Page 5: Historical Events In January - 05

1897  On January - 05 jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)   

1899  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG) on January - 05.   

1900  On January - 05 irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.   

1900  Dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5] on January - 05.   

1901  H L Honore comte d'Estienne d'Orves, French officer/resistance fighter on this day in history.   

1902  On January - 05 dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author (Cold Comfort Farm)   

1903  San Francisco-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use on this day in history.   

1903  SF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use on January - 05.   

1903  On this day in history leighton Lucas, composer   

1904  England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 & 8-68 on this day in history.   

1904  On January - 05 -34°F (-36.7°C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record)   

1904  Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64 on January - 05.   

1905  On this day in history charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara   

1905  National Association of Audubon Society incorporates on January - 05.   

1906  Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho on January - 05.   

1907  On January - 05 anton Ingolic, Slavic author (After Splavih, After Prelomu)   

1908  George Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo) on January - 05.   

1909  On January - 05 colombia recognizes Panama's independence   

1909  Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history portuguese expel Jesuits   

1911  San Francisco has it's first air meet on this day in history.   

1912  1st National Hockey Assn game (Victoria) on this day in history.   

1912  Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53) on this day in history.   

1913  On January - 05 inspector-General of Imperial Forces Ian Hamilton arrives in Quebec to inspect Canadian troops.   

1914  On January - 05 james Cox of Ford Motor Co announces wages will jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day   

1914  Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day on this day in history.   

1914  George Reeves, [George Lescher Bessolo], actor (Superman) on this day in history.   

1915  Mabel Leigh, potter on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro   

1917  Reginald Smith Brindle, composer on this day in history.   

1918  On January - 05 british premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace   

1918  On January - 05 jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)   

1919  On this day in history national Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party   

1919  Spartacus uprising in Berlin state of siege on January - 05.   

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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 January - 05.   

1587  Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641) was born on this day in history.   

1592  Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal was born on January - 05.   

1596  Henry Lawes, English composer was born on this day in history.   

1614  Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662) was born on January - 05.   

1661  On January - 05 birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer   

0842  Death of Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794) on this day in history.   

1066  On January - 05 edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

1448  On January - 05 death of christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)   

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.