What are the important events that happened on January 5? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 5: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 5 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 23, 2023 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 473,448 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘pentagon’ day.
Capricorn is the zodiac 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.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,032 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 5 Historical Events
- 1066 –Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.
- 1527 –Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zurich, Switzerland, is executed by drowning.
- 1782 –American Revolutionary War: French troops begin a siege of a British garrison on Brimstone Hill in Saint Kitts.
- 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.
- 1911 –Kappa Alpha Psi, the world’s second oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
- 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.
- 1925 –Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
- 1996 –Hamas bombmaker Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.
Who were born on January 5?
- 1829 –Sir Roger Ichborne, British heir (d. c. 1854)
- 1876 –Konrad Adenauer, German statesman (d. 1967)
- 1938 –Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan writer
- 1940 –Athol Guy, Australian singer (The Seekers)
- 1944 –Ed Rendell, American politician and 45th Governor of Pennsylvania
- 1950 –John Manley, Canadian politician
- 1956 –Chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef
- 1975 –Mike Grier, American ice hockey player
- 1978 –January Jones, American actress
- 1979 –Masami Tanaka, Japanese swimmer
Who died on January 5?
- 1066 –Edward the Confessor, King of England (b. 1004)
- 1527 –Felix Manz, Swiss leader (executed) (b. 1498)
- 1939 –Amelia Earhart, American aviator declared dead after disappearance in 1937 (b. 1897)
- 1951 –Andrei Platonov, Russian writer (b. 1899)
- 1976 –John A. Costello, Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1891)
- 1976 –Mal Evans, Beatles’ “roadie” (b. 1935)
- 1982 –Harvey Lembeck, American actor (b. 1923)
- 1991 –Vasko Popa, Yugoslav poet (b. 1922)
- 2004 –Tug McGraw, American baseball player, father of Tim McGraw (b. 1944)
- 2009 –Ned Tanen, American movie executive (b. 1931)
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