Page 5: 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  On this day in history irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.   

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  San Francisco-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use on January - 05.   

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

1903  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history national Association of Audubon Society incorporates   

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

1907  Anton Ingolic, Slavic author (After Splavih, After Prelomu) on this day in history.   

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 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  On January - 05 inspector-General of Imperial Forces Ian Hamilton arrives in Quebec to inspect Canadian troops.   

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  Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro on January - 05.   

1917  On January - 05 reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

1918  British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace on this day in history.   

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

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

1919  Spartacus uprising in Berlin state of siege on January - 05.   

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1209  On January - 05 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 this day in history.   

1587  Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641) was born on January - 05.   

1592  Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal was born on January - 05.   

1596  Henry Lawes, English composer was born on January - 05.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1400  Death of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350) on this day in history.   

1425  Death of John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned on this day in history.   

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

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.