Birthdates Which Occur on January 5:
469 -BC- Socrates Greek philosopher/son of Sophroniscus/Phaenarette
1548 Francisco Su rez Granada Spain, philosopher/theologian
1560 William Cobbold composer
1592 Shah Jahan Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal
1596 Henry Lawes composer
1620 Mikl¢s Zr¡nyi Hungarian poet/writer (The Peril of Sziget) [or May 1]
1661 Jacob Balthasar Schutz composer
1679 Pietro Filippo Scarlotti composer
1710 Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt composer
1729 Paul C la Fargue cartoonist/painter
1759 Jacques Cathelineau French royalist/army leader
1769 Jean Baptiste Say French economist (Political Economics)
1773 Pieter Font˜n Dutch painter/drawer
1778 Fortunato Santini composer
1779 Stephen Decatur US, naval hero (War of 1812)
and Zebulon Montgomery Pike explorer (Pike's Peak)
1780 Claire EJ countess of R‚musat/Vergennes/French author (Salon)
1788 Kaspar Ett German organist/composer
1810 Auguste Mermet composer
1811 Cyrus Hamlin educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey)
1813 Thomas Neville Waul Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903
1822 Joseph Brevard Kershaw Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
1823 William Rockstro composer
1828 August Valentine Kautz Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895
1835 Friedrich Richard Faltin composer
and Hendrik E van R˜gersma Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten
1840 John Doby Kennedy Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
1846 Rudolf Christoph Eucken Germany, Idealist philosopher (Nobel 1908)
1848 Khristo Botev hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet
1850 Theodoor Verstraete Flemish painter/etcher
1855 King Camp Gillette inventor (safety razor)
1859 DeWitt B Brace inventor (spectrophotometer)
1871 Frederick Shepherd Converse Newton Mass, composer
1874 Joseph Erlanger doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944)
1876 Konrad Adenauer Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)
1880 Nikolai Karlovich Metner composer
1881 Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets composer
1889 Albert van Dalsum Dutch actor/director (Little Rascal) [or 1899]
1890 Cora Witherspoon New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies
1891 Johan Boskamp Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893]
1892 Francesca Bertini Florence Italy, actress (Odette, Assunta Spina)
1895 Jeannette Piccard balloonist/Episcopal priest
1896 Hendrik Algra Dutch 2nd chamber member (ARP)
1897 Jack Wagner OH, actor (Jive Junction), dies
and Theo Mackeben German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)
19-- Claudia North NYC, high society child (December, 1979)
and Kelly Nickels rock bassist (LA Guns-It's Over Now)
and Leena [La Bianca], XXX actress (Leena, 8 is Never Enough)
1900 Dennis Gabor Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5]
and Yves Tanguy French/US sailor/surrealistic painter
1901 Henri Louis Honor‚ comte d'Estienne Orves, French resistance fighter
and Mario Scelba premier Italy (1954-55)
1902 Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons English author (Cold Comfort Farm)
and Hubert Beuve-M‚ry French newspaper publisher (Le Monde (The Voice))
and Pierre Palla Dutch pianist/organist
1903 Leighton Lucas composer
and Tel‚sforo A Palm Cura‡ao, composer/pianist
1905 L szl¢ Papp Hungary, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)
1906 Kathleen Kenyon 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho
1907 Anton Ingolic Slavic author (After Splavih, After Prelomu)
and Wilhelm J Soukop Austrian/British sculptor
1908 George Dolenz Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo)
1909 Jean-Pierre Aumont Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker)
1910 Erica Morini Austria, violinist
1912 Frank Pace Jr US Secretary of Army (1950-53)
1914 George Reeves [George Lescher Bessolo], actor (Superman)
1917 Reginald Smith Brindle composer
and Wieland Wagner German opera director
1918 Jean Dixon psychic (Gift of Prophecy)
1920 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Brescia Italy, pianist
1921 Friedrich Drrenmatt Switzerland, playwright/novelist (Visit)
and Jean BMRLAAM d'Aviano grand duke of Luxembourg (1964- )
1923 Robert L Bernstein NYC, publisher (Random House)
and Sam Phillips musician/record founder (Sun)
1926 Claude (Buddy) Young NFL running back (Yankees, Texans, Colts)
and Robert Earle Baldwin NY, TV host (GE College Bowl)
1928 Walter Mondale (Sen-D-Minn)/42nd VP (1977-81)
and Zulfikar Ali Khan Bhutto president/premier (Pakistan)
1930 Edward G Givens Jr Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut
and Frederick Charles Tillis composer
and Richard Hayes Passaic NJ, singer/emcee (Name That Tune)
1931 Alfred Brendel Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist
and Alvin Ailey choreographer (American Dance Theater)
and Robert Duvall San Diego Calif, actor (Great Santini, Taxi Driver)
and Walter Davis US, running high jumper (Olympic-gold-1952)
1932 Chuck Noll Cleveland, NFL coach (Pittsburgh Steelers)
and Ra‹sa Maximovna Titorenko Gorbachev Russia's 1st lady (1982-1991)
1935 Nancy L Johnson (Rep-R-CT, 1983- )
1938 Edwin Elliason Washington, US archer (Olympic-92)
and Jim Otto NFL center (Oakland Raiders)
