January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. 360 days (361 in leap years) remain in the year after this day. Jump to: navigation, search The Gregorian calendar is the calendar that is used nowadays nearly everywhere in the world. ... A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day or month in order to keep the calendar year in sync with an astronomical or seasonal year. ...

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Events

• 1463 - Poet François Villon is banned from Paris.
• 1477 - Battle of Nancy, Charles the Bold killed, Burgundy becomes part of France.
• 1500 - Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan.
• 1527 - Martyrdom of Felix Manz, a Swiss Anabaptist.
• 1554 - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
• 1675 - Battle of Colmar, French army beats Brandenburg.
• 1757 - Louis XV of France survives the assassination attempt by Robert–François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France with the traditional and gruesome form of death penalty used for regicides.
• 1759 - George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis.
• 1781 - American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
• 1846 - The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
• 1854 - The San Francisco steamer sinks, 300 dead.
• 1895 - Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
• 1896 - An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Roentgen discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
• 1900 - Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
• 1909 - Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
• 1912 - Prague Party Conference
• 1914 - Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.
• 1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first female governor in the United States.
• 1933 - Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
• 1940 - FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time.
• 1944 - The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
• 1945 - The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland.
• 1948 - Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl).
• 1956 - Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel."
• 1957 - Major league baseballer Jackie Robinson retires.
• 1961 - Television: Mr. Ed debuts.
• 1964 - Pope Paul VI meets the Greek patriarch Athenagoras I in Jerusalem, the first meeting of Catholic and Orthodox Christianity leaders since 1439.
• 1968 - Alexander Dubček comes to power, "Prague Spring" begins in Czechoslovakia.
• 1970 - Soap opera: All My Children premieres.
• 1972 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space shuttle program.
• 1973 - Netherlands recognizes East Germany.
• 1974 - An earthquake in Lima, Peru kills six, and damages 100s of houses.
• 1975 - The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
• 1976 - Cambodia is renamed Democratic Campuchea.
• 1980 - Hewlett-Packard announces release of its first personal computer.
• 1984 - Richard Stallman starts developing GNU.
• 1987 - President of the United States Ronald Reagan undergoes prostate surgery causing worries about his health.
• 1993 - The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands spilling 84,700 tonnes of oil.
• 1993 - Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the first legal hanging in America since 1965).
• 1996 - Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.
• 1997 - Withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya.
• 2000 - The 1st day of the 2000 Al Qaeda Summit.
• 2002 - Charles Bishop, a 15-year-old student pilot, crashes a light aircraft into a Tampa, Florida building, evoking fear of a copycat 9/11 terrorist attack.

