February 5, 2006 (Sunday)
- American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 21–10 in Super Bowl XL. (Sports Illustrated)
- Iran resumes most of its nuclear program after it was voted to be referred to the United Nations Security Council. However it says that it is still open for renegotiation. (BBC)
- The Danish embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, is set on fire by protesters because of the continued controversy over the cartoons depicting the Muhammad, and rumors of Qur'an burnings in Denmark. (BBC)
- Israel bombs a sport club in Gaza. When people came to help the wounded they fired another missile. When they manage to get a badly injured into a car a third missile is fired at the car killing three persons. (SFT)[permanent dead link]