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| January 5th, 2006 (January 05 2006) | Death | Lord Merlyn-Rees, British politician (born in 1920) | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1966 (January 05 1966) | Birth | Kate Schellenbach, American drummer (Luscious Jackson) | |
| 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, 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, 1936 (January 05 1936) | Birth | Florence King, American humorist | |
| 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, 1906 (January 05 1906) | Birth | Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist (died in 1978) | |
| 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, 1876 (January 05 1876) | Birth | Konrad Adenauer, German statesman (died in 1967) | |
| 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, 1696 (January 05 1696) | Birth | Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (died in 1757) | |
| 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) | |
