433 Historic Events for January 5
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| 1888 |
Death |
Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday
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| 1888 |
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Dutch Heidemaatschappij established
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Albert van Dalsum, Dutch actor/director (Little Rascal) [or 1899]
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies
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| 1891 |
Death |
Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89
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| 1891 |
Birth |
Johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch and Perlemoer) [or 1893]
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| 1892 |
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1st successful auroral photograph made
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| 1892 |
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Francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress (Odette, Assunta Spina)
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| 1893 |
Birth |
Friedrich Blume, German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik)
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest
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| 1895 |
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French Capt Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent
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| 1895 |
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Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 64 days
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| 1895 |
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Henry James' play "Guy Domville" opens in London
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Hendrik Algra, Dutch MP (ARP)
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| 1896 |
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Isaac Albeniz' opera "Pepita Jiminez," premieres in Barcelona
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| 1896 |
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German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)
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| 1899 |
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Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG)
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Paula Ludwig, writer
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5]
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| 1900 |
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Yves Tanguy, French/US sailor/surrealistic painter
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| 1901 |
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Mario Scelba, premier Italy (1954-55)
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| 1901 |
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H L Honore comte d'Estienne d'Orves, French officer/resistance fighter
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| 1902 |
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Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author (Cold Comfort Farm)
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