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  • Pisa, Italy
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1172
    Leaning Tower of Pisa

    Beginning of the Construction

    Pisa, Italy
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1172

    Construction of the tower occurred in three stages over 199 years. On 5 January 1172, Donna Berta di Bernardo, a widow and resident of the house of dell' Opera di Santa Maria, bequeathed sixty soldi to the Opera Campanilis petrarum Sancte Marie. The sum was then used toward the purchase of a few stones which still form the base of the bell tower.




  • Italy
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1848
    Unification of Italy

    The revolutionary disturbances began with a civil disobedience strike in Lombardy

    Italy
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1848

    On 5 January 1848, the revolutionary disturbances began with a civil disobedience strike in Lombardy, as citizens stopped smoking cigars and playing the lottery, which denied Austria the associated tax revenue. Shortly after this, revolts began on the island of Sicily and in Naples.




  • Sagamore, Massachuesetts, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919
    Theodore Roosevelt

    Death

    Sagamore, Massachuesetts, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919

    On the night of January 5, 1919, Roosevelt suffered breathing problems. After receiving treatment from his physician, Dr. George W. Faller, he felt better and went to bed. Roosevelt's last words were "Please put out that light, James" to his family servant James Amos. Between 4:00 and 4:15 the next morning, Roosevelt died in his sleep at Sagamore Hill after a blood clot had detached from a vein and traveled to his lungs.




  • Germany
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919
    Weimar Republic

    Spartacist uprising

    Germany
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919

    In January, the Spartacus League and others in the streets of Berlin made more armed attempts to establish communism, known as the Spartacist uprising.




  • San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919
    Spanish Flu

    San Francisco's New Year

    San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919

    In the first five days of January, in San Francisco, 1,800 flu cases and 101 deaths were reported.




  • Rome, Italy
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1938
    Juan Carlos I

    Born

    Rome, Italy
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1938

    Juan Carlos was born to Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, and Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies in Rome, Italy, where his grandfather King Alfonso XIII of Spain and other members of the Spanish royal family lived in exile following the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic in 1931.




  • U.S.
    Thursday Jan 5, 1950
    Harry S. Truman

    The U.S. would not engage in any dispute involving the Taiwan Strait

    U.S.
    Thursday Jan 5, 1950

    Truman announced on 5 January 1950 that the United States would not engage in any dispute involving the Taiwan Strait, and that he would not intervene in the event of an attack by the PRC.


  • U.S.
    Friday Jan 5, 1951
    Neil Armstrong

    His first flight in a Jet

    U.S.
    Friday Jan 5, 1951

    Neil made his first flight in a jet, a Grumman F9F Panther, on January 5, 1951.


  • New Hampshire, U.S.
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1972
    Richard Nixon

    Nixon Entered His Name On The New Hampshire Primary Ballot

    New Hampshire, U.S.
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1972

    Nixon entered his name on the New Hampshire primary ballot on January 5, 1972, effectively announcing his candidacy for reelection. Virtually assured the Republican nomination, the President had initially expected his Democratic opponent to be Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy (brother of the late President), but he was largely removed from contention after the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident. Instead, Maine Senator Edmund Muskie became the front runner, with South Dakota Senator George McGovern in a close second place.


  • Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
    Friday Jan 5, 1973
    Joe Biden

    Biden was sworn in by the secretary of the Senate Francis R. Valeo at the Delaware Division of the Wilmington Medical Center

    Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
    Friday Jan 5, 1973

    Biden was sworn in on January 5, 1973, by the secretary of the Senate Francis R. Valeo at the Delaware Division of the Wilmington Medical Center. Present were his sons Beau (whose leg was still in traction from the automobile accident) and Hunter and other family members. At 30, he was the sixth-youngest senator in U.S. history.


