Page 6: Historical Events In January - 05

1920  Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to NY Yankees on this day in history.   

1920  On January - 05 arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Brescia Italy, pianist   

1922  On January - 05 ernest H Shackleton, Brit South pole explorer (Endurance), dies at 47   

1925  On January - 05 french Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, & Hugh Jennings   

1925  On January - 05 nellie T. Ross becomes the first female governor in the US, succeeding her late husband as governor of Wyoming.   

1925  On January - 05 nellie Taylor Ross became Governor of Wyoming, first woman governor in USA   

1925  Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office on January - 05.   

1925  On January - 05 james Gleason & Richard Tabers "Is zat so?" premieres in NYC   

1926  On January - 05 james Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hr day & $5 daily minimum wage   

1927  On January - 05 fox Studios exhibits Movietone   

1929  On this day in history coup by King Alexander in South Slavia   

1930  Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire" on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history robert Duvall, American film actor   

1931  On January - 05 the birth of Robert Duvall, American film actor   

1931  On January - 05 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League   

1932  The birth of Umberto Eco, Italian author on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history umberto Eco, Italian author   

1933  On this day in history calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the US, dies in Northampton, Massachusetts, at age 60.   

1933  Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side on this day in history.   

1933  On January - 05 calvin Coolidge, 30th President (1923-29), dies in Mass at 60   

1934  Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time on January - 05.   

1934  On January - 05 fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also)   

1937  Fingleton & Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wicket on this day in history.   

1937  On January - 05 fingleton & Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt   

1938  On this day in history king Juan Carlos of Spain   

1938  On January - 05 the birth of King Juan Carlos of Spain   

1940  On this day in history fCC hears first transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal   

1940  On January - 05 finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia   

1940  On January - 05 fCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal   

1940  Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46 on January - 05.   

1941  On January - 05 british/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia   

1942  On January - 05 55 German tanks reach North-Africa   

1942  Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered on January - 05.   

1943  On January - 05 scientist/educator George Washington Carver dies in Tuskegee, Alabama, at age 81.   

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1209  Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)   

1560  On January - 05 birth of william Cobbold, composer   

1587  Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641) was born on January - 05.   

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 January - 05.   

1614  On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)   

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

0842  Death of Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794) on January - 05.   

1066  Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies on January - 05.   

1387  Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1400  On January - 05 death of john Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350)   

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  Death of Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394) on January - 05.   

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