Page 5: Historical Events In January - 05

1897  On January - 05 jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)   

1899  On January - 05 start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG)   

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

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

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

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

1903  Leighton Lucas, composer on January - 05.   

1904  England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 & 8-68 on January - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history national Association of Audubon Society incorporates   

1906  On January - 05 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  On January - 05 george Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo)   

1909  On January - 05 colombia recognizes Panama's independence   

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

1911  On January - 05 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day on this day in history.   

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 January - 05.   

1917  On this day in history reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

1918  On this day in history british premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace   

1918  Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy) on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history national Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party   

1919  On January - 05 spartacus uprising in Berlin state of siege   

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

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

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

0842  Death of Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794) on this day in history.   

1066  On this day in history 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  Death of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350) on this day in history.   

1425  On this day in history death of john of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned   

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