January 5th All Events |
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| January 5th, 2008 (January 05 2008) | Death | Clinton Grybas, Australian sports commentator (born in 1975) | |
| January 5th, 2007 (January 05 2007) | Death | Momofuku Ando, inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles (born in 1910) | |
| January 5th, 2007 (January 05 2007) | Death | Chih Ree Sun, Chinese-American physicist and poet (born in 1923) | |
| January 5th, 2006 (January 05 2006) | Death | Lord Merlyn-Rees, British politician (born in 1920) | |
| January 5th, 2005 (January 05 2005) | Event | Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system, is discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory. | |
| January 5th, 2005 (January 05 2005) | Death | Danny Sugerman, American music manager (The Doors) (born in 1954) | |
| January 5th, 2004 (January 05 2004) | Death | Tug McGraw, American baseball player, father of Tim McGraw (born in 1944) | |
| January 5th, 2003 (January 05 2003) | Death | Massimo Girotti, Italian film actor (born in 1918) | |
| January 5th, 2003 (January 05 2003) | Death | Roy Jenkins, British politician (born in 1920) | |
| January 5th, 2003 (January 05 2003) | Death | Doreen Carwithen, British composer, widow of William Alwyn (born in 1922) | |
| January 5th, 2003 (January 05 2003) | Death | Jean Kerr, American author (born in 1923) | |
| January 5th, 2001 (January 05 2001) | Death | Nancy Parsons, American actress (born in 1942) | |
| January 5th, 1998 (January 05 1998) | Death | Sonny Bono, American entertainer and politician (born in 1935) | Bono Quotes |
| January 5th, 1998 (January 05 1998) | Death | Ken Forssi, American musician (Love) (born in 1943) | |
| January 5th, 1997 (January 05 1997) | Death | Burton Lane, American composer and lyricist (born in 1912) | |
| January 5th, 1997 (January 05 1997) | Death | Andre Franquin, Belgian cartoonist (Gaston Lagaffe) (born in 1924) | |
| January 5th, 1996 (January 05 1996) | Event | Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone. | |
| January 5th, 1996 (January 05 1996) | Birth | Max Baldry, English actor | |
| January 5th, 1996 (January 05 1996) | Death | Lincoln Kirstein, American writer, impresario, art connoisseur (born in 1907) | |
| January 5th, 1996 (January 05 1996) | Death | Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian terrorist (born in 1966) | |
| January 5th, 1994 (January 05 1994) | Death | Brian Johnston, English cricket commentator (born in 1912) | |
| January 5th, 1994 (January 05 1994) | Death | Tip O Neill, American politician (born in 1912) | |
| January 5th, 1993 (January 05 1993) | Event | The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil. | |
| January 5th, 1993 (January 05 1993) | Event | Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the first legal hanging in America since 1965). | |
| January 5th, 1991 (January 05 1991) | Death | Vasko Popa, Yugoslav poet (born in 1922) | |
| January 5th, 1990 (January 05 1990) | Death | Arthur Kennedy, American actor (born in 1914) | |
| January 5th, 1988 (January 05 1988) | Death | Pete Maravich, American basketball player (born in 1947) | |
| January 5th, 1987 (January 05 1987) | Birth | Kristin Cavallari, American actress | |
| January 5th, 1987 (January 05 1987) | Death | Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-born Canadian cross-country skier (born in 1875) | |
| January 5th, 1986 (January 05 1986) | Birth | Deepika Padukone, Indian model and actress | |
| January 5th, 1986 (January 05 1986) | Birth | Teppei Koike, Japanese actor and singer | |
| January 5th, 1985 (January 05 1985) | Birth | Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor (died in 2001) | |
| January 5th, 1985 (January 05 1985) | Birth | Yoon So-Yi, South Korean actress | |
| January 5th, 1985 (January 05 1985) | Death | Robert L. Surtees, American Oscar-winning cinematographer (Ben-Hur) (born in 1906 | |
