Page 5: Historical Events In January - 05

1897  On January - 05 jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)   

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

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

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 January - 05.   

1903  On January - 05 sF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use   

1903  Leighton Lucas, composer on January - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1904  Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1907  On January - 05 anton Ingolic, Slavic author (After Splavih, After Prelomu)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 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  On this day in history george Reeves, [George Lescher Bessolo], actor (Superman)   

1915  On this day in history mabel Leigh, potter   

1916  Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro on January - 05.   

1917  On this day in history reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

1918  On this day in history british premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace   

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 this day in history.   

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1209  Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)   

1560  On this day in history birth of william Cobbold, composer   

1587  On January - 05 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  On this day in history 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 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  Death of Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416) on this day in history.   

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.