In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, initially with four basic specialties. Date: February 5, 1905 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1905 📅 On This Day (Today)

Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic. Date: February 5, 1907 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1907 📅 On This Day (Today)

Claudio Monteverdi's last opera L'incoronazione di Poppea was performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years. Date: February 5, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)

Greek military aviators Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane. Date: February 5, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. Date: February 5, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)

The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Date: February 5, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)

SS Tuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk. Date: February 5, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)

Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military. Date: February 5, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)

Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists. Date: February 5, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal. Date: February 5, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1924 📅 On This Day (Today)