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100 years anniversary | ||||
05 Jan 1925 | Wolf Morris: Actor (Decoy) | |||
05 Jan 1925 | French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings | |||
05 Jan 1925 | James Gleason and Richard Tabers "Is zat so?, " premieres in New York City | |||
05 Jan 1925 | Nellie Taylor Ross became Governor of Wyoming, 1st woman gov in USA | |||
05 Jan 1925 | Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office | |||
05 Jan 1925 | Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States. | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
05 Jan 1950 | Krzysztof Wielicki, Polish mountaineer | |||
05 Jan 1950 | Chris Stein, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer | |||
05 Jan 1950 | Charlie Richmond, Canadian sound designer and engineer | |||
05 Jan 1950 | John Manley, Canadian lawyer and politician; 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada | |||
05 Jan 1950 | Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, English lawyer and politician; Attorney General for England and Wales | |||
05 Jan 1950 | Ioan P. Culianu, Romanian historian, philosopher, and author (d. 1991) | |||
05 Jan 1950 | birth Chris Stein, guitar, Blondie. (Five UK No.1 singles including 1979 UK & US No.1 single 'Heart Of Glass' and 1978 world-wide No.1 album 'Parallel Lines'). | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
05 Jan 1975 | Warrick Dunn: Running back (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) | |||
05 Jan 1975 | Don Wilson: Pitcher (Astro), dies at 29 of carbon monoxide poisoning | |||
05 Jan 1975 | "Wiz" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1672 performances | |||
05 Jan 1975 | 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks | |||
05 Jan 1975 | Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days | |||
05 Jan 1975 | The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people. | |||
05 Jan 1975 | Mike Grier, American ice hockey player and scout | |||
05 Jan 1975 | Warrick Dunn, American football player | |||
05 Jan 1975 | Bradley Cooper, American actor and producer | |||
05 Jan 1975 | Kylie Bax, New Zealand-American model and actress | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
05 Jan 2000 |
International Polio initiative In 2000, the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) announced the final stage of the worldwide initiative to eradicate Polio. |
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20 years anniversary | ||||
05 Jan 2005 | Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System, is discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory. | |||
05 Jan 2005 | Danny Sugerman, American talent manager and author (b. 1954) | |||
05 Jan 2005 | New York group Scissor Sisters had the UK's best-selling album of 2004 after overtaking Keane's sales on the last day of the year. Scissor Sisters' self-titled debut CD sold 1,594,259 copies in 2004 - 582 more than Keane's Hopes and Fears. Robbie Williams' Greatest Hits was the year's third biggest-seller, followed by Maroon 5, Katie Melua and Anastacia. | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
05 Jan 2010 | Kenneth Noland, American painter (b. 1924) | |||
05 Jan 2010 | Willie Mitchell, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1928) | |||
05 Jan 2010 | Murray Saltzman, Russian-American rabbi and activist (b. 1929) | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
05 Jan 2015 | Milton Hebald, American sculptor and academic (b. 1917) | |||
05 Jan 2015 | Joy Ali, Fijian boxer (b. 1978) | |||
05 Jan 2015 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1937) | |||
05 Jan 2015 | Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (b. 1912) | |||
05 Jan 2015 | Arthur E. Chase, American businessman and politician (b. 1930) |