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January 5: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

January 5th marks the 5th day of the Gregorian calendar year. There are 360 days remaining until the end of the year (or 361 days in case of leap years). People born on this day are under the sign of Capricorn. Famous birthdays on this day include Konrad Adenauer (1876), Marilyn Manson (1969) and Bradley Cooper (1975).
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Holidays

Mungday (Discordianism)
Catholicism - Feast day of St. John Neumann.
The eleventh day of Christmas in Western Christianity, and the Twelfth Night of Christmas in Western Christianity.

Events

2019 Syrian Civil War: The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that at least 223 massacres were committed by Syrian parties in 2018.
2018 Northern Rakhine State clashes. ARSA insurgents using small arms and homemade mines ambush a Burmese military convoy at Turaing. Three members of Myanmar’s security forces were reportedly injured.
2017 Two gunmen are killed in a shootout in Izmir over the Kurdish-Turkish Conflict. Another escapes. A car bomb explodes during the shootout, killing both a police officer as well as a court employee.
2016 War in Afghanistan (2001-present). A United States Army soldier was killed and two other soldiers were injured in a joint operation in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province with Afghan National Security Forces.
2015 Libyan Civil War (2014-2018): A Libyan warplane attacks an oil tanker operated by Greece off the coast of Derna. It kills two sailors, one Greek, and one Romanian. The Greek government condemned the "unprovoked, cowardly" attack and demanded that those responsible be punished.
2014 Syrian Civil War spillover to Lebanon: A sniper kills one man and six are injured in clashes between Tripoli, Lebanon districts that support rival Syrian sides in the civil war.
2013 2013 Tasmanian bushfires - Thousands are left homeless by four large fires that have erupted out of control in Tasmania, Australia.
2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising
2011 Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Tampa, Florida conducts coin auctions at FUN Convention (January 9-9).
2010 According to reports, as many as 1,000 Solomon Islands residents are now homeless after the tsunami and two earthquakes that struck earlier in the week.
2009 The US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq has opened. It is the largest and most expensive US embassies ever built. Around 1,200 people will live there.
2008 In Georgia, early presidential elections are being held.
2007 Five people are killed and at least 30 injured in a bus bomb explosion near Nittambuwa, Sri Lanka. Although the Sri Lankan government claims that the Tamil Tigers are responsible, the rebel group denies any involvement.
2006 After Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez praised Ollanta Humala's left-leaning policies, Peru recalls Carlos Urrutia as its ambassador to Venezuela. The Peruvian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman stated that there are concerns about political interference in Peru's electoral affairs. President Chavez comments were not appropriate.
2005 The team of Michael E. Brown and Chad Trujillo discovered Eris, the largest dwarf planet in our solar system. They used images taken at Palomar Observatory on October 21, 2003.
2004 Both a British and German Member of European Parliament receive letter bombs by post. This follows a letter bomb that was sent to Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission.
2003 Seven suspects were arrested by police in connection to the Wood Green ricin plot.
2002 Charles Bishop, a 15-year-old student pilot crashes a light plane into a Tampa, Florida, building. This evokes fear of an imitating 9/11 terrorist attack.
2000 January 8 and Ash: The 2000 al-Qaeda Summit, which includes several high-ranking al-Qaeda members (including two 9/11 hijackers of American Airlines), is held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
1999 Apple Computer releases the Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White).
1998 Ice storm knocks out electricity in QuTbec and Ontario, Canada.
1997 Juan Darien-Carnival Mass closes at Vivian Beaumont, New York City
1996 Miami Dolphins' coach Don Shula announces his retirement.
1995 AFC beats NFC 41-13 in the pro bowl
1994 Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool record
1993 Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident
1992 6 Degrees of Separation closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 496 performances
1991 Oh, Kay! closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 77 performances
1990 J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of Canadian Football League.
1989 Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990
1987 Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, New Jersey
1985 Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission
1984 Adrian Dantly (Utah Jazz), ties NBA record of 28 free throws.
1982 Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation.
1981 Nightline with Ted Koppel extended from 20 minutes to 30 minutes
1978 Bülent Ecevit, of CHP forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government)
1977 Kenya President Jomo Kenyatta disbands parliament.
1976 MacNeil-Lehrer Report premieres on PBS
1975 Wiz opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1672 performances
1974 Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in Oh, Brother
1973 Netherlands recognizes German Democratic Republic.
1972 NASA announces development of space shuttle
1971 1st one-day international, Australia vs. England at the MCG
1970 KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 Maggie Flynn closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 82 performances
1968 Alexander Dubcek comes to power: ''Prague Spring'' begins in Czechoslovakia.
1967 KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, CA (IND) begins
1964 San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship.
1963 Camelot closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 873 performances
1962 Tony Sheridan and beatles produce My Bonnie andThe Saints
1961 US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba.
1960 Continental League, a proposed third major baseball league, gets an assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating.
1957 US President Dwight Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Middle East.
1956 Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel
1955 KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast
1953 Samuel Beckett's play ''Waiting For Godot'' has its first public stage première in French as ''En attendant Godot'' at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris.
1952 Flying Enterprise sinks
1950 U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of organized crime in the U.S.
1949 General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra.
1946 Show Boat opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 417 performances
1945 Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon Odor-able Kitty
1944 The ''Daily Mail'' becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
1943 Teams agrees to start season later due to WWII
1942 55 German tanks reach North-Africa.
1941 British / Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia
1940 FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal
1939 Felix Frankfurter is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Frankfurter had been born in Vienna, Austria and immigrated to the U.S. with his family at age 12.
1938 US Justice George Sutherland retires from the US Supreme Court at age 75.
1937 Fingleton and Donald Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wicket.
1934 National and American baseball leagues select a uniform ball.
1933 Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side
1931 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League
1930 Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire".
1929 Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia.
1927 Fox Studios exhibits Movietone
1926 James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hour day and $5 daily minimum wage
1925 James Gleason and Richard Tabers Is zat so?, premieres in New York City
1920 Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to New York Yankees.
1919 Spartacus uprising in Berlin: state of siege
1918 British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace.
1916 Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro.
1914 The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.
1913 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.
1912 The Prague Party Conference takes place.
1911 Portuguese expel Jesuits.
1909 Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
1905 National Association of Audubon Society incorporates.
1904 England beat Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Rhodes 7-56 and 8-68.
1900 Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
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Top #1 songs in the USA

