What are the important events that happened on February 5, 2004? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 5, 2004: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 5, 2004 is the 36th day of the year 2004 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 330 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 23, 2004 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,075,939,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘triacontahexagon’ day.
If a person born on this day saved a Nickel every day starting at age 7, then by now that person has accumulated $241.35. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Monkey is the mythical animal and Wood is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.
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February 5, 2004 Historical Events
- 2004 –Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
- 2004 –Twenty-three Chinese people drown when a group of 35 cockle-pickers are trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay, England. Twenty-one bodies are recovered.
Who died on February 5, 2004?
- 2004 –John Hench, American animator (b. 1908)
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