About January 5

January 5, 2025 is the 5th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 360 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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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 24 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.
  • 1554 –
    A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
  • 1846 –
    The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
  • 1854 –
    The San Francisco steamer sinks, killing 300 people.
  • 1896 –
    An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
  • 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.
  • 1912 –
    The Prague Party Conference takes place.
  • 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.
  • 1914 –
    The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day’s labor.
  • 1918 –
    The Free Committee for a German Workers Peace, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
  • 1940 –
    FM radio is demonstrated to the Federal Communications Commission for the first time.
  • 1945 –
    The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland.
  • 1968 –
    Alexander Dubček comes to power: “Prague Spring” begins in Czechoslovakia.
  • 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.
  • 1975 –
    The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
  • 1976 –
    Ten Protestant civilians are shot dead by a paramilitary group at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland (part of The Troubles).
  • 1991 –
    Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991–1992 South Ossetia War.
  • 2003 –
    Police arrest seven suspects in connection with Wood Green ricin plot.

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