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 January - 05.  

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

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

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

1903  On January - 05 sF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use  

1903  On this day in history leighton Lucas, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1905  Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara on this day in history.  

1905  National Association of Audubon Society incorporates on this day in history.  

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

1909  Colombia recognizes Panama's independence on this day in history.  

1909  On this day in history simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile  

1911  Portuguese expel Jesuits on January - 05.  

1911  San Francisco has it's first air meet on January - 05.  

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

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

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

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

1915  On this day in history mabel Leigh, potter  

1916  On January - 05 austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro  

1917  Reginald Smith Brindle, composer on January - 05.  

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

1548  Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.  

1560  On January - 05 birth of william Cobbold, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1596  On January - 05 birth of henry Lawes, English composer  

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

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

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

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

1387  On this day in history pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67  

1400  On January - 05 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 this day in history.  

1448  Death of Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416) on January - 05.  

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

1477  On January - 05 charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43