Tukuk-OS📅 January 5
20 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on January 5? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 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.
Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-GeneralCourt of Appeal of SingaporeEquality before the law
- 2008 — Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of Georgia in "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of the country.
Mikheil Saakashvili2008 Georgian presidential electionPresident of Georgia
- 2007 — The Taiwan High Speed Rail opened, connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung.
- 2005 — The dwarf planet Eris was discovered by a team using images from the Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.
- 2003 — The Metropolitan Police arrested six people in conjunction with an alleged terrorist plot to release ricin on the London Underground, although no toxin was found.
- 2000 — Sri Lankan Tamil politician Kumar Ponnambalam was killed in an assassination suspected to have been sanctioned by President Chandrika Kumaratunga.
- 1991 — Georgian troops attacked Tskhinvali, the South Ossetian capital, beginning the First South Ossetia War.
- 1991 — The embassy of the United States to Somalia was evacuated by helicopter airlift days after violence enveloped Mogadishu during the Somali Civil War.
Embassy of the United States, MogadishuOperation Eastern ExitMogadishu
- 1976 — The Troubles: In response to the killings of six Catholics the previous night, South Armagh Republican Action Force gunmen killed ten Protestants in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
The TroublesReavey and O'Dowd killingsSouth Armagh Republican Action Force
- 1975 — The bulk carrier Lake Illawarra struck a bridge over the River Derwent in Hobart, Australia, causing the deaths of seven of the ship's crewmen and five motorists on the bridge.
- 1970 — A magnitude-7.1 earthquake 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.
- 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."
- 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.
- 1933 — Construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge across the Straits of the Golden Gate, the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
- 1925 — Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming, the first woman to serve as the governor of a U.S. state.
Nellie Tayloe RossList of governors of WyomingList of female governors in the United States
- 1922 — Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton (pictured) died of a heart attack during his final expedition.
- 1919 — The German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party, was founded by Anton Drexler.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1675 — Franco-Dutch War: French troops defeated Austrian and Brandenburg forces at the Battle of Turckheim (pictured) in Alsace.
Births
- 2009 — Walker Scobell, American actor
- 2004 — Shane Wright, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2001 — Mykhailo Mudryk, Ukrainian footballer
- 2001 — Ellis Simms, English footballer
- 2000 — Gastón Martirena, Uruguayan footballer
- 1999 — Mattias Svanberg, Swedish footballer
- 1999 — Filip Ugrinić, Swiss footballer
- 1998 — Carles Aleñá, Spanish footballer
- 1998 — Corey Horsburgh, Australian rugby league player
- 1997 — Jesús Vallejo, Spanish footballer
- 1996 — James Fisher-Harris, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1996 — Nicolás Tripichio, Argentine footballer
Deaths
- 2025 — Mike Rinder, Australian-American former Scientologist, critic (born 1955)
- 2025 — Costas Simitis, Greek economist, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (born 1936)
- 2024 — Joseph Lelyveld, American journalist and executive editor of The New York Times (born 1937)
- 2024 — Mário Zagallo, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1931)
- 2022 — Kim Mi-soo, South Korean actress and model (born 1992)
- 2021 — Colin Bell, English footballer (born 1946)
- 2021 — John Georgiadis, English violinist and composer (born 1939)
- 2020 — Tafazzul Haque Habiganji, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (born 1938)
- 2019 — Bernice Sandler, American women's rights activist (born 1928)
- 2019 — Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer and manager (born 1937)
- 2018 — Asghar Khan, Pakistani three star general and politician (born 1921)
- 2018 — Thomas Bopp, American astronomer best known as the co-discoverer of comet Hale–Bopp (born 1949)
Observances & holidays
- Christian Feast day: Charles of Mount Argus
- Christian Feast day: John Neumann (Catholic Church)
- Christian Feast day: Pope Telesphorus
- Christian Feast day: Simeon Stylites (Latin Church)
- Christian Feast day: January 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (Harbin, China)
- Joma Shinji (Japan)
- National Bird Day (United States)
- The Twelfth day of Christmas and the Twelfth Night of Christmas. (Western Christianity)
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