Historical Events In January - 05

1897  Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction) on January - 05.  

1899  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1902  On this day in history dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author (Cold Comfort Farm)  

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

1903  On this day in history sF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use  

1903  Leighton Lucas, composer on January - 05.  

1904  On this day in history england beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 & 8-68  

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1904  -34°F (-36.7°C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record) on this day in history.  

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

1905  On January - 05 charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara  

1905  On January - 05 national Association of Audubon Society incorporates  

1906  On this day in history kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho  

1907  On this day in history anton Ingolic, Slavic author (After Splavih, After Prelomu)  

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

1909  Colombia recognizes Panama's independence on January - 05.  

1909  On January - 05 simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile  

1911  On this day in history portuguese expel Jesuits  

1911  On January - 05 san Francisco has it's first air meet  

1912  1st National Hockey Assn game (Victoria) on January - 05.  

1912  On January - 05 frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53)  

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

1914  James Cox of Ford Motor Co announces wages will jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day on this day in history.  

1914  On January - 05 ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day  

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

1915  Mabel Leigh, potter on this day in history.  

1916  Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro on January - 05.  

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

1918  British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace on January - 05.  

1918  Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy) on January - 05.  

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  Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.  

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

1560  On this day in history birth of william Cobbold, composer  

1587  On this day in history birth of xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)  

1592  On this day in history birth of shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal  

1596  On this day in history birth of henry Lawes, English composer  

1614  Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.  

1661  On this day in history birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer  

0842  On January - 05 death of al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)  

1066  On this day in history edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies  

1387  Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67 on January - 05.  

1400  On this day in history death of john Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350)  

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  On January - 05 charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43