| January 5th, 1984 (January 05 1984) | Birth | Amanda Hearst, American heiress | |
| January 5th, 1982 (January 05 1982) | Birth | Janica Kostelic, Croatian skier | |
| January 5th, 1982 (January 05 1982) | Death | Sir Edmund Herring, Australian military commander, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (born in 1892) | |
| January 5th, 1982 (January 05 1982) | Death | Hans Conried, American actor (born in 1917) | |
| January 5th, 1982 (January 05 1982) | Death | Harvey Lembeck, American actor (born in 1923) | |
| January 5th, 1981 (January 05 1981) | Birth | Corey Flynn, New Zealand rugby union footballer | |
| January 5th, 1981 (January 05 1981) | Birth | Brooklyn Sudano, American actress | |
| January 5th, 1981 (January 05 1981) | Death | Harold C. Urey, American chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1893) | |
| January 5th, 1981 (January 05 1981) | Death | Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher (born in 1901) | Philo Quotes |
| January 5th, 1980 (January 05 1980) | Birth | Bennie Joppru, National Football League tight end | |
| January 5th, 1979 (January 05 1979) | Birth | Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| January 5th, 1979 (January 05 1979) | Birth | Ronnie O Brien, Irish footballer | |
| January 5th, 1979 (January 05 1979) | Death | Charles Mingus, American musician (born in 1922) | |
| January 5th, 1978 (January 05 1978) | Birth | January Jones, American actress | |
| January 5th, 1978 (January 05 1978) | Birth | Franck Montagny, French Formula One driver | |
| January 5th, 1978 (January 05 1978) | Birth | Sabrina Harman, former US Army reservist, associated with Abu Ghraib | |
| January 5th, 1976 (January 05 1976) | Event | Cambodia is renamed Democratic Kampuchea by the Khmer Rouge. | |
| January 5th, 1976 (January 05 1976) | Birth | Diego Tristan, Spanish footballer | |
| January 5th, 1976 (January 05 1976) | Birth | Matt Wachter, American bassist (30 Seconds to Mars) | |
| January 5th, 1976 (January 05 1976) | Death | John A. Costello, Taoiseach of Ireland (born in 1891) | |
| January 5th, 1976 (January 05 1976) | Death | Mal Evans, Beatles "roadie" (born in 1935) | Evans Quotes |
| January 5th, 1975 (January 05 1975) | Event | The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people. | |
| January 5th, 1975 (January 05 1975) | Birth | Kylie Bax, New Zealand model | |
| January 5th, 1975 (January 05 1975) | Birth | Bradley Cooper, American actor | |
| January 5th, 1975 (January 05 1975) | Birth | Warrick Dunn, American football player | |
| January 5th, 1975 (January 05 1975) | Birth | Mike Grier, American ice hockey player | |
| January 5th, 1974 (January 05 1974) | Event | An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses. | |
| January 5th, 1974 (January 05 1974) | Death | Lev Oborin, Russian pianist (born in 1907) | |
| January 5th, 1973 (January 05 1973) | Birth | Phil Joel, Australian bassist (Newsboys) | |
| January 5th, 1972 (January 05 1972) | Event | U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the development of a space shuttle program. | |
| January 5th, 1972 (January 05 1972) | Birth | Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer | Saki Quotes |
| January 5th, 1971 (January 05 1971) | Birth | Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress | |
| January 5th, 1971 (January 05 1971) | Death | Douglas Shearer, Canadian film engineer (born in 1899) | |
| January 5th, 1970 (January 05 1970) | Birth | Rick Campanelli, Canadian TV presenter | |
| January 5th, 1970 (January 05 1970) | Death | Max Born, German physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1882) | |
| January 5th, 1970 (January 05 1970) | Death | Cyril Fagan, Irish astrologer (born in 1896) | |
| January 5th, 1970 (January 05 1970) | Death | Roberto Gerhard, Catalan composer (born in 1896) | |
| January 5th, 1969 (January 05 1969) | Birth | Marilyn Manson, American singer | Marilyn Manson Quotes |
