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January 5 in recent years

2008 (Saturday)

2007 (Friday)

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January 5 is the Template:Day/Totaldays Template:Ordinal/th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[" days remaining until the end of the year (Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[" in leap years).

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Events

1066 - Edward the Confessor, King of England dies.
1463 - Poet François Villon is banned from Paris.
1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France.
1500 - Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan.
1527 - Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zürich, is executed by drowning.
1554 - A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
1675 - Battle of Colmar: the 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 by the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment 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, killing 300 people.
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 has 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.
1911 - The Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity is founded.
1912 - The Prague Party Conference takes place.
1913 - First Balkan War: During the Naval Battle of Lemnos, Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
1914 - The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.
1919 - The Free Committee for a German Workers Peace, which would become the Nazi party, is founded.
1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming 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 Bros. shows the first color newsreel (Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl).
1957 - Jackie Robinson of the then Brooklyn Dodgers annouces his retirement from baseball.
1962 - A replica of the miraculous statue, the Holy Infant of Good Health, is presented to Blessed Pope John XXIII.
1968 - Alexander Dubček comes to power: "Prague Spring" begins in Czechoslovakia.
1972 - U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the development of a space shuttle program.
1974 - An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds 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 Kampuchea by the Khmer Rouge.
1993 - The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude 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 - Russian forces withdraw from Chechnya.
2000 - The first day of the 2000 Al Qaeda Summit.
2005 - Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system, is discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory.
2007 - Taiwan High Speed Rail opens between Taipei and Kaohsiung.

[edit] Births

1209 - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (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)
1696 - Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (d. 1757)
1717 - William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793)
1762 - Constanze Weber, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1842)
1779 - Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (d. 1820)
1779 - Zebulon Pike, American explorer (d. 1813)
1838 - Camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922)
1846 - Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1926)
1855 - King Camp Gillette, American inventor (d. 1932)
1864 - Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (d. 1911)
1864 - Ban Johnson, American baseball executive (d. 1931)
1865 - Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920)
1874 - Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
1876 - Konrad Adenauer, German statesman (d. 1967)
1879 - Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)
1880 - Nikolay Medtner, Russian composer (d. 1951)
1893 - Zoltán Böszörmény, Hungarian Nazi politician (d. unknown)
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)
1906 - Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist (d. 1978)
1908 - George Dolenz, American actor (d. 1963)
1909 - Stephen Kleene, American mathematician (d. 1994)
1910 - Hugh Brannum, American actor (d. 1987)
1910 - Jack Lovelock, New Zealand athlete (d. 1949)
1911 - Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (d. 2001)
1914 - Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter (d. 1955)
1914 - George Reeves, American actor (d. 1959)
1915 - Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (d. 2004)
1917 - Wieland Wagner, German stage director (d. 1966)
1917 - Jane Wyman, American actress (d. 2007)
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 music producer (d. 2003)
1926 - William De Witt Snodgrass, American poet
1926 - Hosea Williams, American activist (d. 2000)
1928 - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani statesman (d. 1979)
1928 - Walter Mondale, American politician
1929 - Wilbert Harrison, American singer (d. 1994)
1931 - Alvin Ailey, American choreographer (d. 1989)
1931 - Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist
1931 - Robert Duvall, American actor
1932 - Umberto Eco, Italian writer
1932 - Raisa Gorbacheva, wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (d. 1999)
1932 - Chuck Noll, American football coach
1934 - William Bendeck, Bolivian rally driver (d. 1971)
1936 - Florence King, American humorist
1938 - King Juan Carlos I of Spain
1938 - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan writer
1938 - Jim Otto, American football player
1940 - Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)
1940 - Yuri Ershov, Russian mathematician
1941 - Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker
1941 - Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricketer
1942 - Jan Leeming, English television presenter and newsreader
1942 - Terenci Moix, Spanish writer (d. 2003)
1942 - Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist
1942 - Charlie Rose, American talk show host
1945 - Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director
1946 - Diane Keaton, American actress
1947 - Mercury Morris, American football player
1948 - Ted Lange, American actor
1949 - George Brown, American drummer (Kool & The Gang)
1950 - Ioan Petru Culianu, Romanian-born professor (d. 1991)
1950 - John Manley, Canadian politician
1950 - Charlie Richmond, Canadian entrepreneur
1950 - Chris Stein, American guitarist (Blondie)
1951 - Steve Arnold, English footballer
1953 - Steve Archer, American singer (The Archers)
1953 - Pamela Sue Martin, American actress
1953 - George Tenet, American CIA director
1954 - Alex English, American basketball player
1956 - Chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef
1957 - Kevin Hastings, Australian rugby league footballer
1959 - Clancy Brown, American actor
1960 - Steve Jones, British aviator (Red Bull Air Race World Series)
1960 - Glenn Strömberg, Swedish footballer
1960 - Phil Thornalley, English bass guitarist (The Cure)
1962 - Suzy Amis, American actress
1962 - Perry Fenwick, English actor
1962 - Danny Jackson, American baseball player
1963 - Jeff Fassero, American baseball player
1964 - Grant Young, American drummer (Soul Asylum)
1965 - Vinnie Jones, English-born Welsh footballer and actor
1966 - Kate Schellenbach, American drummer (Luscious Jackson)
1967 - Joe Flanigan, American actor
1968 - DJ Bobo, Swiss singer
1968 - Ricky Paull Goldin, American actor
1968 - Andrew Golota, Polish boxer
1968 - Carrie Ann Inaba, American dancer and choreographer
1968 - Joé Juneau, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 - Marilyn Manson, American singer
1969 - Paul McGillion, Scottish actor
1970 - Rick Campanelli, Canadian TV presenter
1971 - Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress
1972 - Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer
1973 - Phil Joel, Australian bassist (Newsboys)
1975 - Kylie Bax, New Zealand model
1975 - Bradley Cooper, American actor
1975 - Warrick Dunn, American football player
1975 - Mike Grier, American ice hockey player
1976 - Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer
1976 - Matt Wachter, American bassist (30 Seconds to Mars)
1978 - January Jones, American actress
1978 - Franck Montagny, French Formula One driver
1979 - Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Ronnie O'Brien, Irish footballer
1981 - Corey Flynn, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1981 - Brooklyn Sudano, American actress
1982 - Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
1984 - Amanda Hearst, American heiress
1985 - Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor (d. 2001)
1985 - Yoon So-Yi, South Korean actress
1986 - Deepika Padukone, Indian model and actress
1996 - Max Baldry, English actor