Events January 5 - Poet Francois Villon is banned from Paris Births January 17 - Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (died 1525) February 24 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (died 1494) October 20 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (died 1512) Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de Medici, Italian patron of the arts (died 1503... Jump to: navigation, search François Villon (Image from Grand Testament de Maistre François Villon, 1489) François Villon (ca. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Events January 5 - Battle of Nancy - Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated, and this time is killed. ... The Battle of Nancy was the final and decisive battle of the Burgundy Wars, fought outside the walls of Nancy, France on 5 January 1476 between Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and René, Duke of Lorraine. ... Charles the Bold Charles, called the Bold (French: Charles le Téméraire) (November 10, 1433 – 1477) was Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477. ... // Events Europes population was ~60 million. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ludovico Sforza in a portrait by Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis. ... Jump to: navigation, search Location within Italy Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed region in Italy. ... Events January 5 - Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, was drowned in the Limmat River in Zürich by the Zürich Reformed state church. ... Felix Manz (ca. ... Anabaptists (Greek ana+baptizo re-baptizers, German: Wiedertäufer) are Christians of the so-called radical wing of the Protestant Reformation. ... Events February 12 - After claiming the throne of England the previous year, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason alongside her husband. ... Jump to: navigation, search Eindhoven is a municipality and a city located in the province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender brooks. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim June 18 - Battle of Fehrbellin August 10 - King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London - construction begins November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Louis XV (February 15, 1710 – May 10, 1774), called the Well-Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1715 to 1774. ... Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ... Robert-François Damiens (1715-1757) was a Frenchman who attained notoriety by unsuccessfully attempting the assassination of Louis XV of France in 1757. ... Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime. ... The broad definition of Regicide is the deliberate killing of a king. ... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search George Washington (February 22, 1732–December 14, 1799) was an American planter, political figure, the highest ranking military leader in U.S. history and first President of the United States. ... Martha Washington Martha Dandridge Parke-Custis Washington (June 2, 1731-May 22, 1802) served as the first First Lady of the United States when her husband, George Washington, served as the first President, from 1789 to 1797. ... 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen British colonies in North America. ... Jump to: navigation, search Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States of America. ... Jump to: navigation, search Benedict Arnold For other people of the same name, see Benedict Arnold (disambiguation). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the Senate. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Beaver State Other U.S. States Capital Salem Largest city Portland Governor Ted Kulongoski (D) Senators Ron Wyden (D) Gordon Smith (R) Official languages None Area 255,026 km² (9th)  - Land 248,849 km²  - Water 6,177 km² (2. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Steamer can refer to a Steamboat or Steamship or a Soft-shell Clam or mussel (generally cooked by steaming) Any of a number of cooking appliances and cooking utensils that cook by steaming, such as a rice cooker. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Alfred Dreyfus in an army uniform, wearing a mustache. ... Alfred Dreyfus in an army uniform, wearing a mustache. ... Devils Island (French ÃŽle du Diable), is an island located off the coast of French Guiana. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Wilhelm Röntgen Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (* March 27, 1845; † February 10, 1923) was a German physicist, of the University of Würzburg, who, on November 8, 1895, produced wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that are now known as x-rays. ... Jump to: navigation, search Radiation has a variety of different meanings. ... In the NATO phonetic alphabet, X-ray represents the letter X. An X-ray picture (radiograph) taken by Röntgen An X-ray is a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength approximately in the range of 5 pm to 10 nanometers (corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 PHz... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... John Edward Redmond (1856-1918) was the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1900 to 1918. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Ford Motor Company (often referred to simply as Ford; sometimes nicknamed FoMoCo, NYSE: F is an automobile maker founded by Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, and incorporated on June 16, 1903. ... Eight-hour day banner, Melbourne, 1856 The Eight-hour day movement, also known as the Short-time movement, had its origins in the Industrial Revolution in Britain, where industrial production in large factories transformed working life and imposed long hours and poor working conditions. ... The minimum wage is the minimum rate a worker can legally be paid (usually per hour) as opposed to wages that are determined by the forces of supply and demand in a free market. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nellie Tayloe Ross (November 29, 1876–December 19, 1977) was the first female governor of a U.S. state. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Golden Gate Bridge (37° 49′ 12″ N, 122° 28′ 43″ W) is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ... Jump to: navigation, search San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary in which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity broadcast radio sound. ... The FCCs official seal. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Daily Mail is a British newspaper, first published in 1896. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Warner Bros. ... A Newsreel is a documentary film that is regularly released in a public presentation place containing filmed news stories. ... Perhaps one of the United States of Americas most important annual festivities, The Tournament of Roses Parade is the 116-year-old traditional parade generally held on New Years Day in Pasadena, California. ... The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football game, usually played on January 1 at the stadium of the same name in Pasadena, California. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Elvis Presley Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll (sometimes shortened to The King) was an American singer and actor. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Picture of Fenway Park. ... Jump to: navigation, search Brooklyn Dodger infielder Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball in 1947. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mister Ed was a popular US television comedy show that aired on CBS from 1961-1966. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Paul VI, Giovanni Battista Enrica Antonia Maria Montini (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978), served as Pope from 1963 to 1978. ... Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. ... Patriarch Athenagoras (left) met Pope Paul VI in 1964 Patriarch Athenagoras (born Aristokles Spyrou) (March 25, 1886 - July 6/7, 1972) was the Patriarch of Constantinople from 1948 to 1972. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jerusalem and the Old City. ... Events Battle of Grotnik, which ended the hussite movement in Poland Eric of Pomerania, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway is declared deposed in Sweden. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Alexander Dubček Alexander Dubček (November 27, 1921 – November 7, 1992) was a Slovak politician and briefly leader of Czechoslovakia (1968-1969). ... Czechs in a café watch Soviet tanks roll past The Prague Spring (Czech: Pražské jaro) was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia starting January 5, 1968, and running until August 20 of that year when the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies (except for Romania) invaded the... Jump to: navigation, search 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction... All My Children is an US soap opera which has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC TV network since January 5, 1970. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Jump to: navigation, search The President of the United States (often abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state of the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the thirty-seventh President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... The German Democratic Republic (GDR) (German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik), also commonly known as East Germany, was a communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a sudden and sometimes catastrophic movement of a part of the Earths surface. ... This article is about Lima, Peru. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Tasman Bridge from Mt Nelson The Tasman Bridge is a five-lane bridge crossing the Derwent River, near the CBD of Hobart, Tasmania. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Nickname: The Apple Isle Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Governor Premier Const. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1980 (MCMLXXX) is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is a very large, global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search This page is about the year 1984. ... Jump to: navigation, search An image of Richard Stallman from the cover of the OReilly book Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallmans Crusade for Free Software by Sam Williams (2002). ... Jump to: navigation, search The GNU logo, drawn by Etienne Suvasa The GNU project was announced in September 1983 (and begun in January 1984) by Richard Stallman with the goal of creating a complete, free software operating system. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ronald Wilson Reagan, (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... Jump to: navigation, search Male Anatomy The prostate is a gland that is part of male mammalian sex organs. ... 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Births