| January 5th, 1969 (January 05 1969) | Birth | Paul McGillion, Scottish actor | |
| January 5th, 1968 (January 05 1968) | Event | Alexander Dubcek comes to power: "Prague Spring" begins in Czechoslovakia. | |
| January 5th, 1968 (January 05 1968) | Birth | DJ Bobo, Swiss singer | |
| January 5th, 1968 (January 05 1968) | Birth | Ricky Paull Goldin, American actor | |
| January 5th, 1968 (January 05 1968) | Birth | Andrew Golota, Polish boxer | |
| January 5th, 1968 (January 05 1968) | Birth | Carrie Ann Inaba, American dancer and choreographer | |
| January 5th, 1968 (January 05 1968) | Birth | Joe Juneau, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| January 5th, 1967 (January 05 1967) | Birth | Joe Flanigan, American actor | |
| January 5th, 1966 (January 05 1966) | Birth | Kate Schellenbach, American drummer (Luscious Jackson) | |
| January 5th, 1965 (January 05 1965) | Birth | Vinnie Jones, English-born Welsh footballer and actor | |
| January 5th, 1964 (January 05 1964) | Birth | Grant Young, American drummer (Soul Asylum) | |
| January 5th, 1963 (January 05 1963) | Birth | Jeff Fassero, American baseball player | |
| January 5th, 1963 (January 05 1963) | Death | Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player (born in 1896) | |
| January 5th, 1962 (January 05 1962) | Event | A replica of the miraculous statue, the Holy Infant of Good Health, is presented to Blessed Pope John XXIII. | |
| January 5th, 1962 (January 05 1962) | Birth | Suzy Amis, American actress | |
| January 5th, 1962 (January 05 1962) | Birth | Perry Fenwick, English actor | |
| January 5th, 1962 (January 05 1962) | Birth | Danny Jackson, American baseball player | |
| January 5th, 1960 (January 05 1960) | Birth | Steve Jones, British aviator (Red Bull Air Race World Series) | |
| January 5th, 1960 (January 05 1960) | Birth | Glenn Stromberg, Swedish footballer | |
| January 5th, 1960 (January 05 1960) | Birth | Phil Thornalley, English bass guitarist (The Cure) | |
| January 5th, 1959 (January 05 1959) | Birth | Clancy Brown, American actor | |
| January 5th, 1957 (January 05 1957) | Birth | Kevin Hastings, Australian rugby league footballer | |
| January 5th, 1956 (January 05 1956) | Birth | Chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef | |
| January 5th, 1956 (January 05 1956) | Death | Mistinguett, French singer (born in 1875) | |
| January 5th, 1954 (January 05 1954) | Birth | Alex English, American basketball player | |
| January 5th, 1954 (January 05 1954) | Death | Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player (born in 1891) | |
| January 5th, 1953 (January 05 1953) | Birth | Steve Archer, American singer (The Archers) | |
| January 5th, 1953 (January 05 1953) | Birth | Pamela Sue Martin, American actress | |
| January 5th, 1953 (January 05 1953) | Birth | George Tenet, American CIA director | |
| January 5th, 1952 (January 05 1952) | Death | Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India (born in 1887) | |
| January 5th, 1951 (January 05 1951) | Birth | Steve Arnold, English footballer | |
| January 5th, 1951 (January 05 1951) | Death | Andrei Platonov, Russian writer (born in 1899) | Plato Quotes |
| January 5th, 1950 (January 05 1950) | Birth | Ioan Petru Culianu, Romanian-born professor (died in 1991) | |
| January 5th, 1950 (January 05 1950) | Birth | John Manley, Canadian politician | |
| January 5th, 1950 (January 05 1950) | Birth | Charlie Richmond, Canadian entrepreneur | |
| January 5th, 1950 (January 05 1950) | Birth | Chris Stein, American guitarist (Blondie) | |
| January 5th, 1949 (January 05 1949) | Birth | George Brown, American drummer (Kool & The Gang) | |
| January 5th, 1948 (January 05 1948) | Birth | Ted Lange, American actor | |
| January 5th, 1947 (January 05 1947) | Birth | Mercury Morris, American football player | |
| January 5th, 1946 (January 05 1946) | Birth | Diane Keaton, American actress | |
