January 5th, 1975

Born on January 5th, 1975

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What happened on January 5th, 1975?

January 5th, 1975

The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasman_Bridge

January 5th, 1975

The bulk carrier Lake Illawarra struck a bridge over the River Derwent in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, causing the deaths of seven of the ship's crewmen and five motorists on the bridge.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Lake_Illawarra

What else happened on January 5th?

January 5th, 1970

An earthquake registering Mw 7.1 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 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 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, 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.

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

Born on January 5th, 1975

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

49

Warrick Dunn

Player of American football

*January 5th, 1975, Baton Rouge

49

Kylie Bax

New Zealand actress

*January 5th, 1975, Thames

49

Émerson Carvalho da Silva

Brazilian association football player

*January 5th, 1975, Bauru

49

Igor Pugaci

Moldovan cyclist

*January 5th, 1975, Dubăsari

49

Mike Grier

American ice hockey player

*January 5th, 1975, Detroit

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 5th?

44

Santiago Ventura

Spanish tennis player

*January 5th, 1980, Castelló de la Plana

24

Roxen

Romanian singer

*January 5th, 2000, Cluj-Napoca

38

Deepika Padukone

Indian actress

*January 5th, 1986, Copenhagen

46

Seanan McGuire

American writer

*January 5th, 1978, Martinez

68

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

President of Germany since 2017

*January 5th, 1956, Detmold

55

Marilyn Manson

American musician (born 1969)

*January 5th, 1969, Canton

45

David Kopp

German road bicycle racer

*January 5th, 1979, Bonn

55

Shea Whigham

American actor

*January 5th, 1969, Tallahassee

51

Uday Chopra

Indian actor, film director and producer

*January 5th, 1973, Mumbai

91

Konrad Adenauer

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU

*January 5th, 1876, Cologne †April 19th, 1967, Rhöndorf

61

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

40

Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen

German actress

*January 5th, 1984, Hamburg

46

January Jones

American actress

*January 5th, 1978, Sioux Falls

84

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

*January 5th, 1932, Alessandria †February 19th, 2016, Milan

57

Markus Söder

German politician (CSU), Minister President of Bavaria

*January 5th, 1967, Nuremberg

83

Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (1941-)

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

57

J. H. Wyman

Canadian actor

*January 5th, 1967, Oakland

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

52

Sakis Rouvas

Greek recording artist

*January 5th, 1972, Corfu

51

Ella Harper

American circus performer

*January 5th, 1870, Sumner County †December 19th, 1921, Nashville

Same year
Born in 1975

49

André Poggenburg

German politician and entrepreneur

*March 12th, 1975, Weißenfels

49

Lorin Morgan-Richards

American author, illustrator, and songwriter

*February 16th, 1975, Beebetown

48

Ane Dahl Torp

Norwegian actress

*August 1st, 1975, Bærum Municipality

48

Maria Thayer

American actress

*October 30th, 1975, Portland

48

Zhang Ning

Chinese female badminton player

*May 19th, 1975, Jinzhou

48

Ha Tae-kwon

South Korean badminton player

*April 30th, 1975, Jeonju

48

Kim Dong-moon

South Korean badminton player

*September 22nd, 1975, Gokseong County

48

Candra Wijaya

Badminton player

*September 16th, 1975, Cirebon City

49

Gu Jun

Badminton player

*January 3rd, 1975, Wuxi

48

Ge Fei

Chinese badminton player

*October 9th, 1975, Nantong

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

49

Tracey Hallam

English badminton player

*March 24th, 1975, Burton upon Trent

48

Jim Ronny Andersen

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1975, Songdalen Municipality

48

Sarah Hardaker

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1975, Dartford

49

Tony Gunawan

Badminton player

*April 9th, 1975, Surabaya

48

Marion Cotillard

French actress

*September 30th, 1975, Paris

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

48

Angelina Jolie

American actress (born 1975)

*June 4th, 1975, Los Angeles

48

Konrad Bansa

German handball player and coach

*July 24th, 1975, Neuwied

48

Tobey Maguire

American actor and film producer (born 1975)

*June 27th, 1975, Santa Monica

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No: With 365 days 1975 is a normal year and no leap year.

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