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January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . 360 days (361 in Leap Year s) remain in the year after this day.
Events
- 1463 - Poet François Villon is banned from Paris .
- 1477 - Battle Of Nancy , Charles The Bold killed, Burgundy becomes part of France.
- 1500 - Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan .
- 1527 - Felix Manz , a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zürich , was Executed by Drowning .
- 1554 - Great fire in Eindhoven , Netherlands .
- 1675 - Battle Of Colmar , French army beats Brandenburg .
- 1757 - Louis XV Of France survives the Assassin ation attempt by Robert–François Damiens , the last person to be Executed in France with the traditional and gruesome form of Death Penalty used for Regicides .
- 1759 - George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis .
- is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold .
- 1846 - The United States House Of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom .
- 1854 - The San Francisco Steamer sinks, 300 dead.
- officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island .
- 1896 - An Austria n newspaper reports that Wilhelm Roentgen discovered a type of Radiation later known as X-ray s.
- 1900 - Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
- 1909 - Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama .
- 1912 - Prague Party Conference .
- 1914 - Ford Motor Company announces an Eight-hour Workday and a Minimum Wage of $5 for a day's labor.
- 1919 - '' Free Committee For A German Workers Peace '' founded, which would become the Nazi Party .
- 1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first female governor in the United States .
- 1933 - Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay .
- 1940 - FM Radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time.
- 1944 - The '' Daily Mail '' becomes the first transoceanic Newspaper .
- 1945 - The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland .
- 1948 - Warner Brothers shows the first color Newsreel ( Tournament Of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl ).
- 1957 - Major league Baseball player Jackie Robinson retires.
- 1964 - Pope Paul VI meets the Greek Patriarch Athenagoras I in Jerusalem , the first meeting of Catholic and Orthodox Christianity leaders since 1439 .
- 1968 - Alexander Dubček comes to power, " Prague Spring " begins in Czechoslovakia .
- '' premieres.
- 1972 - President Of The United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.
- 1974 - An Earthquake in Lima, Peru kills six, and damages 100s of houses.
- 1975 - The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania , Australia , is struck by the bulk ore carrier ''Lake Illawarra'', killing twelve people.
- 1976 - Cambodia is renamed Democratic Campuchea.
- 1984 - Richard Stallman starts developing GNU .
- 1993 - The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands spilling 84,700 tons of oil.
- 1993 - Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by Hanging (the first legal hanging in America since 1965 ).
- 1996 - Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israel i-planted booby-trapped Cell Phone .
- 1997 - Withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya .
- 2000 - The 1st day of the 2000 Al Qaeda Summit .
Births
- 1209 - Richard, 1st Earl Of Cornwall , Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272 )
- 1548 - Francisco Suarez , Spanish Jesuit, philosopher/theologian (d. 1617 )
- 1587 - Xu Xiake , Chinese writer and geographer (d. 1641 )
- 1592 - Shah Jahan , Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1666 )
- 1614 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm Of Austria , Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (d. 1662 )
- 1717 - William Wildman Shute Barrington , British statesman (d. 1793 )
- 1779 - Stephen Decatur , American naval officer (d. 1820 )
- 1779 - Zebulon Pike , American explorer (d. 1813 )
- 1846 - Rudolf Christoph Eucken , German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926 )
- 1855 - King Camp Gillette , American inventor (d. 1932 )
- 1865 - Julio Garavito Armero , Colombian astronomer (d. 1920 )
- 1874 - Joseph Erlanger , American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965 )
- 1876 - Konrad Adenauer , Chancellor Of Germany (d. 1967 )
- 1880 - Nikolay Medtner , Russian composer (d. 1951 )
- 1893 - Paramahansa Yogananda , Indian guru (d. 1952 )
- 1895 - Elizabeth Cotten , American musician (d. 1987 )
- 1900 - Yves Tanguy , French painter (d. 1955 )
- 1902 - Stella Gibbons , English novelist (d. 1989 )
- 1904 - Jeane Dixon , American astrologer (d. 1997 )
- 1909 - Stephen Kleene , American mathematician (d. 1994 )
- 1910 - Hugh Brannum , American actor (d. 1987 )
- 1910 - Jack Lovelock , New Zealand athlete (d. 1949 )
- 1913 - Jean-Pierre Aumont , French actor (d. 2001 )
- 1914 - George Reeves , American actor (d. 1959 )
- 1915 - Arthur H. Robinson , Canadian-born cartographer (d. 2004 )
- 1920 - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli , Italian pianist (d. 1995 )