| January 5th, 1946 (January 05 1946) | Death | Kitty Cheatham, American singer (born in 1864) | |
| January 5th, 1945 (January 05 1945) | Event | The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. | |
| January 5th, 1945 (January 05 1945) | Birth | Chuck McKinley, U.S. tennis player (died in 1986) | Chuck D Quotes |
| January 5th, 1945 (January 05 1945) | Birth | Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director | |
| January 5th, 1944 (January 05 1944) | Event | The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper. | |
| January 5th, 1943 (January 05 1943) | Birth | Justice Mary Gaudron, first female judge of the High Court of Australia | |
| January 5th, 1943 (January 05 1943) | Death | George Washington Carver, American educator (born in 1864) | George Washington Quotes |
| January 5th, 1942 (January 05 1942) | Birth | Jan Leeming, English television presenter and newsreader | |
| January 5th, 1942 (January 05 1942) | Birth | Terenci Moix, Spanish writer (died in 2003) | |
| January 5th, 1942 (January 05 1942) | Birth | Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist | |
| January 5th, 1942 (January 05 1942) | Birth | Charlie Rose, American talk show host | |
| January 5th, 1941 (January 05 1941) | Birth | Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker | |
| January 5th, 1941 (January 05 1941) | Birth | Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricketer | |
| January 5th, 1941 (January 05 1941) | Death | Amy Johnson, English aviator (born in 1903) | |
| January 5th, 1940 (January 05 1940) | Event | FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. | |
| January 5th, 1940 (January 05 1940) | Birth | Michael O Donoghue, American writer (died in 1994) | |
| January 5th, 1940 (January 05 1940) | Birth | Yuri Ershov, Russian mathematician | |
| January 5th, 1940 (January 05 1940) | Birth | Athol Guy, Australian singer, member of The Seekers | |
| January 5th, 1940 (January 05 1940) | Birth | General Sir Michael Rose, UK military officer, prominent in Bosnia | |
| January 5th, 1940 (January 05 1940) | Death | Humbert Wolfe, Italian-British poet (born in 1885) | Humbert Wolfe Quotes |
| January 5th, 1939 (January 05 1939) | Death | Amelia Earhart, American aviator declared dead after disappearance in 1937. (born in 1897) | |
| January 5th, 1938 (January 05 1938) | Birth | King Juan Carlos I of Spain | |
| January 5th, 1938 (January 05 1938) | Birth | Jim Otto, American football player | |
| January 5th, 1938 (January 05 1938) | Birth | Ngugi wa Thiong o, Kenyan writer | |
| January 5th, 1937 (January 05 1937) | Death | Marie Booth, child of William and Catherine Booth (born in 1864) | William Booth Quotes |
| January 5th, 1936 (January 05 1936) | Birth | Florence King, American humorist | |
| January 5th, 1934 (January 05 1934) | Birth | William Bendeck, Bolivian rally driver (died in 1971) | |
| January 5th, 1933 (January 05 1933) | Event | Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay. | |
| January 5th, 1933 (January 05 1933) | Death | Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (born in 1872) | Calvin Coolidge Quotes |
| January 5th, 1932 (January 05 1932) | Birth | Raisa Gorbacheva, wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (died in 1999) | |
| January 5th, 1932 (January 05 1932) | Birth | Umberto Eco, Italian writer | Umberto Eco Quotes |
| January 5th, 1932 (January 05 1932) | Birth | Chuck Noll, American football coach | |
| January 5th, 1931 (January 05 1931) | Birth | Alvin Ailey, American choreographer (died in 1989) | |
| January 5th, 1931 (January 05 1931) | Birth | Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist | |
| January 5th, 1931 (January 05 1931) | Birth | Joan Coxsedge, Australian politician | |
| January 5th, 1931 (January 05 1931) | Birth | Robert Duvall, American actor | |
| January 5th, 1929 (January 05 1929) | Birth | Wilbert Harrison, American singer (died in 1994) | |
