Woods wins Dubai Desert Classic
2006 - Tiger Woods clinched a thrilling shootout victory over defending champion Ernie Els to win the 2006 Dubai Desert Classic. Guided by his phenomenal ability and digging deep to find extra reserves of fortitude, Woods prevailed on the first extra hole after Els put his second shot into the lake protecting the 18th green. It was a finish that could not have been better scripted for a final day’s play. The playoff was enforced when both players finished on 19-under par 269, Woods returning a 69 to three-time former champion Els’ brilliant final-round 67. For the second tournament in succession, this year Woods found himself in a playoff. Woods later said: “Overall it was a special day to go head to head with my buddy Ernie.”
February 5
1782 - Spanish forces capture Minorca Island from the British.
1885 - Congo is established as a personal possession of Belgium’s King Leopold II.
1917 - Mexico becomes a republic.
1936 - Charlie Chaplin’s film Modern Times is released.
1940 - Glenn Miller and his orchestra record the hit song Tuxedo Junction.
1958 - Jamal Abdul Nasser becomes the first President of the new United Arab Republic, a short-lived union of Syria and Egypt.
1971 - Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard and Edgar D. Mitchell land on the moon.
1976 - Earthquake in Guatemala takes almost 23,000 lives.
1984 - Lebanese Prime Minister Shafiq Wazzan resigns.
1985 - Spain opens Gibraltar border after 16 years.
1995 - Peru and Ecuador break off ceasefire talks and fighting flares again along their disputed jungle border.
1999 - King Hussain of Jordan is pronounced clinically dead.
2002 - Interim Afghan Prime Minister Hamid Karzai raises the country’s new national flag in a colourful ceremony.
2003 - North Korea announces its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon has resumed operations.
2010 - Northern Ireland reaches landmark deal with Britain to transfer key remaining powers.
2011 - Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Amer and Mohammad Asif are banned for at least five years by the International Cricket Council.
2013 - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in Cairo, marking the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian president since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.
2014 - Portuguese football legend Eusebio dies at the age of 71.
