Replaying Sunday, February 5, 1978

The February 5, 1978 was a Sunday under the star sign of . It was the 35 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.

If you were born on this day, you are 48 years old. Your last birthday was on the Thursday, February 5, 2026, 142 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, February 5, 2027, in 222 days. You have lived for 17,674 days, or about 424,194 hours, or about 25,451,667 minutes, or about 1,527,100,020 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Cristiano Ronaldo (association football player, born February 5, 1985)
  • Neymar (association football player, born February 5, 1992)
  • Michael Sheen (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born February 5, 1969)
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh (actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, born February 5, 1962)
  • Hank Aaron (baseball player, born February 5, 1934)
  • Carlos Tevez (association football player, born February 5, 1984)
  • Bobby Brown (actor, dancer, film producer, musician, rapper, singer, singer-songwriter, born February 5, 1969)
  • Laura Linney (actor, character actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born February 5, 1964)
  • Christopher Guest (comedian, composer, film actor, film director, film producer, politician, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, writer, born February 5, 1948)
  • Charlotte Rampling (film actor, model, singer, stage actor, television actor, born February 5, 1946)
  • Abhishek Bachchan (film actor, film producer, television presenter, born February 5, 1976)
  • Darren Criss (actor, composer, film actor, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born February 5, 1987)
  • Jimmu (monarch, born February 13, 711)
  • Gheorghe Hagi (association football manager, association football player, proprietor, born February 5, 1965)
  • Barbara Hershey (actor, television actor, born February 5, 1948)
  • Tony Jaa (Thai boxer, actor, choreographer, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, taekwondo athlete, writer, born February 5, 1976)
  • William S. Burroughs (essayist, novelist, painter, photographer, poet, prosaist, science fiction writer, screenwriter, writer, born February 5, 1914)
  • Giovanni van Bronckhorst (association football manager, association football player, born February 5, 1975)
  • Michael Mann (executive producer, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television producer, writer, born February 5, 1943)
  • Tom Wilkinson (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born February 5, 1948)
  • John Carradine (character actor, film actor, painter, sculptor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born February 5, 1906)
  • Daniel Balavoine (film actor, guitarist, pianist, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, born February 5, 1952)
  • H. R. Giger (architect, artist, designer, film director, filmmaker, graphic designer, illustrator, painter, sculptor, born February 5, 1940)
  • Sven-Göran Eriksson (association football manager, association football player, autobiographer, born February 5, 1948)
  • Chris Parnell (comedian, singer, television actor, voice actor, born February 5, 1967)
  • Cesare Maldini (association football manager, association football player, born February 5, 1932)
  • Duff McKagan (autobiographer, bassist, guitarist, journalist, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, sportswriter, born February 5, 1964)
  • Mao Daichi (actor, seiyū, born February 5, 1956)
  • Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark (account executive, account manager, aristocrat, businessperson, born February 5, 1972)
  • Jennifer Granholm (beauty pageant contestant, judge, lawyer, political scientist, politician, born February 5, 1959)
  • Adnan Januzaj (association football player, born February 5, 1995)
  • Kevin Gates (rapper, singer, born February 5, 1986)
  • Ratchanok Intanon (badminton player, born February 5, 1995)
  • Mark Fuhrman (detective, military personnel, born February 5, 1952)
  • Rodrigo Palacio (association football player, born February 5, 1982)
  • Tenshō-in (samurai, born February 5, 1836)
  • Adlai Stevenson II (diplomat, lawyer, politician, born February 5, 1900)
  • Jeremy Sumpter (actor, child actor, film actor, model, television actor, born February 5, 1989)
  • Stefan de Vrij (association football player, born February 5, 1992)
  • Omarosa Manigault Newman (actor, businessperson, politician, voice actor, born February 5, 1974)
  • Nabilla Benattia (fashion designer, model, reality television participant, television columnist, born February 5, 1992)
  • Ryūsei Nakao (actor, child actor, seiyū, singer, born February 5, 1951)
  • Roger Staubach (American football player, NASCAR team owner, businessperson, military officer, born February 5, 1942)
  • Min Hyo-rin (actor, film actor, singer, born February 5, 1986)
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar (businessperson, cricketer, born February 5, 1990)
  • Adam Ondra (rock climber, born February 5, 1993)
  • Yū Kobayashi (seiyū, singer, born February 5, 1982)
  • Paige Howard (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born February 5, 1985)
  • Tim Meadows (film actor, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born February 5, 1961)
  • Joe Lewis (businessperson, entrepreneur, foreign currency trader, investor, born February 5, 1937)