  • England, United Kingdom
    Saturday Jan 5, 1985
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Margaret had part of her left lung removed

    England, United Kingdom
    Saturday Jan 5, 1985

    The Princess's later life was marred by illness and disability. She had smoked cigarettes since the age of 15 or earlier and had continued to smoke heavily for many years. On 5 January 1985, Margaret had part of her left lung removed; the operation drew parallels with that of her father over 30 years earlier.


  • China
    Sunday Jan 5, 2003
    SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

    A new infection with SARS is confirmed in China

    China
    Sunday Jan 5, 2003

    China confirmed that the case reported in December was a case of wild source SARS.


  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Monday Jan 5, 2004
    Jackie Chan

    Hollywood star

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Monday Jan 5, 2004

    He has got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.


  • U.S.
    Friday Jan 5, 2007
    Nancy Pelosi

    Pelosi joined with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to condemn the plan

    U.S.
    Friday Jan 5, 2007

    On January 5, 2007, reacting to suggestions from President Bush's confidantes that he would increase troop levels in Iraq (which he announced in a speech a few days later), Pelosi joined with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to condemn the plan.


  • New York, U.S.
    Monday Jan 5, 2009
    03:24:00 PM
    US Airways Flight 1549: Sully

    Takeoff

    New York, U.S.
    Monday Jan 5, 2009
    03:24:00 PM

    The flight was cleared for takeoff to the northeast from LaGuardia's Runway 4 at 3:24:56 pm Eastern Standard Time (20:24:56 UTC). With Skiles in control, the crew made its first report after becoming airborne at 3:25:51 as being at 700 feet (210 m) and climbing. The weather at 2:51 p.m. was 10 miles (16 km) visibility with broken clouds at 3,700 feet (1,100 m), wind 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) from 290°; an hour later it was few clouds at 4,200 feet (1,300 m), wind 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) from 310°. At 3:26:37 Sullenberger remarked to Skiles: "What a view of the Hudson today."


  • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    Thursday Jan 5, 2017
    Kroger

    Campus marketing agreement

    Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    Thursday Jan 5, 2017

    On May 1, 2017, Kroger, along with the University of Kentucky and UK Athletics, sports, and campus marketing partner JMI Sports, announced a 12-year, $1.85 million per year campus marketing agreement.


  • Mechelen
    Friday Jan 5, 1759

    Thomas Philip's death

    Mechelen
    Friday Jan 5, 1759

    The Cardinal of Mechelen, Belgium, Thomas Philip Wallrad de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace, passed away at the age of 79.


  • Lamington
    Tuesday Jan 5, 1779

    Zebulon Pike Birth

    Lamington
    Tuesday Jan 5, 1779

    The American brigadier general and explorer, known as "Pike's Peak", was born in Lamington, New Jersey in 1779.


  • Le Pin-en-Mauges
    Friday Jan 5, 1759

    Jacques Cathelineau Birth

    Le Pin-en-Mauges
    Friday Jan 5, 1759

    The leader of the French army, Jacques Cathelineau, was born in Le Pin-en-Mauges, France.


  • Russia
    Tuesday Jan 5, 1762

    Elizabeth of Russia's death

    Russia
    Tuesday Jan 5, 1762

    The queen of Russia, Elizabeth of Russia, passed away at the age of 52.


  • Germany
    Tuesday Jan 5, 1762

    Amadeus Mozart Birth

    Germany
    Tuesday Jan 5, 1762

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's wife Constanze was born in Germany in 1762.


  • Switzerland
    Friday Jan 5, 1477

    Battle of Nancy

    Switzerland
    Friday Jan 5, 1477

    The leader of the Battle of Nancy, Charles Duke of Burgundy, was killed along with 7,000 other people.


  • Lahore
    Sunday Jan 5, 1592

    Shah Jahan Birth

    Lahore
    Sunday Jan 5, 1592

    Shah Jahan, the 5th Mughal Emperor of India, built the Taj Mahal for his beloved wife, who was born in Lahore, Mughal Empire.


