Page 5: Historical Events In January - 05

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

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

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

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  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  SF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use on this day in history.   

1903  On January - 05 leighton Lucas, composer   

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

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

1904  On January - 05 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  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 this day in history george Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo)   

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

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

1911  Portuguese expel Jesuits on this day in history.   

1911  On January - 05 san Francisco has it's first air meet   

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

1912  Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53) on January - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history mabel Leigh, potter   

1916  On January - 05 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  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  Spartacus uprising in Berlin state of siege on January - 05.   

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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  William Cobbold, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0842  Death of Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 January - 05.   

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