| January 5th, 1928 (January 05 1928) | Birth | Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani statesman (died in 1979) | |
| January 5th, 1928 (January 05 1928) | Birth | Walter Mondale, American politician | |
| January 5th, 1926 (January 05 1926) | Birth | Hosea Williams, American activist (died in 2000) | |
| January 5th, 1926 (January 05 1926) | Birth | William De Witt Snodgrass, American poet | |
| January 5th, 1925 (January 05 1925) | Event | Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States. | |
| January 5th, 1924 (January 05 1924) | Birth | Dr Gilbert Bogle, Australian scientist who died in the Bogle-Chandler case (1963) | |
| January 5th, 1923 (January 05 1923) | Birth | Sam Phillips, American music producer (died in 2003) | |
| January 5th, 1922 (January 05 1922) | Birth | Admiral Sir Anthony Synnot, Chief of the Australian Defence Force (died in 2001) | |
| January 5th, 1922 (January 05 1922) | Death | Ernest Shackleton, Irish explorer (born in 1874) | |
| January 5th, 1921 (January 05 1921) | Birth | Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss writer (died in 1990) | |
| January 5th, 1921 (January 05 1921) | Birth | Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | |
| January 5th, 1920 (January 05 1920) | Birth | Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (died in 1995) | |
| January 5th, 1919 (January 05 1919) | Birth | Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flautist (died in 1992) | |
| January 5th, 1918 (January 05 1918) | Event | The Free Committee for a German Workers Peace, which would become the Nazi party, is founded. | |
| January 5th, 1917 (January 05 1917) | Birth | Wieland Wagner, German stage director (died in 1966) | |
| January 5th, 1917 (January 05 1917) | Birth | Jane Wyman, American actress (died in 2007) | |
| January 5th, 1917 (January 05 1917) | Birth | Francis L. Kellogg, U.S. diplomat and prominent socialite (died in 2006) | |
| January 5th, 1915 (January 05 1915) | Birth | Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (died in 2004) | |
| January 5th, 1914 (January 05 1914) | Event | The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day s labor. | |
| January 5th, 1914 (January 05 1914) | Birth | Nicolas de Stael, French-Russian painter (died in 1955) | |
| January 5th, 1914 (January 05 1914) | Birth | George Reeves, American actor (died in 1959) | |
| January 5th, 1913 (January 05 1913) | Event | First Balkan War: During the Naval Battle of Lemnos, Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war. | |
| January 5th, 1912 (January 05 1912) | Event | The Prague Party Conference takes place. | |
| January 5th, 1911 (January 05 1911) | Birth | Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (died in 2001) | |
| January 5th, 1910 (January 05 1910) | Birth | Jack Lovelock, New Zealand athlete (died in 1949) | |
| January 5th, 1910 (January 05 1910) | Birth | Hugh Brannum, American actor (died in 1987) | |
| January 5th, 1910 (January 05 1910) | Death | Leon Walras, French economist (born in 1834) | |
| January 5th, 1909 (January 05 1909) | Event | Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. | |
| January 5th, 1909 (January 05 1909) | Birth | Stephen Kleene, American mathematician (died in 1994) | |
| January 5th, 1909 (January 05 1909) | Birth | Lucienne Bloch, Swiss-U.S. sculptor, muralist, photographer (died in 1995) | |
| January 5th, 1908 (January 05 1908) | Birth | George Dolenz, American actor (died in 1963) | |
| January 5th, 1906 (January 05 1906) | Birth | Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist (died in 1978) | |
| January 5th, 1904 (January 05 1904) | Birth | Erica Morini, Austrian violinist (died in 1995) | |
| January 5th, 1904 (January 05 1904) | Birth | Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (died in 1997) | |
| January 5th, 1904 (January 05 1904) | Death | Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist (born in 1839) | |
