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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 360 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 23, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,933,920 minutes 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.
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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 24 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 4,398 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 5 Historical Events
- 1759 –George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis.
- 1945 –The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland.
- 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).
- 1976 –The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
- 1991 –Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991–1992 South Ossetia War.
- 1993 –The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
- 1996 –Hamas bombmaker Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.
Who were born on January 5?
- 1900 –Yves Tanguy, French painter (d. 1955)
- 1941 –Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker
- 1948 –Ted Lange, American actor
- 1959 –Clancy Brown, American actor
- 1961 –Iris DeMent, American songwriter and singer
- 1971 –Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress
- 1981 –Brooklyn Sudano, American actress
- 1982 –Darren Mackie, Scottish footballer
- 1982 –Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
- 1989 –Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer
Who died on January 5?
- 1400 –John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (b. c. 1350)
- 1527 –Felix Manz, Swiss leader (executed) (b. 1498)
- 1589 –Catherine de' Medici, queen of Henry II of France (b. 1519)
- 1891 –Emma Abbott, American soprano (b. 1849)
- 1933 –Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
- 1988 –Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947)
- 1996 –Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian Hamas member (b. 1966)
- 1997 –Burton Lane, American composer and lyricist (b. 1912)
- 2007 –Chih Ree Sun, Chinese-American physicist and poet (b. 1923)
- 2010 –Murray Saltzman, Reform Jewish rabbi and civil rights leader (b. 1929)
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