January 5

January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . Following are still 360 days (361 days in a leap year ) until the end of the year.

Content

 * 1 Events
 * 2 Birth
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 Celebration / memorial
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium

Events

 * General
 * 1982 - The US Supreme Court rejected a law passed in Arkansas which schools are required to creationism teaching.
 * 1988 - Jules Croiset shows his own kidnapping , threatening letters and a bomb have put in scene.
 * 1993 - The oil tanker Braer stores in the Shetland Islands to pieces: 85,000 tons of oil flowing into the sea .
 * 2011 - A fire at a chemical plant in Moerdijk, causing a huge cloud of smoke and a large contamination of ground and surface water . Administrative be scaled up to the level GRIP 4 . Twenty rescuers and 150 other people are treated for symptoms that may have resulted from exposure to hazardous substances.
 * 2012 - In a landslide in Pantukan, Compostela Valley on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, due to persistent rain, come at least 25 people. There are about 100 missing.


 * Economy
 * 1914 - In the car factories of Henry Ford introduced the eight-hour day.


 * Media
 * 1828 - The first edition of the Algemeen Handelsblad enters the presses of Amsterdam.
 * 1956 - First NTS journal on Dutch television . Topics: persistent smoothness, interview with Caroline, daughter of chess champion Max Euwe and young bulls through the streets of Pamplona .
 * 1976 - The first broadcast of the radio program The Eye on Tomorrow .
 * 1981 - The first broadcast of the NOS Youth News, presented by Leontien Ceulemans .
 * 1989 - The first broadcast of the television game lingo . Presenter is Robert ten Brink .
 * 2009 - The first broadcast of the Flemish radio station MNM .


 * War
 * 1477 - Battle of Nancy, where Charles the Bold is killed.
 * 1862 - Battle of Hancock ( American Civil War )


 * Politics
 * 1950 - Former Belgian MP Ward Hermans because of his attitude in WWII sentenced to life imprisonment.
 * 1968 - Alexander Dubcek is secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia .
 * 2009 - Ahmed Aboutaleb is installed as mayor of Rotterdam . Never before had a Dutch mayor dual nationality. [source?]


 * Religion
 * 1964 - Meeting between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople in Jerusalem . It is the first meeting between the leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Church since 1439 .


 * Sport
 * 1935 - The Dutch hockey team plays in Amsterdam his first international match in history. Opponent is Belgium, winning 0-4.
 * 1994 - RSC Anderlecht win Belgian Supercup by Standard Liege beat 3-0 at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium .
 * 2011 - For the first time since 1956 on Castle weather played football for the Silver Ball . The contest is between Sparta Rotterdam and Feyenoord, and ends in a 4-2 victory for Feyenoord.


 * Science and Technology
 * 1896 - In the Wiener Presse published the first article on the public by Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays .
 * 1972 - US President Nixon announced the development of the space shuttle to.
 * 2005 - The mummy of Tutankhamen is inserted into a CT scanner. This is the probable cause of death of the pharaoh discovered.

Born [ edit ]
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria born January 5, 1614