1209 to 1899

• 1209 - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)
• 1587 - Xu Xiake, Chinese writer and geographer (d. 1641)
• 1614 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (d. 1662)
• 1717 - William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793)
• 1779 - Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (d. 1820)
• 1779 - Zebulon Pike, American explorer (d. 1813)
• 1846 - Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926)
• 1855 - King Camp Gillette, American inventor (d. 1932)
• 1865 - Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920)
• 1876 - Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1967)
• 1880 - Nikolay Medtner, Russian composer (d. 1951)
• 1893 - Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (d. 1952)

Jump to: navigation, search Events Albigensian Crusade against Cathars (1209-1218) the Franciscans are founded. ... Jump to: navigation, search Richard (5 January 1209 – 2 April 1272) was Count of Poitou (bef. ... Jump to: navigation, search For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ... 1587 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. ... Xu Xiake (徐霞客, py. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... Events April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. ... Archduke Leopold-William of Habsburg (Wiener Neustadt January 5, 1614 -Vienna November 20, 1662), was a Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, a military commander and a patron of the arts. ... Events March 18 – Short-timed experiment of the first public buses holding 8 passengers begins in Paris May 3/May 2 - Catherine of Braganza marries Charles II of England – as part of the dowry, Portugal cedes Bombay and Tangier to England May 9 - Samuel Pepys witnessed a Punch and Judy... Insert non-formatted text hereMedia:Example. ... William Wildman Shute Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington (January 5, 1717 — February 1, 1793), eldest son of the 1st Viscount Barrington. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Stephen Decatur, Jr. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Zebulon Montgomery Pike (January 5, 1779–April 27, 1813) was an American soldier and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Rudolf Eucken Rudolf Christoph Eucken (January 5, 1846 - September 15, 1926) was a philosopher, and the winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize for Literature. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... King Camp Gillette (January 5, 1855 - July 9, 1932) developed and patented the safety razor. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Julio Garavito Armero (January 5, 1865 – March 11, 1920) was a Colombian astronomer. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Jump to: navigation, search Election Poster showing Adenauer Konrad Adenauer (January 5, 1876 – April 19, 1967) was a conservative German statesman. ... Jump to: navigation, search The German title Bundeskanzler is also the title of the Chancellor of Austria, and the title of a Swiss federal official (List of Federal Chancellors of Switzerland). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (January 5, 1880, Moscow – November 13, 1951, London) was a Russian composer and pianist. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Paramhansa Yogananda Paramahansa Yogananda परमहंस योगानन्‍द (January 5, 1893 – March 7, 1952), was an Indian yogi and guru. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

