January 5

Events

 * - Poet is banned from.
 * - : is killed and  becomes part of France.
 * - Duke conquers.
 * -, a leader of the congregation in , was  by.
 * - A great fire occurs in,.
 * - : the French army beats.
 * - survives the ation attempt by, the last person to be  in  with the traditional and gruesome form of  used for.
 * - marries.
 * - :, is burned by British naval forces led by.
 * - The votes to stop sharing the  Territory with the.
 * - The San Francisco sinks, killing 300 people.
 * - : officer  is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on.
 * - An n newspaper reports that discovered a type of  later known as s.
 * - leader  calls for a revolt against  rule.
 * - recognizes the independence of.
 * - founded.
 * - : During the Greek admiral  forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
 * - announces an  and a  of $5 for a day's labor.
 * -  founded, which would become the.
 * - becomes the first female governor in the.
 * - Construction of the begins in.
 * - is demonstrated to the  for the first time.
 * - The  becomes the first transoceanic.
 * - The recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of.
 * - shows the first color  ( and the ).
 * - A replica of the miraculous statue, the, is presented to Blessed Pope.
 * - comes to power: "" begins in.
 * - :  premieres.
 * -  orders the development of a  program.
 * - An in, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses.
 * - The in, , is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
 * - is renamed Democratic Kampuchea by the.
 * - The oil tanker runs aground on the coast of the, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
 * 1993  -  state executes  by  (the first legal hanging in America since ).
 * - operative  is killed by an i-planted booby-trapped.
 * - Russian forces withdraw from.
 * - The first day of the.
 * -, the largest known in the , was discovered by the team of , , and  using images originally taken on , , at the.
 * - ceases operations.
 * - ceases operations.

Births

 * -, (d. )
 * -, Spanish theologian (d. )
 * -, Chinese geographer (d. )
 * -, of India (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Italian architect/painter (d. )
 * -, British statesman (d. )
 * -, wife of (d. )
 * -, American naval officer (d. )
 * 1779  -, American explorer (d. )
 * -, French mathematician (d. )
 * -, German writer, (d. )
 * -, American inventor (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * 1864  -, baseball executive (d. )
 * -, Colombian astronomer (d. )
 * -, American physiologist, (d. )
 * -, German statesman (d. )
 * -, Austrian physician (d. )
 * -, Russian composer (d. )
 * -, Hungarian politician (d. unknown)
 * 1893  -, Indian guru (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, French painter (d. )
 * -, English novelist (d. )
 * -, American astrologer (d. )
 * -, English archaeologist (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American mathematician (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1910  -,  athlete (d. )
 * -, French actor (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1914  -, French-Russian painter (d. )
 * -, Canadian-born cartographer (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * 1917 -, German stage director (d. )
 * -, Italian pianist (d. )
 * -, Swiss writer (d. )
 * 1921  -
 * -, American music producer (d. )
 * -, American poet
 * 1926  -, American activist (d. )
 * -, Pakistani statesman (d. )
 * 1928  -, American politician
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, American choreographer (d. )
 * 1931  -, Austrian pianist
 * 1931  -, American actor
 * -, Italian writer
 * 1932  -, American football coach
 * 1934  -, Bolivian rally driver (d. )
 * -, American humorist
 * - King of Spain
 * 1938  -, American football player
 * 1938  -, Kenyan writer
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * 1940  -, Russian mathematician
 * -, Japanese film maker
 * 1941  -, Indian cricketer
 * -, Italian pianist
 * 1942  -, British television presenter and newsreader
 * 1942  -, American talk show host
 * 1942  -, Spanish writer (d. )
 * -, Canadian-born film director
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, American drummer
 * -, American guitarist
 * 1950  -, Canadian politician
 * 1950  -, Romanian-born professor (d. )
 * 1950  -, Canadian entrepreneur
 * -, English footballer
 * -, Contemporary Christian singer
 * 1953  -, American actress
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Japanese-born chef
 * -, Australian rugby league footballer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Swedish footballer
 * 1960  -, English bass guitarist
 * 1960  -, British aviator
 * -, American actress
 * 1962  -, American baseball player
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American drummer
 * -, British footballer and actor
 * -, American drummer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Polish boxer
 * 1968  -, American actor
 * 1968  -, American dancer and choreographer
 * 1968  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1968  -, Swiss Singer
 * -, American singer
 * 1969  -, Scottish actor.
 * -, Japanese actress.
 * -, Greek singer.
 * -, Australian.
 * -, New Zealand model.
 * 1975  -, American actor.
 * 1975  -, American football player.
 * 1975  -, American ice hockey player.
 * -, American bassist.
 * 1976  -, Spanish footballer.
 * -, French driver.
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1979  -,   - plays for
 * -, New Zealand rugby player.
 * 1981  -, American actress.
 * -, Croatian skier.
 * -, American heiress
 * 1985  -, Canadian actor (d. )
 * 1985  -, South Korean actress
 * -, Indian model and actress
 * -, British actor

Deaths

 * -, caliph (b. )
 * -, King of England (b. )
 * -, English politician (executed) (bc. )
 * -, French poet (b. )
 * - (killed in battle) (b. )
 * -, Croatian poet (b. )
 * -, Swiss leader (executed) (b. )
 * -, Chinese general (b. )
 * -, queen of (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, French explorer (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * - Empress (b. )
 * -, British statesman (b. )
 * -, American artist (b. )
 * -, Austrian field marshal (b. )
 * -, first American bishop to be canonized (b. )
 * -, American soprano (b. )
 * -, German palaeontologist (b. )
 * -, French economist (b. )
 * -, Irish explorer (b. )
 * -, 30th (b. )
 * -, child of and  (b. )
 * -, English aviator (b. )
 * -, American educator (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, Russian writer (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, French singer (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, German physicist, (b. )
 * 1970  -, Catalan composer (b. )
 * -, Canadian film engineer (b. )
 * -, Beatles' "roadie" (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American chemist, (b. )
 * 1981  -, Italian philosopher (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American basketball player (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Yugoslav poet (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * 1994  -, British cricket commentator (b. )
 * -, Palestinian terrorist (b. )
 * -, Belgian cartoonist (b. )
 * 1997  -, American composer and lyricist (b. )
 * -, American entertainer and politician (b. )
 * 1998  -, American musician  (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, British politician (b. )
 * 2003  -, American author (b. )
 * -, American baseball player, father of Tim McGraw, country singer (b. )
 * -, American music manager (b. )
 * -, inventor of and  (b. )
 * 2007  -, Chinese-American physicist and poet (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * The eleventh in Western, and the  of  in Western.
 * of:
 * St.