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 January - 05 irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.   

1900  On January - 05 dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5]   

1901  On this day in history h L Honore comte d'Estienne d'Orves, French officer/resistance fighter   

1902  On this day in history 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 January - 05 sF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use   

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

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

1905  Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara on this day in history.   

1905  National Association of Audubon Society incorporates on this day in history.   

1906  On January - 05 kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho   

1907  Anton Ingolic, Slavic author (After Splavih, After Prelomu) on January - 05.   

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  On January - 05 simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile   

1911  Portuguese expel Jesuits on January - 05.   

1911  San Francisco has it's first air meet on this day in history.   

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

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

1913  On January - 05 inspector-General of Imperial Forces Ian Hamilton arrives in Quebec to inspect Canadian troops.   

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  Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day on this day in history.   

1914  George Reeves, [George Lescher Bessolo], actor (Superman) on this day in history.   

1915  Mabel Leigh, potter on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro   

1917  Reginald Smith Brindle, composer on January - 05.   

1918  On January - 05 british premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace   

1918  On January - 05 jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)   

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  On this day in history birth of william Cobbold, composer   

1587  On this day in history birth of xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)   

1592  Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal was born on this day in history.   

1596  Henry Lawes, English composer was born on January - 05.   

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

1661  Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 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  Death of Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416) on January - 05.   

1465  Death of Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394) on this day in history.   

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