and Juan Carlos I king of Spain (1975- )
and Piet Kruiver Dutch soccer star
1939 Bridget Parker England, equestrian 3 day event (Olympic-gold-1972)
1940 Dany Saval Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)
1941 Grady Thomas US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain)
1942 Charlie Rose Henderson NC, newscaster (CBS Night Watch)
and Cliff Potts Glendale Calif, actor (Ted-Lou Grant)
and Maurizio Pollini Milan Italy, pianist
1943 Ferreira da Silva Eusebio Brazilan intl soccer player
1944 Felix Arons Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht)
and Tommie Smith US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]
1945 Sam Wyche NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals)
1946 "Crazy Barret Diamond" Syd rocker (Pink Floyd)
and Diane Keaton [Hall], LA, actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl)
1947 Michael DeWine (Rep-R-Oh, 1983- )
and Ted Lange Oakland Calif, actor (Isaac-Love Boat, Mr T & Tina)
1948 Thom Mooney rocker
1949 Chris Stein Bkln, rock guitarist (Blondie-Heart of Glass, Call Me)
and George Brown rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration)
1953 Pamela Sue Martin Westport Ct, actress (Nancy Drew, Fallon-Dynasty)
1954 Bryan Hitt rocker (REO Speedwagon-Keep on Loving You)
1957 Vincent Calloway Kentucky, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1958 Suzy Amis Okla City, actress (Blame it on Rio, Where the Heart is)
1962 Joel Wyner actor
1963 Rick Ambrose singer (Jewel)
1964 Ted Harris Poley Englewood NJ, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It)
1967 Ricky Paull Goldin SF, actor (Doug-Hail to the Chief, Another World)
1968 Carl Evans Actor (Guilding Light)
and Leila Meskhi Georgia SSR, tennis star
1969 Marilyn Manson rocker (Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People)
1974 John Drew Nichols Okla, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See)
1975 Ray Morgan announcer (I'd Like to See)
1980 Garette Patrick Ratliff actor (Return to Blue Lagoon)
Deaths Which Occured January 5:
1066 Edward de Bel˜der the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies
1387 Pedro IV king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies
1425 John of Bavaria/Bayern liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned
1477 Charles the Stout duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43
1524 Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pecinich Croatian poet, dies
1589 Catherine de M‚dicis Queen mother of France, dies at 69
1592 Willem II Duke of Gulik/Kleef/Gelre, dies at about 75
1595 Ercole Procaccini Italian painter, dies
1746 Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer composer, dies at 53
1759 Thomas-Philippe et de Boussu S Neth cardinal, dies at 79
1762 Elisabeth Petrovna tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52
1783 Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt composer, dies on 73rd birthday
1788 Johann Schneider composer, dies at 85
1796 Samuel Huntington US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64
1799 Mohammed Esad Galib Dede Turkish poet (Hsn- asjk, dies at about 41
1807 Michel Adanson French biologist (Plant classes), dies at 79
1814 Johann Gottfried Krebs composer, dies at 72
1827 Frederick of York English duke, dies at 63
1848 Ferdinando Orlandi composer, dies at 73
1856 Pierre J David [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies
1860 St John Nepomucene Neumann 1st male US saint, dies
1862 Joseph Frohlich composer, dies at 81
1888 Henri Herz composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday
1891 Guillaume L Baud minister of Dutch Colonization (1848-49), dies at 89
1904 Karl A von Zittel German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64
1922 Ernest H Shackleton British South pole explorer (Endurance), dies
1933 Calvin Coolidge 30th President (1923-29), dies in Mass at 60
1936 Ram¢n M del Valle-Incl n playwright (Tirano banderas), dies at 66
1940 Tina Modotti [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46
1942 Yves Paringaux French chief of staff, murdered
1943 George Washington Carver famous black scientist, dies at 81
1944 Adolph Goldschmidt German/Swiss art historian, dies
1945 Dezs” Szab¢ Hungarian writer (Az egesz Latohatar), dies at 65
Dezs” Szab¢ Hungary, writer (Az egesz Latohatar), dies at 65
1956 Jeanne Bougeois [Mistinguette], French chorus performer, dies at 84
1960 Pavel P Parenago Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 53
1965 Neil Craig actor (Calling Dr Kildare), dies at 73
Paul Arntzenius painter/graphic artist/etcher, dies at 81
1968 Jean Murat actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79
1969 Franz T Csokor Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83
Tom Aherne actor, dies of influenza in NY
1970 Joseph A Yablonski candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered
Max Born German/British physicist (Nobel 1954), dies at 87
Roberto Gerhard composer, dies at 73
1971 Sonny Liston World Champ hw boxer (1962-64), found dead at 36
1973 Cornelis van Dis 2nd member of parliament, dies at 79
1974 Roy Bargy orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79
1975 Don Wilson pitcher (Astro), dies at 29 of carbon monoxide poisoning
1976 Georges Migot composer, dies at 84
