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 January - 05.   

1900  Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule on this day in history.   

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 January - 05.   

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

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

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

1903  Leighton Lucas, composer on January - 05.   

1904  England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 & 8-68 on January - 05.   

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

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

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

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

1908  George Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo) on January - 05.   

1909  Colombia recognizes Panama's independence on January - 05.   

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

1911  On this day in history portuguese expel Jesuits   

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

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

1912  Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1915  Mabel Leigh, potter on this day in history.   

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

1917  On this day in history reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

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

1918  On this day in history jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)   

1919  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)   

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

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 this day in history birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer   

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 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 this day in history death of john of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned   

1448  On January - 05 death of christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)   

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 January - 05.