On this day

February 5, 1961

Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Portrait 1080 ร— 1920 PNG ยท created on your device

Filter by:

Headlines from February 5, 1961

THE WORLD

By Unknown Author

In the Congo, at United Nation headquarters in New York and in Washington last week there was general agreement on one points that as President Kennedy put if at his Wednesday news conference, the situation in the Congo "has deteriorated sharply."

None0 words

Notable Births

1961Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager[โ€ ]

Savvas Kofidis is a Greek professional football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the best football players of his generation in Greece, and is most famous for his successful partnership with Vasilis Hatzipanagis at Iraklis Thessaloniki and his flamboyant haircuts which he has kept to this day. He also appeared 67 times for the Greece national team, scoring once and being a vital part of the team's qualification to the 1994 World Cup in the United States.

Tim Meadows

1961Tim Meadows, American actor and screenwriter[โ€ ]

Tim Meadows is an American actor and comedian. He was one of the longest-running cast members on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he appeared for 10 seasons from 1991 to 2000. For his work on SNL, he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1993. He played main character John Glascott on the ABC sitcom Schooled for its two-season run after playing the same character in a recurring role for six seasons on The Goldbergs. Meadows is also known for his role as Principal Duvall in the 2004 teen comedy film Mean Girls, a role he then reprised in Mean Girls 2 and in the film's 2024 musical adaptation.

Historical Context for February 5, 1961

In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[โ€ ]