1977 Onslow Stevens actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life), dies at 74
1979 Charles Mingus US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies
1981 Harold C Urey US chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87
Paul F‚lix Belgian architect, dies
1982 Hans Conried actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy), dies at 64
Harvey Lembeck actor (Phil Silvers, Hathaways), dies at 56
1988 "Pistol Pete" Mavarich basketball player dies at 40 of a heart attack
1990 Arthur Kennedy actor (Air Force), dies of a brain tumor at 76
Bart LaRue entertainer, dies
1991 John Eckhardt actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at 82
Marie Madeline Sullivan actress, dies at 80
1993 George L George Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies
Henk Knol Suriname 2nd chamber member (PvdA), dies
Jennifer Raine Bissell daughter of Alan Napier, dies 60
Juan Benet Spanish writer (Herrumbrosas Lanzas), dies at 65
Klaas Wiersma Dutch sec of Justice (VVD), dies
Leonce Grass Flemish singer/conductor, dies at 84
Nyamuisi Muvingi Za‹re minister of Culture, murdered
Ronnie Welsh actor, dies of brain cancer at 52
Westley A Dodd US murderer, 1st hanging in US since 1965
Wiersma Dutch asst secretary of state of Justice, dies
1994 Louis RJ knight van Rappard attorney/mayor of Zoelen, dies at 87
Thomas P "Tip" O'Neill (D-Ma)/Speaker of House (1977-86), dies at 81
Victor van Bullock jazz guitarist, dies at 39
William Raynor writer, dies at 73
1995 Francis Lopez Fren dentist/operetta composer (Andalousie), dies at 78
Mansour Satari brig-general/commandant of Iranian air force, dies
1996 Ayyash PLO bomb maker, killed by booby trapped cellular phone at 30
Holidays Which Occur January 5:
Bird Day (1905)
England Glastonbury Thorn Day
Religious Observances on January 5:
Christian 12th Night, end of Christmas season (Denmark)
Christian Epiphany Eve
ORTH St Apollinaria/Dorotheos
RC Edward the Confessor, English king/monk
RC Gerlach, knight/hermit in hollow tree at Houthem, Limburg
RC Theodorus, abbot of Chora
136 RC Commem of St Telesphorus, 8th pope (125-136), martyr
459 RC Feast of St Simeon Stylites of Syria
1860 RC Memorial of St John Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
1944 Lutheran Commemoration of Kaj Munk, martyr
2001 Jewish Asarah B'Tevet (Siege of Jerusalem); Tevet 10, 5761
Things to Remember for January 5:
Flowers-carnation & snowdrop Gem-garnet
National Soup-National Egg Month-National Hobby Month
Last Day Quadrantid meteor shower, radiant in Bo”tes
15 Days Astrological sign: Capricorn
[Ancient Roman calendar] Nonae Januarius; Non‘ Jan
Highlights in History Which Occur January 5:
1349 Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand
1438 Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara
1463 French poet Fran‡ois Villon banished from Paris
1477 Battle at Nancy, Burgundy vs Switz, 7000+ killed
1500 Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan
1531 Pope Clemens VII bans English king Henry VIII to Hertrouwen
1554 Great fire in Eindhoven Neth
1593 Willem Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe
1638 Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues
1649 Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone," premieres in Veneti‰
1675 Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg
1709 Sudden extreme cold kills 1000s of Europeans
1717 Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles
1719 Engl/Hannover/Saksen-Poland/Austria sign anti-Prussian/Russian pact
1757 Failed assassination on French king Louis XV by Damiens
1781 British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Va
1800 1st Swedenborgian temple in US holds 1st service, Baltimore
1804 Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement
1809 Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain & France
1822 Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire
1828 1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade journal
1834 Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell
1836 Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo
1840 Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date
1841 James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf
1850 Calif Exchange opens
1854 Steamship San Francisco wrecked-300 die
1859 1st steamboat sails, Red River
1861 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft Sumter
and Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay
1875 Charles Garniers new Op‚ra opens
and President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Miss
1887 1st US school of librarianship opens at Columbia University
1888 Dutch Heidemaatschappij established
1892 1st successful auroral photograph made
1895 Henry James' play "Guy Domville" opens in London
French Capt Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped
and of his rank; later declared innocent
1896 Austrian newspaper "Wiener Presse" publishes 1st public account of
and German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays
and Isaac Albeniz' opera "Pepita Jiminez," premieres in Barcelona
1899 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG)
1903 SF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use
1904 -34øF (-37øC), River Vale, New Jersey (state record)
and -42øF (-41øC), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record)
