January 5th, 2253

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What 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.

January 5th, 2005

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

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

Birthdays and future age on January 5th, 2253

278

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

273

Santiago Ventura

Spanish tennis player

*January 5th, 1980, Castelló de la Plana

253

Roxen

Romanian singer

*January 5th, 2000, Cluj-Napoca

297

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

President of Germany since 2017

*January 5th, 1956, Detmold

312

Hayao Miyazaki

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

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

267

Deepika Padukone

Indian actress

*January 5th, 1986, Copenhagen

315

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

290

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

322

Robert Duvall

American actor and director

*January 5th, 1931, San Diego

305

Ted Lange

Actor, director, screenwriter

*January 5th, 1948, Oakland

284

Marilyn Manson

American musician (born 1969)

*January 5th, 1969, Canton

284

Shea Whigham

American actor

*January 5th, 1969, Tallahassee

309

Gerd Siese

German association football player

*January 5th, 1944, Bielefeld

269

Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen

German actress

*January 5th, 1984, Hamburg

286

Markus Söder

German politician (CSU), Minister President of Bavaria

*January 5th, 1967, Nuremberg

274

David Kopp

German road bicycle racer

*January 5th, 1979, Bonn

275

Seanan McGuire

American writer

*January 5th, 1978, Martinez

309

Peter Rieger

German boxer

*January 5th, 1944, Nysa

286

J. H. Wyman

Canadian actor

*January 5th, 1967, Oakland

248

Brooke McIntosh

Figure skater

*January 5th, 2005, Canada

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