Constanze Weber born January 5, 1762

Sasha born January 5, 1972

Hadewych Minis born January 5, 1977
 * 1614 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, governor of the Southern Netherlands (deceased in 1662 )
 * 1762 - Constanze Weber, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (deceased in 1842 )
 * 1767 - Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist (deceased in 1832 )
 * 1814 - Melchor Ocampo, Mexican statesman (deceased in 1861 )
 * 1855 - King C. Gillette, American inventor of the razor (deceased in 1932 )
 * 1864 - Carel Hendrik Theodoor Bussemakerhuis, Dutch historian (deceased in 1914 )
 * 1873 - Richard Acke, Flemish architect (deceased in 1934 )
 * 1876 ​​- Konrad Adenauer, German Chancellor (deceased in 1967 )
 * 1881 - David Hammond, American water polo player (death unknown year)
 * 1888 - Fritz Förderer, German footballer (deceased in 1952 )
 * 1891 - Johan Boskamp, Dutch actor (deceased in 1976 )
 * 1893 - Elizabeth Cotten, American folk and blues musician (deceased in 1987 )
 * 1896 - Henry Algra, Dutch journalist and politician (deceased in 1982 )
 * 1900 - Yves Tanguy, French painter (deceased in 1955 )
 * 1902 - Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist, organist and choirmaster (deceased in 1968 )
 * 1902 - Adolfo Zumelzú, Argentinian footballer (deceased in 1973 )
 * 1905 - A. Viruly, Dutch aviator and writer (deceased in 1986 )
 * 1911 - Louis Aimar, French-Italian cyclist (deceased 2005 )
 * 1913 - Jack Haig, British actor (deceased in 1989 )
 * 1913 - Pierre Veuillot, French Cardinal Archbishop of Paris (deceased in 1968 )
 * 1916 - Maup Caransa, Dutch entrepreneur and real estate merchant (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1917 - Jane Wyman, American film actress and first wife of President Ronald Reagan (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1920 - André Simon, French race car driver (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1921 - Duke John of Luxembourg
 * 1923 - Norberto Mendez, Argentinian footballer (deceased in 1998 )
 * 1926 - J. B. Jeyaretnam, Singaporean politician (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1926 - Veikko Karvonen, Finnish long-distance runner (deceased 2007 )
 * 1927 - Joker Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician
 * 1928 - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani politician (deceased in 1979 )
 * 1928 - Emmanuel Constant, Haitian bishop (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1931 - Robert Duvall, American actor
 * 1932 - Umberto Eco, Italian writer and semiotician
 * 1932 - Bill Foulkes, British footballer (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1934 - Eddy Pieters Graafland, Dutch football goalkeeper
 * 1935 - Jean-Pierre de Launoit, Belgian banker (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1938 - Keith Greene, British racing driver
 * 1938 - Juan Carlos I of Spain, King of Spain
 * 1938 - Piet Kruiver, Dutch footballer (deceased in 1989 )
 * 1940 - Pim de la Parra, Surinamese-Dutch film director
 * 1942 - Kris Smet, Flemish actress and radio and television presenter
 * 1943 - Ignace van Swieten, Dutch football referee (deceased in 2005 )
 * 1944 - Jan de Vries, Dutch motorcycle racer
