Page 5: Historical Events In January - 05

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

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

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

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 January - 05 leighton Lucas, composer   

1904  England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 & 8-68 on this day in history.   

1904  -34°F (-36.7°C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record) on this day in history.   

1904  On January - 05 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  Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho on January - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1909  On January - 05 colombia recognizes Panama's independence   

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

1911  On this day in history portuguese expel Jesuits   

1911  On January - 05 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 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 January - 05.   

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  On this day in history austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro   

1917  On January - 05 reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

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

1918  On this day in history 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  William Cobbold, composer was born on January - 05.   

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 January - 05.   

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 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 January - 05 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1477  On this day in history charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43