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.
  • 1527 –
    Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zurich, Switzerland, is executed by drowning.
  • 1554 –
    A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
  • 1896 –
    An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
  • 1909 –
    Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
  • 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.
  • 1918 –
    The Free Committee for a German Workers Peace, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
  • 1925 –
    Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
  • 1944 –
    The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
  • 1945 –
    The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland.
  • 1957 –
    In a speech given to the United States Congress, President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
  • 1971 –
    The first One Day International cricket match is held between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
  • 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).
  • 1993 –
    Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the last judicial hanging in America).
  • 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.
  • 2008 –
    Mikheil Saakashvili wins his second term as President of Georgia in the snap election.

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