| January 5th, 1903 (January 05 1903) | Birth | Harold Gatty, Australian aviator, navigator with Wiley Post (died in 1957) | |
| January 5th, 1902 (January 05 1902) | Birth | Stella Gibbons, English novelist (died in 1989) | |
| January 5th, 1900 (January 05 1900) | Event | Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule. | |
| January 5th, 1900 (January 05 1900) | Birth | Yves Tanguy, French painter (died in 1955) | |
| January 5th, 1896 (January 05 1896) | Event | An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Roentgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays. | |
| January 5th, 1895 (January 05 1895) | Event | Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil s Island. | |
| January 5th, 1895 (January 05 1895) | Birth | Elizabeth Cotten, American musician (died in 1987) | |
| January 5th, 1893 (January 05 1893) | Birth | Zoltan Boszormeny, Hungarian Nazi politician (died in unknown) | |
| January 5th, 1893 (January 05 1893) | Birth | Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (died in 1952) | |
| January 5th, 1891 (January 05 1891) | Death | Emma Abbott, American soprano (born in 1849) | |
| January 5th, 1888 (January 05 1888) | Death | Henri Herz, Austrian pianist (born in 1803) | |
| January 5th, 1885 (January 05 1885) | Birth | Humbert Wolfe, Italian-British poet (died in 1940) | Humbert Wolfe Quotes |
| January 5th, 1883 (January 05 1883) | Death | Charles Tompson, first Australian published poet (born in 1806) | |
| January 5th, 1882 (January 05 1882) | Birth | Herbert Bayard Swope, U.S. journalist who coined the term "Cold War" (died in 1958) | |
| January 5th, 1880 (January 05 1880) | Birth | Nikolay Medtner, Russian composer (died in 1951) | |
| January 5th, 1879 (January 05 1879) | Birth | Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (died in 1946) | |
| January 5th, 1876 (January 05 1876) | Birth | Konrad Adenauer, German statesman (died in 1967) | |
| January 5th, 1874 (January 05 1874) | Birth | Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (died in 1965) | |
| January 5th, 1871 (January 05 1871) | Birth | Frederick Converse, U.S. composer (died in 1940) | |
| January 5th, 1865 (January 05 1865) | Birth | Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (died in 1920) | |
| January 5th, 1864 (January 05 1864) | Birth | Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (died in 1911) | |
| January 5th, 1864 (January 05 1864) | Birth | Ban Johnson, American baseball executive (died in 1931) | |
| January 5th, 1860 (January 05 1860) | Death | Saint John Nepomucene Neumann, first American bishop to be canonized (born in 1811) | |
| January 5th, 1858 (January 05 1858) | Death | Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (born in 1766) | |
| January 5th, 1855 (January 05 1855) | Birth | King Camp Gillette, American inventor (died in 1932) | Eric Gill Quotes |
| January 5th, 1854 (January 05 1854) | Event | The San Francisco steamer sinks, killing 300 people. | |
| January 5th, 1846 (January 05 1846) | Event | The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom. | |
| January 5th, 1846 (January 05 1846) | Birth | Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German writer, Nobel laureate (died in 1926) | |
| January 5th, 1846 (January 05 1846) | Death | Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (born in 1812) | |
| January 5th, 1838 (January 05 1838) | Birth | Camille Jordan, French mathematician (died in 1922) | |
| January 5th, 1834 (January 05 1834) | Birth | William John Wills, English explorer of Australia, member of the Burke and Wills expedition (died in 1861) | |
| January 5th, 1829 (January 05 1829) | Birth | Sir Roger Tichborne, missing U.K. heir who was the subject of the longest criminal trial in British history (died in c.1854) | |
| January 5th, 1823 (January 05 1823) | Death | Major George Johnston, Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales (born in 1764) | John Major Quotes |