[edit] Deaths

842 - Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)
1066 - Edward the Confessor, King of England (b. 1004)
1387 - King Peter IV of Aragon (b. 1319)
1400 - John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350)
1448 - Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)
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, Swiss leader (executed) (b. 1498)
1588 - Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528)
1589 - Catherine de' Medici, queen of Henry II of France (b. 1519)
1713 - Jean Chardin, French explorer (b. 1643)
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)
1823 - Major George Johnston, Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
1846 - Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (b. 1812)
1858 - Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
1860 - Saint John Nepomucene Neumann, first American bishop to be canonized (b. 1811)
1883 - Charles Tompson, first Australian published poet (b. 1806)
1888 - Henri Herz, Austrian pianist (b. 1803)
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, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
1937 - Marie Booth, child of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1864)
1940 - Humbert Wolfe, Italian-British poet (b. 1885)
1941 - Amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903)
1943 - George Washington Carver, American educator (b. 1860)
1946 - Kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864)
1951 - Andrei Platonov, Russian writer (b. 1899)
1952 - Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India (b. 1887)
1954 - Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player (b. 1891)
1956 - Mistinguett, French singer (b. 1875)
1963 - Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player (b. 1896)
1970 - Max Born, German physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1882)
1970 - Cyril Fagan, Irish astrologer (b. 1896)
1970 - Roberto Gerhard, Catalan composer (b. 1896)
1971 - Douglas Shearer, Canadian film engineer (b. 1899)
1974 - Lev Oborin, Russian pianist (b. 1907)
1976 - John A. Costello, Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1891)
1976 - Mal Evans, Beatles' "roadie" (b. 1935)
1979 - Charles Mingus, American musician (b. 1922)
1981 - Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher (b. 1901)
1981 - Harold C. Urey, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1893)
1982 - Sir Edmund Herring, Australian military commander, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (b. 1892)
1982 - Hans Conried, American actor (b. 1917)
1982 - Harvey Lembeck, American actor (b. 1923)
1985 - Robert L. Surtees, American Oscar-winning cinematographer (Ben-Hur) (b. 1906
1987 - Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-born Canadian cross-country skier (b. 1875)
1988 - Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947)
1990 - Arthur Kennedy, American actor (b. 1914)
1991 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslav poet (b. 1922)
1994 - Brian Johnston, English cricket commentator (b. 1912)
1994 - Tip O'Neill, American politician (b. 1912)
1996 - Lincoln Kirstein, American writer, impresario, art connoisseur (b. 1907)
1996 - Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian terrorist (b. 1966)
1997 - André Franquin, Belgian cartoonist (Gaston Lagaffe) (b. 1924)
1997 - Burton Lane, American composer and lyricist (b. 1912)
1998 - Sonny Bono, American entertainer and politician (b. 1935)
1998 - Ken Forssi, American musician (Love) (b. 1943)
2001 - Nancy Parsons, American actress (b. 1942)
2003 - Massimo Girotti, Italian film actor (b. 1918)
2003 - Roy Jenkins, British politician (b. 1920)
2003 - Doreen Carwithen, British composer, widow of William Alwyn (b. 1922)
2003 - Jean Kerr, American author (b. 1923)
2004 - Tug McGraw, American baseball player, father of Tim McGraw (b. 1944)
2005 - Danny Sugerman, American music manager (The Doors) (b. 1954)
2006 - Lord Merlyn-Rees, British politician (b. 1920)
2007 - Momofuku Ando, inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles (b. 1910)
2007 - Chih Ree Sun, Chinese-American physicist and poet (b. 1923)
2008 - Clinton Grybas, Australian sports commentator (b. 1975)

[edit] Holidays and observances

The eleventh day of Christmas in Western Christianity, and the Twelfth Night of Christmas in Western Christianity.
Feast day of:
January 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Mungday (Discordianism)

[edit] References

↑ ^a ^b ^c Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4.