January 5

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on January 5. From 1900 until now. January 5 is under the sign of Capricorn. Famous birthdays on this day include Marilyn Manson (1969), Bradley Cooper (1975) and Diane Keaton (1946). Several movies were released around January 5 over the years, such as The Shop Around the Corner in 1940 directed by Ernst Lubitsch and His Girl Friday in 1940 directed by Howard Hawks.
But much more happened on January 5 over the years: find out below

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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 reports that at least 223 documented massacres were perpetrated in 2018 by the parties to the conflict in Syria. (Syrian Network For Human Rights)
2018 Northern Rakhine State clashes: ARSA insurgents, using small arms and homemade land mines, ambush a Burmese military convoy in the village of Turaing. Three members of Myanmar's security forces are reportedly wounded. (BBC) (The Guardian)
2017 Kurdish–Turkish conflict: A shootout in İzmir kills two gunmen while another one escapes. During the shootout a car bomb explodes, killing a police officer and court employee. (The Guardian)
2016 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): A United States Army soldier is killed and two others wounded in a joint operation with Afghan National Security Forces in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province. (Washington Post)
2015 Libyan Civil War (2014–present): A Libyan warplane bombs a Greek-operated oil tanker anchored offshore the city of Derna, killing two sailors, one Greek and one Romanian. The Greek government condemned what it called an "unprovoked and cowardly" attack and demanded an investigation and punishment for those responsible. (Reuters)
2014 Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon:: A sniper kills a man and six people are wounded in clashes between districts in Tripoli, Lebanon, that support rival sides in neighboring Syria's civil war. (Reuters)
2013 2013 Tasmanian bushfires: Thousands of people are stranded by four major fires burning out of control in the Australian state of Tasmania. (AAP via TV New Zealand)
2012 2011–2012 Syrian uprising:
2011 (to January 9) In Tampa, Florida, Heritage Numismatic Auctions conducts coin auctions at the FUN convention.
2010 As many as 1,000 people in the Solomon Islands are reportedly homeless following the two major earthquakes and tsunami which struck the country earlier this week. (Time Magazine)
2009 The new US embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, opens. The compound is one of the biggest and most expensive embassies the US has ever built, where about 1,200 staff will live and work.
2008 Early presidential elections are held in the country of Georgia.
2007 A bus bomb near the Sri Lankan town of Nittambuwa kills 5 and injures at least 30. The Sri Lankan government declares the Tamil Tigers responsible, but the rebel group denies involvement. (BBC News) (UPI)
2006 Peru recalls Carlos Urrutia, its ambassador to Venezuela, after Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez praises Peruvian presidential hopeful Ollanta Humala for his left-leaning policies. A spokeswoman for the Peruvian Foreign Ministry stated, "There are concerns of political meddling in Peru's electoral affairs and comments by President Chávez were out of place." (Yahoo! News)
2005 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.
2004 A British and a German Member of the European Parliament both receive letter bombs in the post. This follows an earlier letter bomb sent to the President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi.
2003 Police arrest seven suspects in connection with Wood Green ricin plot.
2002 Charles Bishop, a 15 year-old student pilot, crashes a light aircraft into a Tampa, Florida building, evoking fear of a copycat 9/11 terrorist attack.
2000 January 8 ampndash The 2000 al-Qaeda Summit of several high-level al-Qaeda members (including 2 9/11 American Airlines hijackers) 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 (58.71)
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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