1900 to 1999

• 1900 - Yves Tanguy, French painter (d. 1955)
• 1902 - Stella Gibbons, English novelist (d. 1989)
• 1904 - Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (d. 1997)
• 1909 - Stephen Kleene, American mathematician (d. 1994)
• 1910 - Jack Lovelock, New Zealand athlete (d. 1949)
• 1910 - Hugh Brannum, American actor (d. 1987)
• 1913 - Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (d. 2001)
• 1914 - George Reeves, American actor (d. 1959)
• 1915 - Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born American cartographer (d. 2004)
• 1920 - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (d. 1995)
• 1921 - Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer (d. 1990)
• 1921 - Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• 1923 - Sam Phillips, American country music producer (d. 2003)
• 1926 - Hosea Williams, American religious leader and civil rights activist (d. 2000)
• 1928 - Walter Mondale, U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate
• 1928 - Ali Bhutto, President of Pakistan (d. 1979)
• 1931 - Alvin Ailey, American choreographer (d. 1989)
• 1931 - Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist
• 1931 - Robert Duvall, American actor and director
• 1932 - Umberto Eco, Italian philologist and writer
• 1932 - Chuck Noll, American football coach
• 1938 - King Juan Carlos I of Spain
• 1938 - Jim Otto, American football player
• 1938 - Ngugi wa Thiongo, Kenyan writer
• 1940 - Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)
• 1941 - Miyazaki Hayao, Japanese animated film maker
• 1942 - Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist
• 1942 - Charlie Rose, American talk show host
• 1946 - Diane Keaton, American actress
• 1948 - Ted Lange, American actor
• 1950 - Chris Stein, American guitarist (Blondie)
• 1953 - George Tenet, American director of the Central Intelligence Agency
• 1953 - Pamela Sue Martin, American actress
• 1954 - Alex English, American basketball player
• 1956 - Chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef
• 1960 - Phil Thornalley, English bass guitarist, (The Cure)
• 1961 - Suzy Amis, American actress
• 1962 - Joe Monzo, American composer
• 1968 - Ricky Paull Goldin, American actor
• 1969 - Marilyn Manson, American singer
• 1975 - Bradley Cooper, American actor
• 1982 - Janica Kostelic, Croatian skier
• 1985 - Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (d. 2001)

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Deaths

842 to 1899

• 842 - Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)
• 1400 - John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed)
• 1465 - Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)
• 1477 - Charles, Duke of Burgundy (killed in battle) (b. 1433)
• 1524 - Marko Marulić, Croatian poet (b. 1450)
• 1588 - Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528)
• 1589 - Catherine de Medici, queen of Henry II of France (b. 1519)
• 1655 - Pope Innocent X (b. 1574)
• 1740 - Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1667)
• 1762 - Empress Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
• 1771 - John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (b. 1710)
• 1858 - Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
• 1891 - Emma Abbott, American soprano (b. 1849)

Jump to: navigation, search Events Oaths of Strasbourg — alliance of Louis the German and Charles the Bald against emperor Lothar — sworn and recorded in vernacular languages. ... Jump to: navigation, search Abu Ishaq al-Mutasim ibn Harun (أبو إسحاق المعتصم بن هارون , 794 – January 5, 842) was an Abbasid caliph (833 - 842). ... Events Kyoto becomes the Japanese capital. ... Events Henry IV quells baron rebellion and executes The Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury for their attempt to have Richard II of England restored as King Jean Froissart writes the Chronicles Medici family becomes powerful in Florence, Italy Births December 25 - John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of... John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (c. ... Events July 13 - Battle of Montlhéry Troops of King Louis XI of France fight inconclusively against an army of the great nobles organized as the League of the Public Weal. ... Charles of Valois, Duc dOrléans (November 24, 1394 – January 5, 1465) became Duke of Orléans in 1407, following the murder of his father, Louis of Valois on the orders of Duke John-the-Fearless of Burgundy. ... // Events Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, travels with King Richard II of England to Ireland. ... Events January 5 - Battle of Nancy - Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated, and this time is killed. ... Charles the Bold Charles, called the Bold (French: Charles le Téméraire) (November 10, 1433 – January 5, 1477) was Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477. ... Events Births June 23 - Francis II, Duke of Brittany Kettil Karlsson Vasa, later Regent of Sweden. ... Events March 1, 1524/5 - Giovanni da Verrazano lands near Cape Fear (approx. ... Marko Marulić (Split, August 18, 1450 - Split, January 5, 1524), Croatian poet, apologist and Christian humanist is generally considered the father of vernacular Croatian literature. ... Events March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen April 15 - Battle of Formigny. ... 1588 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Statue of Qi Jiguang in Penglai, Shandong Province Qi Jiguang ( Simplified Chinese: 戚继光; Traditional Chinese: 戚繼光; Pinyin: qī jì gūang) ( November 12, 1528 - January 5, 1588) was a Chinese military general and national hero during the Ming Dynasty. ... Events June 19 - Battle of Landriano - A French army in Italy under Marshal St. ... Events Rebellion of the Catholic League against King Henry III of France, in revenge for his murder of Duke Henry of Guise. ... Catherine de Medici (April 13, 1519–January 5, 1589), born in Italy as Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de Medici, and later queen of France under the French name Catherine de M dicis, was the wife of King Henry II of France, of the Valois branch of the kings of... Marriage and Children On October 28, 1533, he married Catherine of Medici (April 13, 1519 - January 5, 1589) Issue: François II (January 19, 1544 - December 5, 1560) Elisabeth de France (April 2, 1545 - October 3, 1568) married Philip II of Spain Claude (November 12, 1547 - February 21, 1575) married... Events March 4 - Hernán Cortés lands in Mexico. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events May 10 - English troops land on Jamaica March 25 - Saturns largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens. ... Innocent X born Giovanni Battista Pamphili (May 6, 1574 – January 5, 1655) was Pope from 1644 to 1655. ... Events April 14 - Battle of Mookerheyde. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... Antonio Lotti (1667 - January 5, 1740) was an Italian composer of classical music. ... // Events January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power. ... 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709-62) Yelizaveta (Yelisavet) Petrovna (Елизаве́та (Елисаве́т) Петро́вна) (December 29, 1709 - January 5, 1762), also known as Elizabeth, was an Empress of Russia (1741 - 1762) who took the country into the War of Austrian succession (1740 - 1748) and the Seven Years... 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Johann Josef Wenzel Graf Radetzky von Radetz (en: Count Joseph Radetzky, in Czech: Jan Josef Václav hrabÄ› Radecký z Radče) (November 2, 1766 – January 5, 1858) was a Bohemian nobleman and soldier, immortalised by Johann Strauss Is Radetzky March. ... 1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Emma Abbott Emma Abbott (December 9, 1850 – January 5, 1891), American opera singer, was born in Chicago, Illinois and studied in Milan and Paris. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

