January 5 2005 |
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| 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, 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, 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, 1965 (January 05 1965) | Birth | Vinnie Jones, English-born Welsh footballer and actor | |
| 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, 1925 (January 05 1925) | Event | Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States. | |
| January 5th, 1915 (January 05 1915) | Birth | Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (died in 2004) | |
| 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, 1885 (January 05 1885) | Birth | Humbert Wolfe, Italian-British poet (died in 1940) | Humbert Wolfe Quotes |
| January 5th, 1865 (January 05 1865) | Birth | Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (died in 1920) | |
| January 5th, 1855 (January 05 1855) | Birth | King Camp Gillette, American inventor (died in 1932) | Eric Gill Quotes |
| January 5th, 1675 (January 05 1675) | Event | Battle of Colmar: the French army beats Brandenburg. | |
| January 5th, 1465 (January 05 1465) | Death | Charles, Duke of Orleans, French poet (born in 1394) | |
