About January 5
January 5, 2024 is the 5th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 361 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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Capricorn is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 36 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On January 5
- 1066 –Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.
- 1477 –Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France.
- 1500 –Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan.
- 1554 –A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
- 1759 –George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis.
- 1781 –American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
- 1900 –Irish leader John Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
- 1911 –Kappa Alpha Psi, the world’s second oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
- 1925 –Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
- 1933 –Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
- 1968 –Alexander Dubček comes to power: “Prague Spring” begins in Czechoslovakia.
- 1969 –Members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary damage property and assault occupants in the Bogside in Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. In response, residents erect barricades and establish Free Derry.
- 1971 –The first One Day International cricket match is held between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1972 –U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.
- 1974 –An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses.
- 1976 –Ten Protestant civilians are shot dead by a paramilitary group at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland (part of The Troubles).
- 1993 –The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
- 1993 –Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the last judicial hanging in America).
- 2003 –Police arrest seven suspects in connection with Wood Green ricin plot.
- 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.
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