1900 to 1999

• 1922 - Ernest Shackleton, Irish explorer (b. 1874)
• 1929 - Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaievich of Russia (b. 1856)
• 1933 - Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1941 - Amy Johnson, English pilot (1903)
• 1943 - George Washington Carver, American educator, activist, and botanist (b. 1860)
• 1951 - Andrei Platonov, Russian writer (b. 1899)
• 1956 - Mistinguett, French singer (b. 1875)
• 1963 - Rogers Hornsby, baseball player (b. 1896)
• 1970 - Max Born, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1970 - Roberto Gerhard, Catalan composer (b. 1896)
• 1971 - Douglas Shearer, Canadian film sound engineer (b. 1899)
• 1979 - Charles Mingus, American musician (b. 1922)
• 1981 - Harold C. Urey, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
• 1981 - Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher, poet, and activist (b. 1901)
• 1982 - Hans Conried, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1988 - Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947)
• 1990 - Arthur Kennedy, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1991 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslav poet (b. 1922)
• 1994 - Thomas P. 'Tip' O'Neill, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1912)
• 1996 - Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian terrorist (b. 1966)
• 1998 - Sonny Bono, American singer, actor, U.S. Congressman (skiing accident) (b. 1935)

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Shearer (November 17, 1899 - January 5, 1971) was a pioneer sound designer and director who played a key role in the advancement of sound technology for motion pictures. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search This page refers to the year 1979. ... Charles Mingus Stamp issued by the USPS on September 16, 1995. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harold Urey, circa 1963. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Lanza del Vasto, (Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Enrico Lanza di Trabia), (September 29, 1901 – January 5, 1981) was a philosopher, poet, artist, and nonviolent activist. ... 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2000 onwards

• 2001 - Nancy Parsons, American actress (b. 1942)
• 2003 - Roy Jenkins, British politician (b. 1920)
• 2003 - Jean Kerr, American author (b. 1923)
• 2004 - Tug McGraw, baseball player (b. 1944)
• 2005 - Danny Sugerman, American manager of The Doors (b. 1954)

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Holidays and observances

• The eleventh day of Christmas in Western Christianity, and the Twelfth Night of Christmas in Western Christianity.
• Catholicism - Feast day of St. John Neumann.
• Mungday (Discordianism)
• National Bird Day

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External links

• BBC: On This Day
• Today in History: January 5

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