January 5
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January 5 is the fifth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 360 days remaining until the end of the year (361 in leap years).
Events [change]
- 1066 - Edward the Confessor, King of England, dies. The resulting crisis leads to the Norman Conquest of England later the same year.
- 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 – Martyrdom of Felix Manz, a Swiss Anabaptist.
- 1554 – Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
- 1675 – Battle of Colmar, French army beats Brandenburg.
- 1757 – Louis XV of France survives the assassination 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.
- 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, 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.
- 1895 – Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
- 1896 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Roentgen discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
- 1900 – Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
- 1909 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
- 1914 – Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.
- 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).
- 1949 - US President Harry S. Truman unveils his "Fair Deal" program.
- 1956 – Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel."
- 1957 – Major league baseballer Jackie Robinson retires.
- 1961 – Television: Mr. Ed debuts.
- 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.
- 1970 – Soap opera: All My Children premieres.
- 1971 - The first one-day international cricket match takes place between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1972 – President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space shuttle program.
- 1973 – Netherlands recognizes East Germany.
- 1974 – An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six, and damages hundreds of houses.
- 1974 - Warmest-recorded temperature in Antarctica, at 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit).
- 1975 – The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
- 1976 – Cambodia is renamed Democratic Kampuchea.
- 1980 – Hewlett-Packard announces release of its first personal computer.
- 1984 – Richard Stallman starts developing GNU.
- 1987 – US President Ronald Reagan undergoes prostate surgery causing worries about his health.
- 1991 - Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, beginning the 1991-1992 South Ossetia War.
- 1993 – The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands spilling 84,700 tonnes 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 Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.
- 1997 – Withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya.
- 2000 – The 1st day of the 2000 Al Qaeda Summit.
- 2002 – Charles Bishop, a 15-year-old student pilot, crashes a light aircraft into a Tampa, Florida building, evoking fear of a copycat 9/11 terrorist attack.
- 2005 – Scientists discover the dwarf planet Eris, near the edge of the Solar System.
Births [change]
- 1209 - Richard I, Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans (d. 1272)
- 1548 - Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)
- 1587 - Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)
- 1592 – Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1666)
- 1614 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)
- 1640 - Paolo Lorenzani, Italian composer (d. 1713)
- 1667 - Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (d. 1740)
- 1679 - Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, Italian composer, organist and choirmaster (d. 1750)
- 1717 - William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793)
- 1762 - Constanze Mozart, mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1842)
- 1838 - Camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922)
- 1846 – Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German writer (d. 1926)
- 1855 - King Camp Gillette, American inventor (d. 1932)
- 1866 - Dimitrios Gounaris, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1922)
- 1874 – Joseph Erlanger, American doctor, won the 1944 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1965)
- 1876 – Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1967)
- 1879 - Marcel Tournier, French harpist and composer (d. 1951)
- 1893 - Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian philosopher and writer (d. 1952)
- 1895 - Jeannette Piccard, American priest and aeronaut (d. 1981)
- 1897 - Theodor Mackeben, German pianist (d. 1953)
- 1904 - Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (d. 1997)
- 1909 - Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (d. 1994)
- 1909 - Lucienne Bloch, Swiss-born American sculptor, muralist and photographer (d. 1995)
- 1910 – Jack Lovelock, New Zealand athlete (d. 1949)
- 1917 - Francis L. Kellogg, American diplomat and socialite (d. 2006)
- 1917 - Wieland Wagner, German stage director (d. 1996)
- 1917 – Jane Wyman, American actress (d. 2007)