2018 Ed Sheeran - Perfect
2017 The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk - Starboy
2016 Adele - Hello
2015 Taylor Swift - Blank Space
2014 Eminem Featuring Rihanna - The Monster
2014 Eminem - The Monster
2013 Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven
2012 LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It
2011 Bruno Mars - Grenade
2010 Ke$ha - TiK ToK
2009 Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
2008 Flo Rida - Low
2007 Beyonce - Irreplaceable
2006 Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us
2005 Mario - Let Me Love You
2004 OutKast - Hey Ya!
2003 Eminem - Lose Yourself
2002 Nickelback - How You Remind Me
2001 Destiny's Child - Independent Women Part I
2000 Santana - Smooth
1999 R. Kelly - I'm Your Angel
1998 Elton John - Candle In The Wind 1997
1998 Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight
1997 Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
1996 Mariah Carey - One Sweet Day
1995 Boyz II Men - On Bended Knee
1994 Mariah Carey - Hero
1993 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
1992 Michael Jackson - Black Or White
1991 Madonna - Justify My Love
1990 Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise
1989 Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
1988 Whitney Houston - So Emotional
1987 Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
1986 Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me
1985 Madonna - Like A Virgin
1984 Paul McCartney - Say Say Say
1983 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater
1982 Olivia Newton-John - Physical
1981 John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
1980 K.C and the Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go
1979 Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven
1978 Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
1977 Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)
1976 Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
1975 Elton John - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
1974 Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle
1973 Carly Simon - You're So Vain
1972 Melanie - Brand New Key
1971 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
1970 B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
1969 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
1968 The Beatles - Hello Goodbye
1967 The Monkees - I'm A Believer
1966 The Beatles - We Can Work It Out
1965 The Beatles - I Feel Fine
1964 Bobby Vinton - There! I've Said It Again
1963 The Tornadoes - Telstar
1962 The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
1961 Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome To-Night?
1960 Marty Robbins - El Paso
1959 The Chipmunks - The Chipmunk Song
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