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  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  San Francisco-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use on January - 05.   

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   

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

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 January - 05.   

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

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

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  Colombia recognizes Panama's independence on January - 05.   

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

1911  Portuguese expel Jesuits on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1914  On January - 05 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  George Reeves, [George Lescher Bessolo], actor (Superman) on this day in history.   

1915  On January - 05 mabel Leigh, potter   

1916  Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro on January - 05.   

1917  Reginald Smith Brindle, composer on January - 05.   

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  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 January - 05.   

1548  On January - 05 birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)   

1560  William Cobbold, composer was born on January - 05.   

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 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  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  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 this day in history death of john Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350)   

1425  On January - 05 death of john of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned   

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

1465  On January - 05 death of charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)   

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