisin, French aviation pioneer (d. 1973)

1889 - Ernest Tyldesley, British cricketer (d. 1962)

1900 - Adlai Stevenson, American politician (d. 1965)

1906 - John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988)

1908 - Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twin actresses (d. 1969)

1910 - Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer

1911 - Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960)

1914 - William S. Burroughs, American author (d. 1997)

1914 - Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, British scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1998)

1915 - Robert Hofstadter, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)

1918 - Tim Holt, American actor (d. 1973)

1919 - Red Buttons, American actor

1919 - Andreas Papandreou, Greek politician (d. 1996)

1921 - John Pritchard, British conductor (d. 1989)

1923 - Claude King, American musician

1927 - Ruth Fertel, American entrepreneur (d. 2002)

1928 - Andrew Greeley, American priest and novelist

1929 - Luc Ferrari, French composer (d. 2005)

1929 - Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician

1929 - Al Worthington, baseball player

1930 - John A. Gambling, American radio show host (d. 2004)

1933 - Jörn Donner, Finnish writer, film director, producer and politician

1934 - Don Cherry, Canadian NHL Hockey player and coach, and "CBC's Hockey Night in Canada" Commentator

1934 - Hank Aaron, baseball player

1937 - Stuart Damon, American actor

1937 - Wang Xuan, Chinese scientist, the "Father of Chinese Language Laser Typesetting"

1940 - H.R. Giger, Swiss artist

1941 - Jane Bryant Quinn, American journalist

1941 - David Selby, American actor

1941 - Kaspar Villiger, Swiss Federal Councilor

1942 - Roger Staubach, American football player

1943 - Nolan Bushnell, American video game pioneer

1943 - Michael Mann, American film director, writer, and producer

1943 - Craig Morton, American football player

1944 - Al Kooper, American musician

1945 - Charlotte Rampling, British actress

1947 - Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver

1948 - Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish Football Manager

1948 - Christopher Guest, American actor, writer, director, and composer

1948 - Barbara Hershey, American actress

1948 - Errol Morris, American film director

1948 - V. Alexander Stefan, American physicist, educator, and writer

1949 - Nigel Olsson, drummer

1953 - John Beilein, American head coach of the West Virginia University men's basketball team

1954 - Cliff Martinez, American musician

1962 - Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress

1964 - Laura Linney, American actress

1964 - Duff McKagen, American musician (Guns N' Roses)

1965 - Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer

1966 - Rok Petrovi?, Slovenian skier (d. 1993)

1968 - Roberto Alomar, baseball player

1969 - Bobby Brown, American singer

1971 - Sara Evans, American singer

1972 - Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

1972 - Koriki Choshu, Japanese comedian

1976 - Tony Jaa, Thai actor

1976 - Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor

1977 - Ben Ainslie, British sailor

1977 - Ahmad Merritt, American football player

1978 - Shawn Reaves, American actor

1980 - Brad Fitzpatrick, LiveJournal creator

1980 - Robin Vik, Czech tennis player

1980 - Jo Swinson, British politician

1984 - Carlos Tévez, Argentinine footballer

1985 - Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer

1986 - Reed Sorenson, NASCAR driver

1989 - Jeremy Sumpter, American actor