February 5 in history: • 1783 – The first of five strong earthquakes hit the region of Calabria on the Italian Peninsula, killing more than 32,000 people over a period of nearly two months. → go there • 1869 – Prospectors in Moliagul, Australia, discovered the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the Welcome Stranger. → go there • 1923 – Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford made 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class score. → go there • 1985 – The mayors of Carthage and Rome signed a symbolic peace treaty to officially end the Third Punic War, 2,134 years after it began. → go there • 2008 – Eighty-seven tornadoes occurred over the course of the Super Tuesday tornado outbreak across multiple U.S. states, causing 56 deaths and over $1 billion in damage. → go there Died 1661: Shunzhi Emperor Wiki link Died 1881: Thomas Carlyle Wiki link Born 1935: Colin Robert Chase Wiki link Died 1983: Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Wiki link Pictured: The "Welcome Stranger" gold nugget.