January 5th, 2000

Born on January 5th, 2000

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What happened on January 5th, 2000?

January 5th, 2000

Sri Lankan Tamil politician Kumar Ponnambalam was killed in an assassination suspected to have been sanctioned by President Chandrika Kumaratunga.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils

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.

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, 2000

24

Roxen

Romanian singer

*January 5th, 2000, Cluj-Napoca

24

Justin Dowell

American cyclist

*January 5th, 2000, Virginia Beach

24

Irene Oguiza

Spanish association football player

*January 5th, 2000, Durango

24

David Zec

Association football player

*January 5th, 2000, Kranj

24

Yari Montella

Italian motorcycle racer

*January 5th, 2000, Oliveto Citra

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

44

Santiago Ventura

Spanish tennis player

*January 5th, 1980, Castelló de la Plana

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

38

Deepika Padukone

Indian actress

*January 5th, 1986, Copenhagen

91

Konrad Adenauer

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

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

68

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

President of Germany since 2017

*January 5th, 1956, Detmold

19

Brooke McIntosh

Figure skater

*January 5th, 2005, Toronto

23

Jorge Prado García

Spanish motocross racer

*January 5th, 2001, Lugo

84

Umberto Eco

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

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

40

Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen

German actress

*January 5th, 1984, Hamburg

83

Hayao Miyazaki

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

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

28

Tino Kadewere

Zimbabwean association football player

*January 5th, 1996, Harare

61

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

51

Ella Harper

American circus performer

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

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

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

31

Jolanda Neff

Swiss cyclist

*January 5th, 1993, St. Gallen

46

Seanan McGuire

American writer

*January 5th, 1978, Martinez

36

Nikola Kalinić

Croatian association football player

*January 5th, 1988, Solin

Same year
Born in 2000

24

Khea

Argentine rapper

*April 13th, 2000, Virreyes

24

Manuel Turizo

Colombian singer

*April 12th, 2000, Montería

23

Nadie por pendejo

Argentine singer-songwriter (born 2000)

*August 25th, 2000, Rosario

24

Benee

New Zealand singer-songwriter

*January 30th, 2000, Grey Lynn

24

Surf Mesa

American record producer and multi-instrumentalist

*April 10th, 2000, Seattle

23

Elena Wassen

German diver

*November 1st, 2000, Eschweiler

23

Isac Elliot

Finnish-Swedish pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actor

*December 26th, 2000, Kauniainen

23

Mxmtoon

American singer-songwriter and YouTuber

*July 9th, 2000, Oakland

23

Cameron Kasky

American activist against gun violence

*November 11th, 2000, Hollywood

23

Mischa Bredewold

Dutch cyclist

*June 20th, 2000, Amersfoort

23

Joshua Bassett

American actor and singer-songwriter

*December 22nd, 2000, Oceanside

23

Mina Jacobsen

Norwegian YouTuber

*November 30th, 2000, Eidsvoll Municipality

24

Ice Spice

American rapper

*January 1st, 2000, The Bronx

23

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

Indian badminton player

*August 13th, 2000, Amalapuram

23

24kGoldn

American rapper and singer

*November 13th, 2000, San Francisco

24

Yeat

American rapper singer-songwriter, and record producer (born. 2000)

*February 26th, 2000, Irvine

23

Halla Bouksani

Badminton player

*July 30th, 2000, Kouba

23

Mata

Polish rapper

*July 14th, 2000, Warsaw

23

Amalie Magelund

Badminton player

*May 13th, 2000, Roskilde

24

Freja Ravn

Danish badminton player

*February 17th, 2000, Copenhagen

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Leap year

Yes: 2000 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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