January 5

January 5 is the fifth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 360 days remaining until the end of the year (361 in leap years).

Events

• 1066 – Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.
• 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France.
• 1500 – Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan.
• 1527 – Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zurich, Switzerland, is executed by drowning.
• 1554 – A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
• 1675 – Battle of Colmar: the French army beats Brandenburg.
• 1757 – Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
• 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
• 1846 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
• 1895 – Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
• 1896 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
• 1900 – Irish leader John Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
• 1909 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
• 1911 – Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's second oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
• 1912 – The Prague Party Conference takes place.
• 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 and that it would pay a "living wage" of at least $5 for a day's labor.
• 1919 – The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
• 1925 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
• 1933 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
• 1940 – FM radio is demonstrated to the Federal Communications Commission for the first time.
• 1944 – The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
• 1945 – The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland.
• 1949 – United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
• 1957 – In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
• 1968 – Alexander Dubček comes to power: "Prague Spring" begins in Czechoslovakia.
• 1969 – The Troubles: The Royal Ulster Constabulary raid the Bogside area of Derry, damaging property and beating residents. In response, residents erect barricades and establish Free Derry.
• 1972 – United States President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.
• 1974 – An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses.
• 1974 – Warmest reliably measured temperature in Antarctica of +59 °F (+15 °C) recorded at Vanda Station
• 1975 – The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
• 1976 – The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
• 1976 – The Troubles: In response to the killing of six Catholics the night before, gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK.
• 1991 – Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991–1992 South Ossetia War.
• 1993 – The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
• 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.