  • Pisa, Italy
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1172
    Leaning Tower of Pisa

    Beginning of the Construction

    Pisa, Italy
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1172

    Construction of the tower occurred in three stages over 199 years. On 5 January 1172, Donna Berta di Bernardo, a widow and resident of the house of dell' Opera di Santa Maria, bequeathed sixty soldi to the Opera Campanilis petrarum Sancte Marie. The sum was then used toward the purchase of a few stones which still form the base of the bell tower.


  • Italy
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1848
    Unification of Italy

    The revolutionary disturbances began with a civil disobedience strike in Lombardy

    Italy
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1848

    On 5 January 1848, the revolutionary disturbances began with a civil disobedience strike in Lombardy, as citizens stopped smoking cigars and playing the lottery, which denied Austria the associated tax revenue. Shortly after this, revolts began on the island of Sicily and in Naples.


  • Sagamore, Massachuesetts, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919
    Theodore Roosevelt

    Death

    Sagamore, Massachuesetts, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919

    On the night of January 5, 1919, Roosevelt suffered breathing problems. After receiving treatment from his physician, Dr. George W. Faller, he felt better and went to bed. Roosevelt's last words were "Please put out that light, James" to his family servant James Amos. Between 4:00 and 4:15 the next morning, Roosevelt died in his sleep at Sagamore Hill after a blood clot had detached from a vein and traveled to his lungs.


  • Germany
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919
    Weimar Republic

    Spartacist uprising

    Germany
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919

    In January, the Spartacus League and others in the streets of Berlin made more armed attempts to establish communism, known as the Spartacist uprising.


  • San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919
    Spanish Flu

    San Francisco's New Year

    San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919

    In the first five days of January, in San Francisco, 1,800 flu cases and 101 deaths were reported.


  • Rome, Italy
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1938
    Juan Carlos I

    Born

    Rome, Italy
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1938

    Juan Carlos was born to Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, and Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies in Rome, Italy, where his grandfather King Alfonso XIII of Spain and other members of the Spanish royal family lived in exile following the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic in 1931.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Jan 5, 1950
    Harry S. Truman

    The U.S. would not engage in any dispute involving the Taiwan Strait

    U.S.
    Thursday Jan 5, 1950

    Truman announced on 5 January 1950 that the United States would not engage in any dispute involving the Taiwan Strait, and that he would not intervene in the event of an attack by the PRC.


  • U.S.
    Friday Jan 5, 1951
    Neil Armstrong

    His first flight in a Jet

    U.S.
    Friday Jan 5, 1951

    Neil made his first flight in a jet, a Grumman F9F Panther, on January 5, 1951.


  • New Hampshire, U.S.
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1972
    Richard Nixon

    Nixon Entered His Name On The New Hampshire Primary Ballot

    New Hampshire, U.S.
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1972

    Nixon entered his name on the New Hampshire primary ballot on January 5, 1972, effectively announcing his candidacy for reelection. Virtually assured the Republican nomination, the President had initially expected his Democratic opponent to be Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy (brother of the late President), but he was largely removed from contention after the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident. Instead, Maine Senator Edmund Muskie became the front runner, with South Dakota Senator George McGovern in a close second place.


  • Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
    Friday Jan 5, 1973
    Joe Biden

    Biden was sworn in by the secretary of the Senate Francis R. Valeo at the Delaware Division of the Wilmington Medical Center

    Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
    Friday Jan 5, 1973

    Biden was sworn in on January 5, 1973, by the secretary of the Senate Francis R. Valeo at the Delaware Division of the Wilmington Medical Center. Present were his sons Beau (whose leg was still in traction from the automobile accident) and Hunter and other family members. At 30, he was the sixth-youngest senator in U.S. history.


