Historical Events In January - 05

1964  On this day in history pope Paul VI visits Jordan & Israel  

1965  On January - 05 neil Craig, actor (Calling Dr Kildare), dies at 73  

1966  On January - 05 george Duckworth, cricketer (24 Tests for England, ct 45 stp 15), dies  

1967  On January - 05 uS folk singer Jesse Winchester crosses Canadian border after being served draft papers for military service; applies to became a Canadian citizen..  

1968  Dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law on January - 05.  

1968  On January - 05 dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia  

1968  On this day in history jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79  

1969  On January - 05 marilyn Manson, american entertainer.  

1969  Neville Williams' "Chronology of the Expanding World" completed on this day in history.  

1969  The birth of Marilyn Manson, american entertainer2006 A hotel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia collapses, killing 76 pilgrims visiting to perform hajj on January - 05.  

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1969  On this day in history uSSR Venera 5 launched for first successful planet landing (Venus)  

1969  Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1969  The birth of Marilyn Manson, american entertainer on January - 05.  

1970  On this day in history 23,000 Belgian mine workers strike  

1970  On this day in history joseph Yablonski, presidential candidate for the United Mine Workers, is found murdered at home with his wife and daughter.  

1970  On this day in history soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC  

1970  On January - 05 joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered  

1971  On January - 05 australia's first one-day international cricket matched played, against England.  

1971  On this day in history harlem Globetrotters lose 100-99 to New Jersey Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak  

1971  US heavyweight "Sonny" Liston's (36) corpse found on January - 05.  

1972  NASA announced its plans for a new space vehicle, the shuttle on January - 05.  

1972  On January - 05 nASA announces development of space shuttle  

1972  New York City NY transit fare rises from 30¢ to 35¢ on January - 05.  

1972  President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle on January - 05.  

1972  US president Richard Nixon gives the go-ahead for the NASA space shuttle program on January - 05.  

1972  West-Pakistani sheik Mujib ur-Rahman freed on this day in history.  

1973  Mali & Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel on January - 05.  

1973  On January - 05 netherlands recognizes German Democratic Republic  

1973  Ottawa protests US air raids on Hanoi and Haiphong, North Vietnam on January - 05.  

1973  Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP (SGP), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1974  Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Oh, Brother" on this day in history.  

1974  Roy Bargy, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79 on January - 05.  

1975  "The Wiz," a musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, opens on Broadway on this day in history.  

1975  14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent & Hobart, Tasmania & ship sinks on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  Death of John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned on January - 05.  

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

1465  On this day in history death of charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)  

1477  Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43 on this day in history.