January 5th, 2005

Born on January 5th, 2005

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What happened on January 5th, 2005?

January 5th, 2005

The dwarf planet Eris is discovered by Palomar Observatory-based astronomers, later motivating the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to define the term planet for the first time.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris_(dwarf_planet)

January 5th, 2005

The dwarf planet Eris was discovered by a team using images from the Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet

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, 2005

19

Brooke McIntosh

Figure skater

*January 5th, 2005, Toronto

19

Toki Yukutomo

Japanese association football player

*January 5th, 2005, Yamaguchi Prefecture

19

Noah Mbamba

Belgian association football player

*January 5th, 2005, Brussels-Capital Region

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

24

Roxen

Romanian singer

*January 5th, 2000, Cluj-Napoca

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

84

Umberto Eco

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

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

83

Hayao Miyazaki

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

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

40

Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen

German actress

*January 5th, 1984, Hamburg

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

55

Shea Whigham

American actor

*January 5th, 1969, Tallahassee

45

David Kopp

German road bicycle racer

*January 5th, 1979, Bonn

46

Seanan McGuire

American writer

*January 5th, 1978, Martinez

28

Tino Kadewere

Zimbabwean association football player

*January 5th, 1996, Harare

76

Ted Lange

Actor, director, screenwriter

*January 5th, 1948, Oakland

93

Robert Duvall

American actor and director

*January 5th, 1931, San Diego

57

Markus Söder

German politician (CSU), Minister President of Bavaria

*January 5th, 1967, Nuremberg

Same year
Born in 2005

19

Alex Lanier

Badminton player

*January 26th, 2005, Caen

19

Manisha Ramadass

Badminton player

*January 27th, 2005, Chennai

19

IShowSpeed

American YouTuber from Ohio (born. 2005)

*January 21st, 2005, Cincinnati

19

Félix Bossuet

French actor

*February 23rd, 2005, Paris

18

Alexandria Villaseñor

American climate activist

*May 18th, 2005, Davis

18

Alysa Liu

American figure skater

*August 8th, 2005, Clovis

18

Leonor, Princess of Asturias

Heir presumptive of Spain

*October 31st, 2005, Madrid

19

Dafne Keen

British actress

*January 4th, 2005, Madrid

19

Jake Daniels

English association footballer

*January 8th, 2005, Bispham

19

Benedetta Pilato

Italian swimmer

*January 18th, 2005, Taranto

18

Lia McHugh

American actress (born 2005)

*November 18th, 2005, Pittsburgh

19

Sergi Domínguez

Spanish footballer

*April 1st, 2005, Barcelona

19

Arda Güler

Turkish association football player

*February 25th, 2005, Altındağ

18

Matilda Ledger

Australian American actress, director and singer

*October 28th, 2005, New York City

19

Fermín Aldeguer

Spanish motorcycle road racer

*April 5th, 2005, Murcia

19

Roksana Węgiel

Polish singer

*January 11th, 2005, Jasło

19

Lindsay van Zundert

Dutch figure skater

*February 1st, 2005, Etten-Leur

19

Alma Deutscher

British composer, pianist and violinist

*February 19th, 2005, Basingstoke

18

Lulu Wilson

American child actress

*October 7th, 2005, New York City

18

Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway

Norwegian prince (born 2005); son of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, and Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway

*December 3rd, 2005, Rikshospitalet

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No: With 365 days 2005 is a normal year and no leap year.

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