Today is Friday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2016. There are 330 days left in the year.

Today’s birthdays: Baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank Aaron is 82. Football Hall-of-Famer Roger Staubach is 74. Actress Barbara Hershey is 68. Actor-comedian Tim Meadows is 55. Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh is 54. Actress Laura Linney is 52. World Golf Hall-of-Famer Jose Maria Olazabal is 50. Actor-comedian Chris Parnell is 49. Singer Bobby Brown is 47. Actor Michael Sheen is 47.

In 1631, the cofounder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams, and his wife, Mary, arrived in Boston from England.

In 1783, Sweden recognized the independence of the United States.

In 1917, Congress passed, over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, an immigration act severely curtailing the influx of Asians. Mexico’s constitution was adopted.

In 1989, the Soviet Union announced that all but a small rear-guard contingent of its troops had left Afghanistan.

In 2006, Jacob Robida, suspected of an attack at a Massachusetts gay bar, the killing of an Arkansas officer, and the slaying of a mother of three, was mortally wounded in a shootout with authorities.

In 2011, the leadership of Egypt’s ruling party stepped down as the military figures spearheading the transition tried to placate protesters without giving them the one resignation they were demanding, that of President Hosni Mubarak.

In 2015, RadioShack filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and said it would sell up to 2,400 stores.