Births

• 1209 – Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, German king (d. 1272)
• 1548 – Francisco Suárez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)
• 1587 – Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)
• 1592 – Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor (d. 1666)
• 1614 – Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)
• 1640 – Paolo Lorenzani, Italian composer (d. 1713)
• 1679 – Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, Italian composer and organist (d. 1750)
• 1717 – William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington, English politician (d. 1793)
• 1762 – Constanze Mozart, German wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1842)
• 1767 – Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist (d. 1832)
• 1778 – Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (d. 1813)
• 1779 – Stephen Decatur, American navy officer (d. 1820)
• 1808 – Anton Füster, Austrian priest and activist (d. 1881)
• 1834 – William John Wills, English surgeon and explorer (d. 1861)
• 1838 – Camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922)
• 1846 – Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926)
• 1855 – King C. Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (d. 1932)
• 1864 – Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (d. 1911)
• 1865 – Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920)
• 1865 – Ban Johnson, American businessman, founded the Western League (d. 1931)
• 1866 – Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1922)
• 1871 – Frederick Converse, American composer (d. 1940)
• 1874 – Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
• 1876 – Konrad Adenauer, German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (d. 1967)
• 1879 – Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)
• 1879 – Marcel Tournier, French harp player and composer (d. 1951)
• 1880 – Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1951)
• 1881 – David Hammond, American swimmer and water polo player
• 1882 – Herbert Bayard Swope, American journalist (d. 1958)
• 1885 – Humbert Wolfe, Italian-English poet (d. 1940)
• 1886 – Markus Reiner, Israeli scientist (d. 1976)
• 1893 – Zoltán Böszörmény, Hungarian politician (d. 1945)
• 1893 – Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (d. 1952)
• 1895 – Elizabeth Cotten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1987)
• 1895 – Jeannette Piccard, American priest, and scientist (d. 1981)
• 1900 – Yves Tanguy, French painter (d. 1955)
• 1902 – Hubert Beuve-Méry, French journalist (d. 1989)
• 1902 – Stella Gibbons, English author (d. 1989)
• 1903 – Harold Gatty, Australian navigator (d. 1957)
• 1904 – Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (d. 1997)
• 1904 – Erika Morini, Austrian violinist (d. 1995)
• 1906 – Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist (d. 1978)
• 1908 – George Dolenz, American actor (d. 1963)
• 1909 – Lucienne Bloch, Swiss-American sculptor, painter, and photographer (d. 1995)
• 1909 – Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (d. 1994)
• 1910 – Hugh Brannum, American actor (d. 1987)
• 1910 – Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner (d. 1949)
• 1911 – Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (d. 2001)
• 1914 – Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter (d. 1955)
• 1914 – George Reeves, American actor (d. 1959)
• 1915 – Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian cartographer (d. 2004)
• 1917 – Lucienne Day, English textile designer (d. 2010)
• 1917 – Francis L. Kellogg, American diplomat (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Wieland Wagner, German director (d. 1966)
• 1917 – Jane Wyman, American actress (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flute player (d. 1992)
• 1920 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (d. 1995)
• 1921 – Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright (d. 1990)
• 1921 – Paul Governali, American football player (d. 1978)
• 1921 – Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• 1922 – Anthony Synnot, Australian navy officer (d. 2001)
• 1923 – Glenn Boyer, American historian and author (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Hamzah Abu Samah, Malaysian politician (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Sam Phillips, American record producer, founded Sun Records (d. 2003)
• 1926 – W. D. Snodgrass, American poet (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Hosea Williams, American businessman and activist (d. 2000)
• 1928 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani politician, 4th President of Pakistan (d. 1979)
• 1928 – Walter Mondale, American politician, 42nd Vice President of the United States
• 1929 – Wilbert Harrison, American singer-songwriter (d. 1994)
• 1929 – Russ Manning, American comic book and comic strip artist, created Magnus, Robot Fighter (d. 1981)
• 1930 – Al Masini, American television producer (d. 2010)
• 1931 – Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer, founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (d. 1989)
• 1931 – Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist, poet, and author
• 1931 – Joan Coxsedge, Australian politician
• 1931 – Robert Duvall, American actor and director
• 1932 – Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher and author
• 1932 – Raisa Gorbachova, Russian wife of Mikhail Gorbachev, First Lady of the Soviet Union (d. 1999)
• 1932 – Chuck Noll, American football player and coach
• 1933 – Leonard Marsh, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (d. 2013)
• 1934 – William Bendeck, Bolivian race car driver (d. 1971)
• 1934 – Phil Ramone, South African-American record producer, co-founded A & R Recording (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Florence King, American author and columnist
• 1938 – Juan Carlos I of Spain
• 1938 – Jim Otto, American football player
• 1938 – Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author
• 1940 – Athol Guy, Australian bassist (The Seekers)
• 1940 – Michael O'Donoghue, American screenwriter (d. 1994)
• 1940 – Mike Rose, British retired army general
• 1941 – Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1941 – Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricketer (d. 2011)
• 1941 – Bruno Schettino, Italian archbishop (d. 2012)
• 1942 – Jan Ellis, South African rugby player (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Jan Leeming, English journalist
• 1942 – Terenci Moix, Spanish author (d. 2003)
• 1942 – Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist
