433 Historic Events for January 5
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| 1912 |
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1st National Hockey Assn game (Victoria)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
George Reeves, [George Lescher Bessolo], actor (Superman)
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| 1914 |
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Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Mabel Leigh, potter
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Uta Graf, singer/teacher
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| 1916 |
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Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Reginald Smith Brindle, composer
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Wieland Wagner, German opera director
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| 1918 |
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British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)
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| 1919 |
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Spartacus uprising in Berlin: state of siege
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| 1919 |
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National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party
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| 1920 |
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Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to NY Yankees
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| 1920 |
Event |
NY Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Mohammad Aslam Khokhar, cricket (Pak bat scored 16 and 18 in only test)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Brescia Italy, pianist
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Jean BMRLAAM d'Aviano, grand duke of Luxembourg (1964- )
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Friedrich DÂrrenmatt, Switzerland, playwright/novelist (Visit)
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| 1922 |
Death |
Ernest H Shackleton, Brit South pole explorer (Endurance), dies at 47
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Sam Phillips, musician/record founder (Sun)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Robert L Bernstein, NYC, publisher (Random House)
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Wolf Morris, actor (Decoy)
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| 1925 |
Event |
James Gleason and Richard Tabers "Is zat so?," premieres in NYC
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| 1925 |
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Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman gov in USA
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| 1925 |
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Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office
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