Event:
RadioShack, the U.S. electronics retailer founded in 1921, files for bankruptcy; the company plans to sell up to half of its stores to Sprint and close the remainder
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