 * 1945 - Roger Spottiswoode, American film director
 * 1946 - Diane Keaton, American actress
 * 1946 - Giuseppe Materazzi, Italian footballer
 * 1946 - Mieke Sterk, Dutch athlete and politician
 * 1947 - Osman Arpacıoğlu, Turkish footballer
 * 1950 - Lex van Rossen, Dutch music photographer (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1953 - Pamela Sue Martin, American actress
 * 1954 - Jan Everse, Dutch footballer and football coach
 * 1954 - Herman Schueremans, Belgian politician and organizer of Rock Werchter
 * 1955 - Ella Kalsbeek, Dutch politician
 * 1959 - Slavko Dujić, Croatian painter
 * 1960 - Steve Jones, British pilot
 * 1964 - Michel Kleinjans, Belgian yachtsman
 * 1964 - Jan van der Rassel, Dutch darter
 * 1965 - Vinnie Jones, English footballer and actor
 * 1965 - Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish athlete
 * 1966 - Héctor Baldassi, Argentinian football referee
 * 1967 - Joe Flanigan, American actor
 * 1967 - Nada Nie, Dutch actress and television presenter
 * 1968 - DJ Bobo (René Baumann), Swiss DJ
 * 1969 - Mai Charoenpura, Thai singer and actress
 * 1969 - Marilyn Manson, American singer
 * 1969 - Paul McGillion, Canadian actor
 * 1969 - Mark Tijsmans, Flemish actor and singer
 * 1970 - Igor Bališ, Slovak footballer
 * 1970 - Yuri Kovtun, Russian footballer and football coach
 * 1970 - Friedl 'Lesage, Flemish radio presenter
 * 1971 - Bjørn Otto Bragstad, Norwegian footballer
 * 1972 - Sasha, German singer
 * 1974 - Iwan Thomas, British athlete
 * 1976 - George Casteren, Dutch writer
 * 1976 - Severin Luthi, Swiss tennis player and tennis coach
 * 1977 - Mirella Markus, Dutch presenter
 * 1977 - Jason Mbote, Kenyan athlete
 * 1977 - Hadewych Minis, Dutch actress
 * 1978 - Emilia, Swedish singer
 * 1978 - Anke Wischnewski, German luger star
 * 1979 - Håvard Klemetsen, Norwegian nordic combined skier
 * 1980 - Sebastian Deisler, German footballer
 * 1980 - Georgia Gould, American mountain biker
 * 1980 - Wim Jacobs, Belgian cyclo-cross rider
 * 1981 - Khoudir Aggoune, Algerian athlete
 * 1982 - Hans Cornelis, Belgian footballer
 * 1982 - Karel Geraerts, Belgian footballer
 * 1982 - Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
 * 1982 - Tiiu Nurmberg, Estonian alpineskiester
 * 1982 - Jaroslav Plašil, Czech footballer
 * 1982 - Maki Tsukada, Japanese judoka
 * 1982 - Vadims Vasiļevskis, Latvian athlete
 * 1982 - Benoît Vaugrenard, French cyclist
 * 1982 - Joel Thomas Zimmerman (Deadmau5), Canadian DJ and producer
 * 1983 - Ken Leemans, Belgian footballer
 * 1984 - Shakeel Abbasi, Pakistani hockey
 * 1984 - Derrick Atkins, Bahamian athlete
 * 1984 - Fabien Libiszewski, French chess
 * 1985 - Mercedes Peris, Spanish swimmer
 * 1985 - Fabienne Suter, Swiss alpineskiester
 * 1986 - Rikke Dijkxhoorn Dutch cyclist
 * 1986 - Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo, Congolese-Belgian footballer
 * 1987 - Sito Riera, Spanish footballer
 * 1988 - Alexandra Engen, Swedish mountain biker
 * 1988 - Nikola Kalinić, Croatian footballer
 * 1989 - Clara Cleymans, Flemish actress
 * 1990 - Gino Felixdaal, Dutch footballer
 * 1990 - Leroy Fer, Dutch footballer
 * 1994 - Thomas Horsten, Dutch footballer
 * 1995 - Meindert van Buuren, Dutch racing driver
 * 1996 - Óscar Tunjo, Colombian race car driver

