January 5 2007 |
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| 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, 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, 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, 1967 (January 05 1967) | Birth | Joe Flanigan, American actor | |
| January 5th, 1957 (January 05 1957) | Birth | Kevin Hastings, Australian rugby league footballer | |
| January 5th, 1947 (January 05 1947) | Birth | Mercury Morris, American football player | |
| January 5th, 1937 (January 05 1937) | Death | Marie Booth, child of William and Catherine Booth (born in 1864) | William Booth Quotes |
| 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, 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, 1717 (January 05 1717) | Birth | William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (died in 1793) | |
| January 5th, 1587 (January 05 1587) | Birth | Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (died in 1641) | |
| 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, 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, 1387 (January 05 1387) | Death | King Peter IV of Aragon (born in 1319) | |
