Year 1294
Allauddin Khilji conquered Devagiri fort and the Yadav Empire.
FEBRUARY 5
Daily Historical Chronicle
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5 February: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 5 February.
Year 1919
Charlie Chaplin, along with three others, formed the United Artists Company.
Year 1922
The first issue of Reader’s Digest was published.
Year 1948
After the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, Vinayak Savarkar was arrested due to security restrictions.
Year 1952
First general elections held in independent India.
Year 1994
Markale massacres, more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell explodes in a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo.
Year 1997
The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.2000: Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya.
Year 2003
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.
Year 2004
Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
Year 2007
Sunita Williams of Indian descent became the woman to spend the most time in space.
Year 2008
A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.2020:United States President Donald Trump is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
Born 1905
Achyut Patwardhan, an Indian independence activist and political leader and founder of the Socialist Party of India.
Born 1924
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (d. 2014)
Born 1933
Girija Keer, an Indian Marathi language writer from Maharashtra state.
Born 1936
K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Indian poet and academic
Born 1949
Neela Satyanarayanan, the first female State Election Commissioner in Maharashtra.
Born 1976
Abhishek Bachchan, an Indian film actor and film producer.
Born 1985
Cristiano Ronaldo, a Portuguese professional footballer.
Born 1990
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, an Indian international cricketer.
Born 1992
Neymar, a Brazilian professional footballer.
Died 1927
Inayat Rehmat Khan Pathan, the founder of the Sufi Order in the West and teacher of Universal Sufism.
Died 1999
Indrani Rahman, an Indian classical dancer.
Died 2008
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, an Indian guru.
Died 2010
Sujit Kumar, an Indian film actor, and producer.