Page 5: Historical Events In January - 05

1897  Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction) on this day in history.   

1899  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG) on this day in history.   

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 January - 05.   

1902  Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author (Cold Comfort Farm) on January - 05.   

1903  On January - 05 san Francisco-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use   

1903  SF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use on January - 05.   

1903  On January - 05 leighton Lucas, composer   

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  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  National Association of Audubon Society incorporates on this day in history.   

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

1907  On January - 05 anton Ingolic, Slavic author (After Splavih, After Prelomu)   

1908  George Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo) on this day in history.   

1909  On January - 05 colombia recognizes Panama's independence   

1909  Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile on this day in history.   

1911  Portuguese expel Jesuits on January - 05.   

1911  San Francisco has it's first air meet on January - 05.   

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

1912  On this day in history 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  On January - 05 james Cox of Ford Motor Co announces wages will jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day   

1914  On January - 05 ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day   

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

1915  On this day in history mabel Leigh, potter   

1916  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1919  On January - 05 national Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party   

1919  Spartacus uprising in Berlin state of siege on January - 05.   

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1209  On this day in history 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 January - 05.   

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

1592  On this day in history birth of shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal   

1596  Henry Lawes, English composer was born on this day in history.   

1614  Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662) was born on January - 05.   

1661  Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer was born on January - 05.   

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 January - 05.   

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  On January - 05 death of john of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned   

1448  Death of Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.