- 1921 – Former Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg
- 1921 – Friedrich Duerrenmatt, Swiss writer (d. 1990)
- 1921 - John H. Reed, 67th Governor of Maine (d. 2012)
- 1923 - Sam Phillips, American music producer (d. 2003)
- 1925 - Lou Carnesecca, American basketball coach
- 1928 – Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1979)
- 1928 – Walter Mondale, American politician, former Vice President of the United States
- 1931 - Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist
- 1931 – Robert Duvall, American actor
- 1932 - Umberto Eco, Italian writer and columnist
- 1932 – Raisa Gorbachova, wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (d. 1999)
- 1932 - Chuck Noll, American football coach
- 1938 – King Juan Carlos I of Spain
- 1938 - Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Kenyan writer
- 1942 - Maurizio Pollini, Italian classical pianist
- 1944 - Ed Rendell, 45th Governor of Pennsylvania
- 1946 - Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, Japanese royal (d. 2012)
- 1946 - Diane Keaton, American actress, film producer and director
- 1948 - Ted Lange, American actor
- 1952 – Uli Hoeness, German footballer
- 1953 - Steve Archer, American singer
- 1953 - George Tenet, American former CIA director
- 1956 – Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German politician
- 1963 - Ralf Loose, German footballer
- 1965 - Vinnie Jones, British footballer and actor
- 1968 - Andrew Golota, Polish boxer
- 1969 – Marilyn Manson, American rock singer
- 1972 - Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer
- 1972 - Sascha Schmitz, German singer
- 1975 - Bradley Cooper, American actor
- 1978 - Franck Montagny, French Formula One driver
- 1978 – January Jones, American actress
- 1979 - Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 - Masami Tanaka, Japanese swimmer
- 1980 – Sebastian Deisler, German footballer
- 1981 - Corey Flynn, New Zealand rugby player
- 1982 – Janica Kostelic, Croatian skier
- 1982 – Darren Mackie, Scottish footballer
- 1982 - Jaroslav Plasil, Czech footballer
- 1983 - Sean Dockery, American basketball player
- 1984 – Ikechukwu Uche, Nigerian footballer
- 1985 - Diego Vera, Uruguayan footballer
- 1985 - Yoon So-yi, South Korean actress
- 1987 - Kristin Cavallari, American actress
- 1988 - Nikola Kalinic, Croatian footballer
- 1989 - Krisztian Nemeth, Hungarian footballer
- 1991 - Daniel Pacheco, Spanish footballer
Deaths [change]
- 1066 - Edward the Confessor, King of England (b. 1004)
- 1387 - Peter IV of Aragon (b. 1319)
- 1448 - Christopher III of Bavaria, King of Denmark (b. 1416)
- 1589 - Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France (b. 1519)
- 1477 - Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1433)
- 1713 - Jean Chardin, French explorer (b. 1643)
- 1740 - Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1677)
- 1762 – Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
- 1771 - John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (b. 1710)
- 1816 - George Prevost, British officer and diplomat (b. 1767)
- 1858 – Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
- 1904 – Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist (b. 1839)
- 1910 - Leon Walras, French economist (b. 1834)
- 1913 - Louis Paul Cailletet, French physicist (b. 1834)
- 1919 - Sumako Matsui, Japanese actress (b. 1886)
- 1922 – Ernest Shackleton, Irish Antarctic explorer (b. 1874)
- 1933 – Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
- 1941 – Amy Johnson, English aviatrix (b. 1903)
- 1942 - Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, revolutionary and political activist (b. 1896)
- 1943 – George Washington Carver, American scientist and educator (b. 1864)
- 1952 - Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, British Viceroy of India (b. 1887)
- 1952 - Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1869)
- 1970 – Max Born, German physicist (b. 1882)
- 1976 – John A. Costello, Irish Taoiseach (b. 1891)
- 1976 – Mal Evans, English band manager (Beatles) (b. 1935)
- 1981 – Harold C. Urey, American chemist (b. 1893)
- 1985 – Robert L. Surtees, American cinematographer (b. 1906)
- 1987 – Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian cross country skier (b. 1875)
- 1991 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (b. 1922)
- 1994 - Tip O'Neill, American politician (b. 1912)
- 1997 - Burton Lane, American composer and lyricist (b. 1912)
- 1998 – Sonny Bono, American musician, actor and politician (b. 1935)
- 2003 – Roy Jenkins, British politician (b. 1920)
- 2003 - Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (b. 1918)
- 2004 - Tug McGraw, American baseball player (b. 1944)
- 2007 – Momofuko Ando, Taiwanese businessman (b. 1910)
- 2009 – Adolf Merckle, German industrialist (b. 1934)
- 2010 – Kenneth Noland, American painter (b. 1924)
- 2010 – Toni Tecuceanu, Romanian actor (b. 1972)
- 2012 - Frederica Sagor Maas, American screenwriter, playwright and author (b. 1900)
