Page 5: Historical Events In January - 05

1897  Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction) on January - 05.   

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  On January - 05 dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5]   

1901  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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 January - 05.   

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  Anton Ingolic, Slavic author (After Splavih, After Prelomu) on January - 05.   

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  Portuguese expel Jesuits on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history san Francisco has it's first air meet   

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

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

1913  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  Mabel Leigh, potter on this day in history.   

1916  On January - 05 austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro   

1917  On January - 05 reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

1918  On January - 05 british premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace   

1918  On January - 05 jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)   

1919  National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party on this day in history.   

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

1560  William Cobbold, composer was born on this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history birth of xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)   

1592  On January - 05 birth of shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal   

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

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

1661  On this day in history birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer   

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

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

1387  Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67 on January - 05.   

1400  Death of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350) on January - 05.   

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

1448  On this day in history death of christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)   

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

1477  Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43 on January - 05.