- 1921 - Friedrich Dürrenmatt , Swiss writer (d. 1990 )
- 1921 - Jean, Grand Duke Of Luxembourg
- 1923 - Sam Phillips , American country music producer (d. 2003 )
- 1926 - Hosea Williams , American religious leader and civil rights activist (d. 2000 )
- 1928 - Ali Bhutto , President Of Pakistan (d. 1979 )
- 1928 - Walter Mondale , U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate
- 1931 - Alvin Ailey , American choreographer (d. 1989 )
- 1931 - Alfred Brendel , Austrian pianist
- 1931 - Robert Duvall , American actor and director
- 1932 - Umberto Eco , Italian philologist and writer
- 1932 - Chuck Noll , American football coach
- 1936 - Florence King , American humorist and writer
- 1938 - King Juan Carlos I of Spain
- 1938 - Jim Otto , American football player
- 1938 - Ngugi Wa Thiongo , Kenyan writer
- 1940 - Michael O'Donoghue , American writer (d. 1994 )
- 1941 - Miyazaki Hayao , Japanese animated film maker
- 1942 - Maurizio Pollini , Italian pianist
- 1942 - Charlie Rose , American talk show host
- 1946 - Diane Keaton , American actress
- 1948 - Ted Lange , American actor
- 1949 - George Brown , American drummer ( Kool & The Gang )
- 1950 - Chris Stein , American guitarist ( Blondie )
- 1950 - John Manley , Canadian politician
- 1950 - Ioan Petru Culianu , Romanian-born professor of divinity (d. 1991 )
- 1950 - Charlie Richmond , Canadian entrepreneur and inventor
- 1953 - Pamela Sue Martin , American actress
- 1954 - Alex English , American basketball player
- 1956 - Chen Kenichi , Japanese-born chef
- 1960 - Phil Thornalley , English bass guitarist ( The Cure )
- 1962 - Suzy Amis , American actress
- 1962 - Joe Monzo , American composer
- 1964 - Grant Young , American drummer ( Soul Asylum )
- 1966 - Kate Schellenbach , American drummer ( Luscious Jackson )
- 1967 - Joe Flanigan , American actor
- 1968 - Ricky Paull Goldin , American actor
- 1969 - Marilyn Manson , American singer
- 1969 - Paul McGillion , Vancouver based Scottish actor
- 1972 - Sakis Rouvas , Greek singer
- 1975 - Mike Grier , right winger for the Buffalo Sabres (NHL)
- 1975 - Bradley Cooper , American actor
- 1979 - Kyle Calder , left winger for the Chicago Blackhawks ( NHL)
- 1982 - Janica Kostelic , Croatian skier
- 1985 - Richard Butler , English footballer
- 1985 - Michael Cuccione , Canadian actor and singer (d. 2001 )
Deaths
- 842 - Al-Mu'tasim , Abbasid caliph (b. 794 )
- 1400 - John Montacute, 3rd Earl Of Salisbury , English politician (executed)
- 1465 - Charles, Duke Of Orléans , French poet (b. 1394 )
- 1477 - Charles, Duke Of Burgundy (killed in battle) (b. 1433 )
- 1524 - Marko Marulić , Croatian poet (b. 1450 )
- 1527 - Felix Manz , leader of the Swiss Anabaptists (executed) (b. 1498 )
- 1588 - Qi Jiguang , Chinese general (b. 1528 )
- 1589 - Catherine De Medici , queen of Henry II Of France (b. 1519 )
- 1655 - Pope Innocent X (b. 1574 )
- 1740 - Antonio Lotti , Italian composer (b. 1667 )
- 1762 - Empress Elizabeth Of Russia (b. 1709 )
- 1771 - John Russell, 4th Duke Of Bedford , British statesman (b. 1710 )
- 1846 - Alfred Thomas Agate , American artist (b. 1812 )
- 1858 - Joseph Radetzky Von Radetz , Austrian field marshal (b. 1766 )
- 1891 - Emma Abbott , American soprano (b. 1849 )
- 1904 - Karl Alfred Von Zittel , German palaeontologist (b. 1839 )
- 1910 - Léon Walras , French economist (b. 1834 )
- 1922 - Ernest Shackleton , Irish explorer (b. 1874 )
- 1933 - Calvin Coolidge , President Of The United States (b. 1872 )
- 1937 - Marie Booth , the third daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1864 )
- 1941 - Amy Johnson , English aviator (b. 1903 )
- 1943 - George Washington Carver , American educator, activist, and botanist (b. 1860 )
- 1951 - Andrei Platonov , Russian writer (b. 1899 )
- 1956 - Mistinguett , French singer (b. 1875 )
- 1963 - Rogers Hornsby , baseball player (b. 1896 )
- 1970 - Max Born , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882 )
- 1970 - Roberto Gerhard , Catalan composer (b. 1896 )
- 1971 - Douglas Shearer , Canadian film sound engineer (b. 1899 )
- 1979 - Charles Mingus , American musician (b. 1922 )
- 1981 - Harold C. Urey , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893 )
- 1981 - Lanza Del Vasto , Italian philosopher, poet, and activist (b. 1901 )
- 1982 - Hans Conried , American actor (b. 1917 )
- 1988 - Pete Maravich , American basketball player (b. 1947 )
- 1990 - Arthur Kennedy , American actor (b. 1914 )
- 1991 - Vasko Popa , Yugoslav poet (b. 1922 )
- 1994 - Thomas P. 'Tip' O'Neill , Speaker Of The United States House Of Representatives (b. 1912 )
- 1996 - Yahya Ayyash , Palestinian terrorist (b. 1966 )
- 1998 - Sonny Bono , American singer, actor, and U.S. Congressman (skiing accident) (b. 1935 )
- 2001 - Nancy Parsons , American actress (b. 1942 )
- 2003 - Roy Jenkins , British politician (b. 1920 )
- 2003 - Jean Kerr , American author (b. 1923 )
- 2004 - Tug McGraw , baseball player (b. 1944 )
- 2005 - Danny Sugerman , American music group manager ( The Doors ) (b. 1954 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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