January 5 in History

Historical Events on January 5

1781 American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.

1895 Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.

1913 First Balkan War: During the Battle of Lemnos, Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.

1914 The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday, but entitlement to the higher was subject to various restrictions.[1]

1919 The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.

1945 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland.

1972 United States President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.

1976 The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.

1991 Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991-92 South Ossetia War.

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Famous Birthdays on January 5

1928 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

1941 Hayao Miyazaki

1969 Marilyn Manson

1972 Sakis Rouvas

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Famous Deaths on January 5

1922 Ernest Shackleton

1933 Calvin Coolidge

2003 Roy Jenkins

2016 Pierre Boulez

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