Historical Events In January - 05

1943  Teams agrees to start season later due to WWII on this day in history.  

1943  USS Helena (CL-50) fired first proximity fused projectile in combat and shot down Japanese divebomber in southwest Pacific on January - 05.  

1943  William H Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces on January - 05.  

1943  On January - 05 teams agrees to start season later due to WW II  

1943  On January - 05 george Washington Carver, famous black scientist, dies at 81  

1944  The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper on January - 05.  

1944  On January - 05 adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80  

1945  On this day in history pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty"  

1945  On January - 05 surprise attack on Liese-Aktion-office on Marnix St, Amsterdam  

1946  On January - 05 "Show Boat" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City NY for 417 performances  

1946  On this day in history dianne Keaton, American film actress  

1946  The birth of Dianne Keaton, American film actress on January - 05.  

1946  On this day in history "Show Boat" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 417 performances  

1949  On this day in history general Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra  

1949  On this day in history president Harry S Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal"  

1949  President Truman nicknames his administration the "Fair Deal" in his State of the Union address on this day in history.  

1950  On January - 05 carson McCuller's "Member of the Wedding," premieres in NYC  

1951  Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Ponte Vedra Beach Women's Golf Open on this day in history.  

1951  Andrei P Platonov, Russian author (Prok, Kotlovan), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1952  Flying Enterprise sinks on this day in history.  

1952  Nawab of Pataudi, cricket (play polo 3 Tests for Eng 3 for Ind), dies on this day in history.  

1953  Passenger ships Willem Ruys & Orange collide in the Red Sea on January - 05.  

1953  On January - 05 -6] Passenger ships Willem Ruys & Orange collide in the Red Sea  

1955  On this day in history kMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast  

1956  Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1957  Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East on January - 05.  

1957  Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to NY Giants on this day in history.  

1959  "Bozo the Clown" live children's show premieres on TV on this day in history.  

1959  On January - 05 buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter"  

1960  On January - 05 donald Knight, cricketer (54 runs in 2 Tests for England 1921), dies  

1961  On this day in history the television series Mr. Ed debuts, the first of what would be six seasons of mirth and mayhem centered around a horse that talked but only to his owner, Wilbur Post.  

1961  US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba on this day in history.  

1962  Tony Sheridan & Beatles produce "My Bonnie" & "The Saints" on January - 05.  

1963  On this day in history rogers Hornsby, baseball player, dies of a heart ailment at 66  

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1209  On January - 05 birth of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)  

1548  On this day in history birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)  

1560  William Cobbold, composer was born on this day in history.  

1587  On January - 05 birth of xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)  

1592  Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal was born on this day in history.  

1596  On January - 05 birth of henry Lawes, English composer  

1614  On January - 05 birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)  

1661  Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.  

0842  Death of Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794) on January - 05.  

1066  Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies on January - 05.  

1387  On January - 05 pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67  

1400  Death of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350) on January - 05.  

1425  Death of John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned on January - 05.  

1448  Death of Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416) on this day in history.  

1465  On this day in history death of charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)  

1477  Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43 on January - 05.