February 5 is the 36th day of the year. There are 329 days remaining (330 in leap years).
- 1862 — Samuel Calhoun died.
- 1897 — Miyuki Ishikawa is born.
- 1908 — Eugène Weidmann is born.
- 1948 — Roy Norris is born.
- 1949 — Donald Blom is born.
- 1958 — Lyda Southard died.
- 1959 — Gail Mathews (victim) is born.
- 1977 — Lyle Brummett is apprehended.
- 1979 — Nikolay Sakharov died.
- 1980 — Patricia Martínez is born.
- 1985 — Anthony Wimberly is apprehended.
- 2010 — Bi Yonggang died.