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 this day in history.   

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

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 January - 05.   

1902  Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author (Cold Comfort Farm) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1904  On this day in history karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64   

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

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

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

1907  Anton Ingolic, Slavic author (After Splavih, After Prelomu) on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history george Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo)   

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

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

1911  On January - 05 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 January - 05.   

1912  Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53) on January - 05.   

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

1914  On this day in history 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 January - 05.   

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

1915  On this day in history mabel Leigh, potter   

1916  Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro on this day in history.   

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  National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party on January - 05.   

1919  Spartacus uprising in Berlin state of siege on this day in history.   

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1209  Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.   

1548  On January - 05 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1387  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of john of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned   

1448  On this day in history death of christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)   

1465  Death of Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394) on January - 05.   

1477  Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43 on this day in history.