Event:
Protesters continue their 12th day of nationwide protests in Cairo's Tahir Square, calling on President Hosni Mubarak to step down
More Notable Events on February 5:
1993 James Woolsey, becomes 16th director of CIA
1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points
1963 Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars
1922 Reader's Digest magazine 1st published
1879 Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow
