January 5th, 1879

Born on January 5th, 1879

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 5th?

January 5th, 1970

A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck Tonghai County in southern China, killing at least 10,000 people and eventually spurring the creation of the nation's largest earthquake monitoring system.

January 5th, 1953

Waiting for Godot by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, termed the "most significant English language play of the 20th century", premiered in Paris.

January 5th, 1949

In his State of the Union speech, U.S. president Harry S. Truman (pictured) announced: "Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal."

January 5th, 1941

Second World War: Australian and British troops defeated Italian forces in Bardia, Libya, the first battle of the war in which an Australian Army formation took part.

January 5th, 1925

Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming, the first woman to serve as the governor of a U.S. state.

January 5th, 1922

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton (pictured) died of a heart attack during his final expedition.

January 5th, 1919

The German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party, was founded by Anton Drexler.

January 5th, 1757

King Louis XV survived an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who later became the last person in France to be executed by drawing and quartering.

January 5th, 1675

Franco-Dutch War: French troops defeated Austrian and Brandenburg forces at the Battle of Turckheim (pictured) in Alsace.

January 5th, 1869

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day siege in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 1933

Construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge across the Straits of the Golden Gate, the entrance to San Francisco Bay.

January 5th, 1896

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day seige in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 2009

In Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal of Singapore held that equality before the law was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.

January 5th, 2008

Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of Georgia in "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of the country.

January 5th, 2007

The Taiwan High Speed Rail opened, connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 5th

Born on January 5th, 1879

80

Jack Norworth

American songwriter, singer and vaudeville performer (1879-1959)

*January 5th, 1879, Philadelphia †September 1st, 1959, Laguna Beach

72

Marcel Tournier

French harpist, composer, and pedagogue

*January 5th, 1879, Paris †May 8th, 1951, Paris

52

Charles Anthony Mooney

American politician (1879-1931)

*January 5th, 1879, St. Marys †May 29th, 1931, Cleveland

Same year
Born in 1879

76

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist; developer of the theory of relativity (1879–1955)

*March 14th, 1879, Ulm †April 18th, 1955, Princeton

60

Leon Trotsky

Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)

*October 26th, 1879, Bereslavka †August 21st, 1940, Coyoacán

77

Frieda Lawrence

German writer

*August 11th, 1879, Metz †August 11th, 1956, Taos

66

Alla Nazimova

Russian-American actress, screenwriter and producer (1879–1945)

*June 3rd, 1879, Yalta †July 13th, 1945, Los Angeles

84

Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor

First female Member of Parliament to take her seat (1879-1964)

*May 19th, 1879, Danville †May 2nd, 1964, Grimsthorpe Castle

63

Jean Gilbert

German composer and conductor

*February 11th, 1879, Hamburg †December 20th, 1942, Buenos Aires

80

Max von Laue

German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi

*October 9th, 1879, Koblenz †April 24th, 1960, West Berlin

92

Rudolf Friml

Czech composer (1879–1972)

*December 7th, 1879, Prague †November 12th, 1972, Hollywood

52

Vachel Lindsay

American poet

*November 10th, 1879, Springfield †December 5th, 1931, Springfield

67

Eduardo Marquina

Spanish writer (1879-1946)

*January 21st, 1879, Barcelona †November 21st, 1946, New York City

78

Natanael Berg

Swedish composer (1879-1957)

*February 9th, 1879, Stockholm †October 14th, 1957, Stockholm

79

Owen Willans Richardson

British physicist (1879-1959)

*April 26th, 1879, Dewsbury †February 15th, 1959, Alton

84

Hermann Barrelet

French rower

*September 25th, 1879, Neuchâtel †September 24th, 1964

82

Mazo de la Roche

Canadian writer (1879-1961)

*January 15th, 1879, Newmarket †July 12th, 1961, Toronto

47

Emperor Taishō

Emperor of Japan from 1912 until 1926

*August 31st, 1879, Akasaka Estate †December 25th, 1926, Hayama Imperial Villa

85

Louis Prével

French rower (1879-1964)

*January 29th, 1879, Nice †November 26th, 1964, Nice

64

Adolf Altmann

Holocaust victim

*September 8th, 1879, Huncovce †June 1st, 1944, Auschwitz

72

Charles Montier

Racing driver, engineer, and entrepreneur (1879-1952)

*June 28th, 1879, Naples †June 18th, 1952, Asnières-sur-Seine

66

Charles Delestraint

French general (1879-1945)

*March 12th, 1879, Biache-Saint-Vaast †April 19th, 1945, Dachau concentration camp

91

E. M. Forster

English novelist (1879-1970)

*January 1st, 1879, London †June 7th, 1970, Coventry

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1879 is a normal year and no leap year.

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