Page 5: Historical Events In January - 05

1897  Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1900  Dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5] on this day in history.   

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 January - 05.   

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

1903  On this day in history leighton Lucas, composer   

1904  On January - 05 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  Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara on January - 05.   

1905  On January - 05 national Association of Audubon Society incorporates   

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

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  Colombia recognizes Panama's independence on this day in history.   

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

1911  On this day in history portuguese expel Jesuits   

1911  On this day in history san Francisco has it's first air meet   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 January - 05.   

1915  Mabel Leigh, potter on January - 05.   

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

1917  On January - 05 reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

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

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

1919  National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party on this day in history.   

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

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1209  On this day in history 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  On January - 05 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  Henry Lawes, English composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1661  Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer was born on January - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1387  Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1465  Death of Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394) on this day in history.   

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