Page 5: Historical Events In January - 05

1897  Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction) on January - 05.   

1899  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG)   

1900  Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule on January - 05.   

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

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

1902  On this day in history dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author (Cold Comfort Farm)   

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

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

1903  On January - 05 leighton Lucas, composer   

1904  On January - 05 england beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 & 8-68   

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  On this day in history charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara   

1905  National Association of Audubon Society incorporates on January - 05.   

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

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

1908  On January - 05 george Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo)   

1909  On January - 05 colombia recognizes Panama's independence   

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

1911  On January - 05 portuguese expel Jesuits   

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

1912  On this day in history 1st National Hockey Assn game (Victoria)   

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  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 January - 05.   

1915  Mabel Leigh, potter on January - 05.   

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

1917  Reginald Smith Brindle, composer on January - 05.   

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

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

1919  National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On January - 05 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 this day in history.   

0842  On January - 05 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  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  On this day in history death of john of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned   

1448  On this day in history death of christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)   

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

1477  On January - 05 charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43