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 January - 05 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 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  On this day in history leighton Lucas, composer   

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

1904  -34°F (-36.7°C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record) on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64   

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

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 this day in history.   

1911  Portuguese expel Jesuits on January - 05.   

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 January - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1915  Mabel Leigh, potter on January - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1918  Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy) on this day in history.   

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  Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) was born on January - 05.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1614  On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1400  Death of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350) on January - 05.   

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 this day in history death of charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)   

1477  Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43 on January - 05.