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 this day in history irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.   

1900  Dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5] on this day in history.   

1901  H L Honore comte d'Estienne d'Orves, French officer/resistance fighter on this day in history.   

1902  On January - 05 dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author (Cold Comfort Farm)   

1903  San Francisco-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history sF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use   

1903  Leighton Lucas, composer on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history england beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 & 8-68   

1904  On January - 05 -34°F (-36.7°C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record)   

1904  Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64 on January - 05.   

1905  On January - 05 charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara   

1905  On January - 05 national Association of Audubon Society incorporates   

1906  On this day in history kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho   

1907  On this day in history anton Ingolic, Slavic author (After Splavih, After Prelomu)   

1908  On this day in history george Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo)   

1909  Colombia recognizes Panama's independence on this day in history.   

1909  Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile on January - 05.   

1911  Portuguese expel Jesuits on January - 05.   

1911  On January - 05 san Francisco has it's first air meet   

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

1912  On January - 05 frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53)   

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  Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day on January - 05.   

1914  George Reeves, [George Lescher Bessolo], actor (Superman) on January - 05.   

1915  Mabel Leigh, potter on January - 05.   

1916  On January - 05 austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro   

1917  Reginald Smith Brindle, composer on this day in history.   

1918  British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace on January - 05.   

1918  Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy) on January - 05.   

1919  On this day in history national Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party   

1919  On this day in history spartacus uprising in Berlin state of siege   

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1209  Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272) was born on January - 05.   

1548  On January - 05 birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)   

1560  William Cobbold, composer was born on January - 05.   

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  On January - 05 birth of henry Lawes, English composer   

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

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

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

1066  Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies on this day in history.   

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

1400  On January - 05 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  On January - 05 charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43