| January 5th, 1781 (January 05 1781) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold. | |
| January 5th, 1779 (January 05 1779) | Birth | Zebulon Pike, American explorer (died in 1813) | |
| January 5th, 1779 (January 05 1779) | Birth | Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (died in 1820) | |
| January 5th, 1771 (January 05 1771) | Death | John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (born in 1710) | John Russell Quotes |
| January 5th, 1762 (January 05 1762) | Birth | Constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (died in 1842) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quotes |
| January 5th, 1762 (January 05 1762) | Death | Empress Elizabeth of Russia (born in 1709) | |
| January 5th, 1759 (January 05 1759) | Event | George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis. | Martha Washington Quotes |
| January 5th, 1757 (January 05 1757) | Event | Louis XV of France survives the assassination attempt by Robert-Francois Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides. | |
| January 5th, 1740 (January 05 1740) | Death | Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (born in 1667) | |
| January 5th, 1717 (January 05 1717) | Birth | William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (died in 1793) | |
| January 5th, 1713 (January 05 1713) | Death | Jean Chardin, French explorer (born in 1643) | |
| January 5th, 1696 (January 05 1696) | Birth | Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (died in 1757) | |
| January 5th, 1675 (January 05 1675) | Event | Battle of Colmar: the French army beats Brandenburg. | |
| January 5th, 1614 (January 05 1614) | Birth | Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (died in 1662) | |
| January 5th, 1592 (January 05 1592) | Birth | Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India (died in 1666) | |
| January 5th, 1589 (January 05 1589) | Death | Catherine de Medici, queen of Henry II of France (born in 1519) | |
| January 5th, 1588 (January 05 1588) | Death | Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (born in 1528) | |
| January 5th, 1587 (January 05 1587) | Birth | Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (died in 1641) | |
| January 5th, 1554 (January 05 1554) | Event | A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands. | |
| January 5th, 1548 (January 05 1548) | Birth | Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (died in 1617) | |
| January 5th, 1527 (January 05 1527) | Event | Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zurich, is executed by drowning. | |
| January 5th, 1527 (January 05 1527) | Death | Felix Manz, Swiss leader (executed) (born in 1498) | |
| January 5th, 1524 (January 05 1524) | Death | Marko Marulic, Croatian poet (born in 1450) | |
| January 5th, 1500 (January 05 1500) | Event | Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan. | |
| January 5th, 1477 (January 05 1477) | Event | Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. | |
| January 5th, 1477 (January 05 1477) | Death | Charles, Duke of Burgundy (killed in battle) (born in 1433) | |
| January 5th, 1465 (January 05 1465) | Death | Charles, Duke of Orleans, French poet (born in 1394) | |
| January 5th, 1448 (January 05 1448) | Death | Christopher of Bavaria (born in 1416) | |
| January 5th, 1400 (January 05 1400) | Death | John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (born in ca. 1350) | |
| January 5th, 1387 (January 05 1387) | Death | King Peter IV of Aragon (born in 1319) | |
| January 5th, 1209 (January 05 1209) | Birth | Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (died in 1272) | |
| January 5th, 1066 (January 05 1066) | Event | Edward the Confessor, King of England dies. | |
| January 5th, 1066 (January 05 1066) | Death | Edward the Confessor, King of England (born in 1004) | |
| January 5th, 0842 (January 05 0842) | Death | Al-Mu tasim, Abbasid caliph (born in 794) | |