5th of February 1978 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on February 5, 1978

Klein 'Shocked' by Photos of Him in Phone Booth With Ransom; Position of the Police 'Used Telephoto Lens'

Date: 05 February 1978

By JOSEPH B. TREASTER

Calvin Klein, who paid $100,000 ransom for return of his kidnapped daughter, says he is shocked and surprised to discover photographs in NY Daily News showing him in phone booth with money under his arm and later being reunited with child; both NYC Police and FBI deny they had assisted paper in obtaining photographs; News met editor Richard V Oliver refuses to disclose how paper managed to position its photographer (S)

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GANNETT TAKES OVER WILMINGTON PAPERS; New Publisher Promises Coverage Of Ex-Owner, Du Pont Company With Which Staff Quarreled Assurance on Staff Size

Date: 05 February 1978

By JAMES F. CLARITY Special to The New York Times

James CLARITY

Gannett Co takes formal control of Wilmington Morning News and Evening Journal from E I du Pont de Nemours & Co for $60-million; names Brian J Donnelly publisher of News-Journal and Andrew Fisher will remain as consultant; Gannett pres Allen H Neuharth comments; Donnelly comments (M)

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Rep. Flood Had Secret Ties to Haiti While Pushing U.S. Aid to Duvalier; Congressman's Role Is Disclosed in His Letters and in the Statements of a Former Official Justice Department Investigating Rep. Flood Had Secret Ties to Haiti While Pushing U.S. Aid to Duvalier Two Stayed in Flood's Home Copy of Duvalier Letter Enclosed Flood Said Money Was Available Haitians Told Who to Hire Asylum Efforts Under Way

Date: 05 February 1978

By WENDELL RAWLS Jr. Special to The New York Times

Wendell RAWLS

Article on role of TV anchor persons (M)

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Bad News for High Rollers

Date: 05 February 1978

ANTHONY J. PARISI

Anthony PARISI

Comment on delay of Georges Bank sale; map (S)

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Follow-Up on The News; Right to Die

Date: 05 February 1978

RICHARD HAITCH

Richard HAITCH

follow-up on Jan 6 incident in which NYCTA officers arrested Robert Tode for allegedly smoking on subway station and 4 bystanders and former Manhattan Boro Pres Percy E Sutton intervened in his behalf; notes Tode pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to time served in Bellvue Hosp prison ward (4 days); 2 arresting officers were cleared by TA police of brutality and Officer Anthony Taliercio, who allegedly ordered Sutton to 'shut up,' faces dept trial; Sutton por (S)

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News Summary; International National Metropolitan

Date: 05 February 1978

comment on decision (S)

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News Summary; International National Metropolitan Business/Finance

Date: 06 February 1978

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When They 'Anchor' the TV News, What Do They Do?; What They Do When They 'Anchor' the News

Date: 05 February 1978

By FRED FERRETTI

Fred FERRETTI

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News Summary; International National Metropolitan Business/Finance

Date: 06 February 1978

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Defense Chief In Bonn Cabinet; Hans Eberhard Apel Man in the News 'Discipline and a Sense of Duty' Degree in Economics

Date: 06 February 1978

By JOHN VINOCUR Special to The New York Times

John Special

Biog; full name is Hans Eberhard Apel; was born Feb 25 '32; his por (M)

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