• 1942 – Charlie Rose, American journalist and talk show host
• 1943 – Mary Gaudron, Australian lawyer and judge
• 1944 – Jo Ann Kelly, English blues singer and guitarist (d. 1990)
• 1944 – Ed Rendell, American politician, 45th Governor of Pennsylvania
• 1944 – Louis Stewart, Irish jazz guitarist
• 1945 – Chuck McKinley, American tennis player (d. 1986)
• 1945 – Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-English director
• 1946 – Diane Keaton, American actress, director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1946 – Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (d. 2012)
• 1947 – Mike DeWine, American politician, 50th Attorney General of Ohio
• 1947 – Mercury Morris, American football player
• 1948 – Ted Lange, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1950 – Ioan P. Culianu, Romanian historian, philosopher, and author (d. 1991)
• 1950 – Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, English lawyer
• 1950 – John Manley, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
• 1950 – Charlie Richmond, Canadian sound designer and engineer
• 1950 – Chris Stein, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Blondie)
• 1950 – Krzysztof Wielicki, Polish mountaineer
• 1951 – Steve Arnold, English footballer
• 1951 – Jagathy Sreekumar, Indian actor and screenwriter
• 1952 – Uli Hoeneß, German footballer and manager
• 1953 – Steve Archer, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Archers)
• 1953 – Pamela Sue Martin, American actress
• 1953 – Mike Rann, English-Australian politician, 44th Premier of South Australia
• 1953 – George Tenet, American civil servant and academic, 18th Director of Central Intelligence
• 1954 – Alex English, American basketball player
• 1954 – László Krasznahorkai, Hungarian author and screenwriter
• 1955 – Jimmy Mulville, English comedian, comedy writer and producer. Hat Trick Productions
• 1955 – Mohsen Sazegara, Iranian journalist
• 1956 – Chen Kenichi, Japanese-Chinese chef
• 1956 – Tim Macartney-Snape, Australian mountaineer
• 1956 – Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German politician
• 1957 – Kevin Hastings, Australian rugby player
• 1958 – Nancy Delahunt, Canadian curler
• 1958 – Ron Kittle, American baseball player
• 1958 – Marvin Lee Wilson, American murderer (d. 2012)
• 1959 – Clancy Brown, American actor
• 1959 – David Eastwood, English academic
• 1960 – Steve Jones, English pilot
• 1960 – Otar Korghalidze, Georgian football player and manager
• 1960 – Glenn Strömberg, Swedish footballer
• 1960 – Phil Thornalley, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (The Cure and Johnny Hates Jazz)
• 1961 – Iris DeMent, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Suzy Amis, American actress and model
• 1962 – Perry Fenwick, English actor
• 1962 – Danny Jackson, American baseball player
• 1962 – Andrew Rawnsley, English political journalist
• 1963 – Jeff Fassero, American baseball player
• 1964 – Grant Young, American drummer (Soul Asylum)
• 1965 – Vinnie Jones, English footballer and actor
• 1966 – Kate Schellenbach, American drummer (Luscious Jackson and Beastie Boys)
• 1966 – Steve Tuttle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Joe Flanigan, American actor
• 1968 – DJ BoBo, Swiss singer-songwriter and producer
• 1968 – Ricky Paull Goldin, American actor
• 1968 – Andrew Golota, Polish boxer
• 1968 – Carrie Ann Inaba, American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer
• 1968 – Joé Juneau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1969 – Marilyn Manson, American singer-songwriter, actor, and director (Satan on Fire)
• 1969 – Paul McGillion, Scottish actor
• 1970 – Rick Campanelli, Canadian television host
• 1971 – Jayne Middlemiss, English chef
• 1971 – Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress
• 1972 – Philip Davies, English politician
• 1972 – Nikki Nova, American porn actress and model
• 1972 – Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer-songwriter, producer and actor
• 1973 – Diamond Foxxx, American pornographic actress
• 1973 – Phil Joel, New Zealand singer-songwriter and bass player (Newsboys)
• 1974 – Sarah-Jane Honeywell, English actress and dancer
• 1975 – Kylie Bax, New Zealand-American model and actress
• 1975 – Bradley Cooper, American actor
• 1975 – Warrick Dunn, American football player
• 1975 – Mike Grier, American ice hockey player
• 1976 – Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer
• 1976 – Matt Wachter, American bass player (Thirty Seconds to Mars and Angels & Airwaves)
• 1978 – Sabrina Harman, American army reservist
• 1978 – January Jones, American actress
• 1978 – Seanan McGuire, American author
• 1978 – Franck Montagny, French race car driver
• 1978 – Marcus Trick, German rugby player
• 1979 – Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Ronnie O'Brien, Irish footballer
• 1979 – Masami Tanaka, Japanese swimmer
• 1980 – Sebastian Deisler, German footballer
• 1980 – Bennie Joppru, American football player
• 1981 – Corey Flynn, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 – Brooklyn Sudano, American actress
• 1981 – Joel Thomas Zimmerman Canadian DJ
• 1982 – Norichika Aoki, Japanese baseball player
• 1982 – Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
• 1982 – Darren Mackie, Scottish footballer
• 1982 – Tiiu Nurmberg, Canadian-Estonian alpine skier
• 1982 – Vadims Vasiļevskis, Latvian javelin thrower
• 1982 – Benoît Vaugrenard, French cyclist
• 1983 – Sean Dockery, American basketball player
• 1984 – Reinar Hallik, Estonian basketball player
• 1984 – Amanda Hearst, American model
• 1985 – Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (2Ge+Her) (d. 2001)
• 1985 – Fabienne Suter, Swiss skier
• 1985 – Diego Vera, Uruguayan footballer
• 1985 – Yoon So-yi, South Korean actress
• 1986 – J. P. Arencibia, American baseball player
• 1986 – Teppei Koike, Japanese actor and singer (WaT)
• 1986 – Deepika Padukone, Danish-Indian model and actress
• 1987 – Kristin Cavallari, American actress
• 1987 – Michael Gilday, Canadian Speed-skater
• 1988 – Mario de Luna, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – Pauline, French singer-songwriter
• 1989 – Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer
• 1990 – Yang Yo-seob, South Korean singer and dancer (Beast)
• 1991 – Denis Alibec, Romanian footballer
• 1991 – Eric Fisher, American football player
• 1991 – Daniel Pacheco, Spanish footballer
• 1992 – Julian Derstroff, German footballer
• 1993 – De'Anthony Thomas, American football player
• 1995 – Joyce Ching, Filipino actress
• 1995 – Lexi Fernandez, Filipino actress
• 1999 – Marc Yu, American pianist

