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 this day in history.   

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

1903  Leighton Lucas, composer on this day in history.   

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

1905  Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara on January - 05.   

1905  National Association of Audubon Society incorporates on January - 05.   

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

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  On January - 05 simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile   

1911  On this day in history portuguese expel Jesuits   

1911  On this day in history san Francisco has it's first air meet   

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

1912  On January - 05 frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53)   

1913  On this day in history inspector-General of Imperial Forces Ian Hamilton arrives in Quebec to inspect Canadian troops.   

1914  On this day in history james Cox of Ford Motor Co announces wages will jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day   

1914  On this day in history ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day   

1914  On January - 05 george Reeves, [George Lescher Bessolo], actor (Superman)   

1915  On January - 05 mabel Leigh, potter   

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

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 January - 05 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 this day in history birth of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)   

1548  Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) was born on January - 05.   

1560  On January - 05 birth of william Cobbold, composer   

1587  Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641) was born on this day in history.   

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

0842  On January - 05 death of al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)   

1066  On January - 05 edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies   

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 January - 05.   

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  Death of Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394) on this day in history.   

1477  On January - 05 charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43