Page 5: Historical Events In January - 05

1897  On this day in history jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)   

1899  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG)   

1900  On this day in history irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.   

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

1901  On January - 05 h L Honore comte d'Estienne d'Orves, French officer/resistance fighter   

1902  Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author (Cold Comfort Farm) on January - 05.   

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

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

1903  Leighton Lucas, composer on January - 05.   

1904  On January - 05 england beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 & 8-68   

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  Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history 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 January - 05 anton Ingolic, Slavic author (After Splavih, After Prelomu)   

1908  On January - 05 george Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo)   

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

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

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  James Cox of Ford Motor Co announces wages will jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day on January - 05.   

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 January - 05.   

1915  On this day in history mabel Leigh, potter   

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

1917  On January - 05 reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

1918  British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace on this day in history.   

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

1919  On January - 05 national Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party   

1919  On this day in history spartacus uprising in Berlin state of siege   

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

1548  Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) was born on January - 05.   

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

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

1614  On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)   

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

0842  On this day in history death of al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)   

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