  • England, United Kingdom
    Saturday Jan 5, 1985
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Margaret had part of her left lung removed

    England, United Kingdom
    Saturday Jan 5, 1985

    The Princess's later life was marred by illness and disability. She had smoked cigarettes since the age of 15 or earlier and had continued to smoke heavily for many years. On 5 January 1985, Margaret had part of her left lung removed; the operation drew parallels with that of her father over 30 years earlier.


  • China
    Sunday Jan 5, 2003
    SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

    A new infection with SARS is confirmed in China

    China
    Sunday Jan 5, 2003

    China confirmed that the case reported in December was a case of wild source SARS.


  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Monday Jan 5, 2004
    Jackie Chan

    Hollywood star

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Monday Jan 5, 2004

    He has got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.


  • U.S.
    Friday Jan 5, 2007
    Nancy Pelosi

    Pelosi joined with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to condemn the plan

    U.S.
    Friday Jan 5, 2007

    On January 5, 2007, reacting to suggestions from President Bush's confidantes that he would increase troop levels in Iraq (which he announced in a speech a few days later), Pelosi joined with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to condemn the plan.


  • New York, U.S.
    Monday Jan 5, 2009
    03:24:00 PM
    US Airways Flight 1549: Sully

    Takeoff

    New York, U.S.
    Monday Jan 5, 2009
    03:24:00 PM

    The flight was cleared for takeoff to the northeast from LaGuardia's Runway 4 at 3:24:56 pm Eastern Standard Time (20:24:56 UTC). With Skiles in control, the crew made its first report after becoming airborne at 3:25:51 as being at 700 feet (210 m) and climbing. The weather at 2:51 p.m. was 10 miles (16 km) visibility with broken clouds at 3,700 feet (1,100 m), wind 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) from 290°; an hour later it was few clouds at 4,200 feet (1,300 m), wind 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) from 310°. At 3:26:37 Sullenberger remarked to Skiles: "What a view of the Hudson today."


  • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    Thursday Jan 5, 2017
    Kroger

    Campus marketing agreement

    Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    Thursday Jan 5, 2017

    On May 1, 2017, Kroger, along with the University of Kentucky and UK Athletics, sports, and campus marketing partner JMI Sports, announced a 12-year, $1.85 million per year campus marketing agreement.


  • Mechelen
    Friday Jan 5, 1759

    Thomas Philip's death

    Mechelen
    Friday Jan 5, 1759

    The Cardinal of Mechelen, Belgium, Thomas Philip Wallrad de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace, passed away at the age of 79.


  • Lamington
    Tuesday Jan 5, 1779

    Zebulon Pike Birth

    Lamington
    Tuesday Jan 5, 1779

    The American brigadier general and explorer, known as "Pike's Peak", was born in Lamington, New Jersey in 1779.


  • Le Pin-en-Mauges
    Friday Jan 5, 1759

    Jacques Cathelineau Birth

    Le Pin-en-Mauges
    Friday Jan 5, 1759

    The leader of the French army, Jacques Cathelineau, was born in Le Pin-en-Mauges, France.


  • Russia
    Tuesday Jan 5, 1762

    Elizabeth of Russia's death

    Russia
    Tuesday Jan 5, 1762

    The queen of Russia, Elizabeth of Russia, passed away at the age of 52.


  • Germany
    Tuesday Jan 5, 1762

    Amadeus Mozart Birth

    Germany
    Tuesday Jan 5, 1762

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's wife Constanze was born in Germany in 1762.


  • Switzerland
    Friday Jan 5, 1477

    Battle of Nancy

    Switzerland
    Friday Jan 5, 1477

    The leader of the Battle of Nancy, Charles Duke of Burgundy, was killed along with 7,000 other people.


  • Lahore
    Sunday Jan 5, 1592

    Shah Jahan Birth

    Lahore
    Sunday Jan 5, 1592

    Shah Jahan, the 5th Mughal Emperor of India, built the Taj Mahal for his beloved wife, who was born in Lahore, Mughal Empire.


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