On this day in music history - Miss Understood, by Carolyn Wonderland (2008):

The album Miss Understood,

by Carolyn Wonderland,

was released on February 5, 2008.

On this day in music history - Voila, by Belinda Carlisle (2007):

The album Voila,

by Belinda Carlisle,

was released on February 5, 2007.

On this day in movie history - Payback (1999):

Payback,

directed by Brian Helgeland,

written by Brian Helgeland and Terry Hayes,

based on the novel The Hunter by Richard Stark,

was released in the United States on February 5, 1999.
Music by Chris Boardman and Scott Stambler.

Cast:
Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, Lucy Alexis Liu, Deborah Kara Unger, David Paymer, Bill Duke, Jack Conley, John Glover, William Devane, James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Trevor St. John, Freddy Rodriguez, Manu Tupou.

On this day in movie history - The Outlaw (1943):

The Outlaw,

directed by Howard Hughes and Howard Hawks,

written by Jules Furthman, Howard Hawks and Ben Hecht,

was released in the United States on February 5, 1943.
Music by Victor Young.

Cast:
Jack Buetel, Jane Russell, Thomas Mitchell, Walter Huston, Mimi Aguglia, Joe Sawyer, Gene Rizzi, Bobby Callahan, Martin Garralaga, Ben Johnson, Dickie Jones, Cecil Kellogg, Ethan Laidlaw, Ted Mapes, William Newell, Emory Parnell, Edward Peil Sr., Wallace Reid Jr., Julian Rivero, Lee Shumway, William Steele, Harry Strang, Frank Ward, Pat West.

Born on this day – Tom Wilkinson:

Tom Wilkinson

Actor

February 5, 1948 – December 30, 2023

Credits:

The Full Monty (2023); SAS: Red Notice (2021); Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets (2021); Belgravia (2020); Watership Down (2018); Dead in a Week Or Your Money Back (2018); The Titan (2018); Burden (2018); The Happy Prince (2018); The Catcher Was a Spy (2018); This Beautiful Fantastic (2016); Denial (2016); Snowden (2016); The Choice (2016); Jenny's Wedding (2015); Little Boy (2015); Unfinished Business (2015); Selma (2014); Good People (2014); The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014); Felony (2013); Belle (2013); The Lone Ranger (2013); Sleeping Dogs (2012); The Samaritan (2012); The Gruffalo's Child (2011); Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011); The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011); The Kennedys (2011); The Green Hornet (2011); Burke and Hare (2010); The Conspirator (2010); The Debt (2010); Jackboots on Whitehall (2010); The Ghost Writer (2010); The Gruffalo (2009); 44 Inch Chest (2009); Duplicity (2009); Valkyrie (2008); A Number (2008); RocknRolla (2008); Recount (2008); John Adams (2008); Michael Clayton (2007); Cassandra's Dream (2007); Dedication (2007); The Last Kiss (2006); The Night of the White Pants (2006); Ripley Under Ground (2005); Separate Lies (2005); The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005); Batman Begins (2005); Piccadilly Jim (2004); A Good Woman (2004); Stage Beauty (2004); Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004); If Only (2004); Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003); Normal (2003); An Angel for May (2002); Before You Go (2002); The Importance of Being Earnest (2002); The Gathering Storm (2002); Black Knight (2001); Another Life (2001); In the Bedroom (2001); Chain of Fools (2000); Essex Boys (2000); The Patriot (2000); David Copperfield (1999); Ride with the Devil (1999); Molokai (1999); Shakespeare in Love (1998); Jilting Joe (1998); Rush Hour (1998); The Governess (1998); Cold Enough for Snow (1997); Oscar and Lucinda (1997); Wilde (1997); The Full Monty (1997); Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997); Screen Two (1990–1996); The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); Interview Day (1996); A Very Open Prison (1995); Sense and Sensibility (1995); Martin Chuzzlewit (1994); Performance (1994); Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1994); Priest (1994); Alleyn Mysteries (1994); Royal Deceit (1994); A Business Affair (1994); In the Name of the Father (1993); Resnick: Rough Treatment (1993); Stay Lucky (1993); An Exchange of Fire (1993); Resnick: Lonely Hearts (1992); Underbelly (1992); Prime Suspect (1991); Lovejoy (1991); Parnell & the Englishwoman (1991); Paper Mask (1990); Counterstrike (1990); TECX (1990); Inspector Morse (1990); First and Last (1989); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1988); The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988); The Woman He Loved (1988); The Lost Secret (1986); First Among Equals (1986); Happy Families (1985); Travelling Man (1985); Sylvia (1985); Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (1985); Wetherby (1985); Bones (1984); Sakharov (1984); Squaring the Circle (1984); Sharma and Beyond (1984); Strangers and Brothers (1984); Spyship (1983); All for Love (1983); Panorama (1982); Crime and Punishment (1979); The Shadow Line (1976); 2nd House (1975).

Born on this day – H. R. Giger:

H. R. Giger

Artist

Director

Actor

February 5, 1940 – May 12, 2014

Credits:

A New Face of Debbie Harry (1982); Alien (1979); Alien Evolution (2001); Alien vs. Predator (2004); Alien: Alone (2019); Alien: Containment (2019); Alien: Covenant (2017); Alien: Harvest (2019); Alien: Night Shift (2019); Alien: Ore (2019); Alien: Resurrection (1997); Alien: Specimen (2019); Alien³ (1992); Aliens (1986); Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007); Aphex Twin: Windowlicker (1999); C-Files: Tell Saga (2000); Dark Seed (1992); Debbie Harry: Atomic Blondie (2018); Debbie Harry: Backfired (1981); Debbie Harry: Now I Know You Know (1981); Future-Kill (1985); Giger's Alien (1979); Giger's Necronomicon (1975); High and Heimkiller (1967); Killer Condom (1996); Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019); Minty Comedic Arts (2022); Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986); Prometheus (2012); Species (1995); Species II (1998); Swiss Made (1968); Tagtraum (1973); The Alien Legacy (1999); Tokyo: The Last War (1989).

Born on this day – Margaret Millar:

Margaret Millar

Writer

February 5, 1915 – March 26, 1994

Credits:

A Stranger in My Grave (1960); Ask for Me Tomorrow (1976); Banshee (1983); Beast In View (1955); Beyond This Point Are Monsters (1970); Do Evil in Return (1950); Experiment in Springtime (1947); Fire Will Freeze (1944); How Like an Angel (1962); It's All in the Family (1948); Los Angeles Noir 2 (2010); Mermaid (1982); Rose's Last Summer / The Lively Corpse (1952); Spider Webs (1986); The Birds and the Beasts Were There (1971); The Cannibal Heart (1949); The Couple Next Door (2004); The Devil Loves Me (1942); The Fiend (1964); The Invisible Worm (1941); The Iron Gates (1945); The Listening Walls (1959); The Murder of Miranda (1979); The Soft Talkers / An Air That Kills (1957); The Weak-Eyed Bat (1942); Vanish in an Instant (1952); Wall Of Eyes (1943); Wives and Lovers (1954).