1905 Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara
and National Association of Audubon Society incorporates
1909 Colombia recognizes Panama's independence
1911 Portuguese throw out northern Jesuits
and SF has it's 1st air meet
1914 Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day
1916 Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro
1918 British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace
1919 National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms in Germany
and Spartacus uprising in Berlin: state of siege
1920 Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to NY Yankees
1924 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1011 Laodamia
1925 James Gleason & Richard Tabers "Is zat so?," premieres in NYC
and Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman gov in USA
and Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office
1926 James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hr day & $5 daily minimum wage
1929 Coup against King Alexander in South Slavia
1930 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1162 Larissa
and Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire"
1933 Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side
1934 Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also)
1937 Only unicameral state legislature in US opens 1st session (Nebr)
1940 Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia
1941 British/Australian troops conquer Bardia
1942 55 German tanks reach North-Africa
1943 William H Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to
protest segregation in armed forces
1945 Surprise attack on Liese-Aktion-office on Marnix St, Amsterdam
1949 General Track orders ceases-fire on Sumatra
and President Harry S Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal"
1950 Carson McCuller's "Member of the Wedding," premieres in NYC
1952 Flying Enterprise sinks
1953 -6] Passenger ships Willem Ruys & Orange collide in the Red Sea
and Samuel Beckett's "En Attendant Godot," premieres in Paris
1955 KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast
1957 Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East
and Jackie Robinson announced his retirement from baseball
1959 "Bozo the Clown" live children's show premieres on TV
and Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter"
1961 US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
1962 Tony Sheridan & Beatles produce "My Bonnie" & "The Saints"
1963 San Diego beats Boston 51-10 in AFL championship game
1964 Pope Paul VI visits Jordan & Israel
and San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship
1967 KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, CA (IND) begins
1968 Dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law
and Dubcek succeeds pres Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia
1969 Bollingen prize for poetry presented to John Berryman & Karl Shapiro
and Neville Williams' "Chronology of the Expanding World" completed
and USSR Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus)
1970 23,000 Belgian mine workers strike
and KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting
and Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC
1971 Globetrotters lose 100-99 to NJ Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak
and US heavyweight "Sonny" Liston's (36) corpse found
1972 Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)
and NASA announces development of space shuttle
and NYC transit fare rises from 30› to 35›
and West-Pakistani sheik Mujib ur-Rahman freed
1973 Mali & Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel
and Netherlands recognizes German DR
1974 Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Oh, Brother"
1975 Charlie Smalls' "Wiz," premieres in NYC
and Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days
14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon
and bridge between Derwent & Hobart, Tasmania & ship sinks
1976 Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea"
1977 Kenya president Jomo Kenyatta disbands parliament
1981 "Nightline" with Ted Koppel extended from 20 mins to 30 mins
and Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, arrested in England
1982 Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation
1984 Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws
1985 Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot
and Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission
1987 Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, NJ
1989 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3
airlines at JFK airport in security test
1990 J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL
1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82)
and Yat Weiju swims world record 100m butterfly stroke (58.71)
1995 AFC beats NFC 41-13 in the pro bowl
and Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed
1975 14 die when British freighter 'Lake Illawarra' rams pylon
bridge between Derwent & Hobart, Tasmania & ship sinks.
Your Special Reminders for January 5:
1904 -4øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1954 64øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 5th day of year with 360 remaining (Numerology = 6)
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