Deceased [ edit ]
Catherine de 'Medici deceased in 1589

Calvin Coolidge deceased in 1933

Eusébio deceased in 2014
 * 1448 - Christopher III of Denmark (29), king of Denmark
 * 1477 - Charles the Bold (43), Duke of Burgundy
 * 1589 - Catherine de Medici (69), Queen of France
 * 1626 - Cornelis Hooft (78), Dutch statesman, mayor of Amsterdam
 * 1759 - Thomas d'Henin-Liétard d'Alsace (79), South-Dutch cardinal-archbishop of Mechelen
 * 1776 - Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (50), German theologian and zoologist
 * 1860 - John Neumann (48), American saint, bishop of Philadelphia
 * 1893 - Charles of Mount Argus (71), Dutch priest; saint of the Roman Catholic Church
 * 1901 - Charles Alexander (82), Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
 * 1910 - Léon Walras (75), French economist
 * 1933 - Calvin Coolidge (60), 30th president of the United States
 * 1941 - Amy Johnson (37), England's first female pilot
 * 1943 - George Washington Carver (81), American chemist and botanist
 * 1945 - Kees Bitter (25) Dutch resistance fighter and traitor
 * 1945 - Johannes Petrus Lijding (30) Dutch resistance fighter
 * 1957 - Jerome Steever (76), American water polo player
 * 1959 - Adolpho Ducke (82), Brazilian botanist and entomologist
 * 1960 - Jacob Domselaer (69), Dutch composer
 * 1961 - Cor teller (63), Dutch swimmer
 * 1965 - Herman Meulemans (71), Belgian composer, organist and music educator
 * 1970 - Max Born (87), German mathematician and physicist and Nobel Prize winner
 * 1972 - Gérard Devos (68), Belgian footballer
 * 1976 - John A. Costello (84) Irish politician
 * 1979 - Charles Mingus (56), American jazz musician
 * 1981 - Lanza del Vasto (79), Italian philosopher, poet, artist, and nonviolent activist
 * 1986 - Ilmari Salminen (83), Finnish athlete
 * 1986 - Annie Verhulst (90), Dutch stage actress
 * 1990 - Arthur Kennedy (75), American actor
 * 1991 - Vasko Popa (68) Serbian poet
 * 1994 - Tip O'Neill (81), American politician
 * 1997 - Bertil Bernadotte (84), Prince of Sweden
 * 1997 - André Franquin (73), Walloon Belgian cartoonist
 * 1997 - French Piët (91), Dutch cartoonist
 * 2000 - Ottis Stine (91), American race car driver
 * 2002 - Roger Gyselinck (81), Belgian cyclist
 * 2002 - Piet Pain (75), Dutch painter
 * 2003 - Félix Loustau (80), Argentine footballer
 * 2004 - Toos Goorhuis-Tjalsma (88), Dutch (co-) creator of the Pieterpath
 * 2005 - Antun Maqdisi (88 or 89), Syrian political philosopher
 * 2007 - Momofuku Ando (96), inventor of instant noodles
 * 2008 - Clinton Grybas (32), Australian sports reporter
 * 2008 - Louis Hon (83), French footballer
 * 2009 - Griffin Bell (90), American lawyer and politician
 * 2009 - Adolf Merckle (74), German billionaire entrepreneur
 * 2010 - Sander Simons (47), Dutch journalist
 * 2011 - Malangatana Ngwenya (74), Mozambican poet, painter and politician
 * 2012 - Frederica Sagor Maas (111), American playwright, screenwriter and author
 * 2012 - Joos Somers (75), Belgian politician
 * 2013 - Piet de Bekker (91), Dutch mayor
 * 2013 - Pierre Cogan (98), French cyclist
 * 2013 - Ann-Britt Leyman (90), Swedish athlete
 * 2013 - Jan Simoen (59), Belgian youth writer
 * 2014 - Eusébio (71), Mozambican-Portuguese footballer
 * 2014 - Slamet Gundono (47), Indonesian puppeteer and artist
 * 2014 - Brian Hart (77), British racing driver and aviation engineer
 * 2014 - Charles Henri (65), Dutch sculptor and painter
 * 2014 - Govert Huijser (82), Dutch General and Chief of Defence Staff
 * 2014 - Carmen Zapata (86), American actress
 * 2014 - Mustapha Zitouni (85), French-Algerian footballer
 * 2015 - Jean-Pierre Beltoise (77), French motor racing driver
 * 2015 - Khan Bonfils (42), British actor
 * 2015 - Antonio Fuertes (85), Spanish footballer
 * 2015 - Bernard Joseph McLaughlin (102), American bishop
 * 2015 - Alfons Peeters (71), Belgian footballer

Celebration / commemoration [ edit ]

 * Roman Catholic calendar:
 * Saint Simeon Stylites († c. 459 )
 * Holy Saint Gerlach , hermit († c. 1170 ) - Remembrance (in Roermond Diocese )
 * Saint John Nepomucene Neumann († 1860 )
 * Saint Charles (Houben) of St. Andrew , priest († 1893 ) - Remembrance (in Roermond Diocese )
 * Saint Genoveva Torres Morales, founder order († 1956 )
 * St. Charles of Sezze , mystic († 1670 )
 * Holy Emiliana († 550 )
 * Holy Saint Cera († 679 )
 * Blessed Pietro Bonilli († 1935 )

[Netherlands edit ]
Record counts [1]
 * 1979 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -12.4 ° C
 * 1957 - Highest mean daily temperature is 11.9 ° C
 * 1979 - Lowest minimum temperature -16 ° C
 * 1999 - Highest maximum temperature 13.5 ° C
 * 1947 - Highest hourly average wind speed 14.9 m / s
 * 1995 - Longest sunshine duration 6.8 hours
 * 1976 - Longest rainfall duration 22.3 hours
 * 1968 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 22.6 mm
 * 1947 - Lowest mean daily relative humidity 61%

Belgium [ edit ]
Record counts [2] Extraordinary events [3]
 * 1979 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -9.1 ° C
 * 1999 - Highest mean daily temperature is 11.8 ° C
 * 1894 - Lowest minimum temperature -13.6 ° C
 * 1999 - Highest maximum temperature 14.5 ° C
 * 1906 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 18.5 mm
 * 1999 - Maximum temperature 15.2 ° C in Rochefort, 16.0 ° C in Dourbes (Viroinval), 17.8 ° C in Koersel (Beringen).