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This is a list of selected February 5 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan begins (2018) primary sources
Kashmir Solidarity Day in Pakistan stub
1637 – Ninety-eight sales for rare tulip bulbs were recorded on the last day of tulip mania, a speculative bubble in the Dutch Republic. citations needed
1782 – Running out of medical supplies to combat scurvy, British troops surrendered to an allied Franco-Spanish force, completing the latter's invasion of the island of Minorca in the Mediterranean Sea. refimprove
1862Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza merged his two principalities, Wallachia and Moldavia, to form the United Principalities, the core of the Romanian nation-state. Cuza: refimprove; Principalities: lots of CN tags
1885Leopold II of Belgium established the Congo Free State as his personal possession in Africa through his organization International African Association and his private army, the Force Publique. refimprove
1924 – Hourly Greenwich Time Signals from the Royal Greenwich Observatory were first broadcast by the BBC. refimprove section
1963 – The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen established the principle of direct effect, one of the basic tenets of European Union law. refimprove
1988 – The first Red Nose Day raised £15 million in the United Kingdom for charity. refimprove
1994 – The Army of Republika Srpska carried out the first of two bombardments against civilians in the marketplace in Sarajevo, which were the stated reason for NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serb forces. outdated

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February 5: Constitution Day in Mexico (1917)

A device for producing Bakelite
A device for producing Bakelite
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