Deaths

• 842 – Al-Mu'tasim, Iraqi 8th Abbasid caliph (b. 794)
• 1066 – Edward the Confessor, English king (b. 1004)
• 1400 – John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (b. 1350)
• 1448 – Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)
• 1465 – Charles, Duke of Orléans (b. 1394)
• 1477 – Charles the Bold, French son of Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy (b. 1433)
• 1524 – Marko Marulić, Croatian poet (b. 1450)
• 1527 – Felix Manz, Swiss martyr (b. 1498)
• 1588 – Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528)
• 1589 – Catherine de' Medici, Italian-French wife of Henry II of France (b. 1519)
• 1713 – Jean Chardin, French explorer (b. 1643)
• 1740 – Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1667)
• 1762 – Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
• 1771 – John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician (b. 1710)
• 1796 – Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1731)
• 1823 – George Johnston, Scottish military officer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
• 1846 – Alfred Thomas Agate, American painter (b. 1812)
• 1858 – Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
• 1860 – John Neumann, American bishop (b. 1811)
• 1883 – Charles Tompson, Australian poet (b. 1806)
• 1888 – Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
• 1891 – Emma Abbott, American soprano (b. 1849)
• 1904 – Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist (b. 1839)
• 1910 – Léon Walras, French economist (b. 1834)
• 1919 – Sumako Matsui, Japanese actress and singer (b. 1886)
• 1922 – Ernest Shackleton, Irish explorer (b. 1874)
• 1933 – Calvin Coolidge, American politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1937 – Marie Booth, English daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1864)
• 1940 – Humbert Wolfe, Italian-English poet and civil servant (b. 1885)
• 1941 – Amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903)
• 1942 – Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
• 1943 – George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)
• 1946 – Kitty Cheatham, American singer and actress (b. 1864)
• 1947 – Charles Schlee, Danish-American cyclist (b. 1873)
• 1951 – Andrei Platonov, Russian author (b. 1899)
• 1951 – Seo Jae-pil, Korea's independence activists, journalist (b. 1864)
• 1952 – Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish politician (b. 1887)
• 1952 – Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian activist (b. 1869)
• 1954 – Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1956 – Mistinguett, French actress and singer (b. 1875)
• 1957 – Jerome Steever, American water polo player (b. 1880)
• 1963 – Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player (b. 1896)
• 1970 – Max Born, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1970 – Cyril Fagan, Irish astrologer (b. 1896)
• 1970 – Roberto Gerhard, Catalan composer and scholar (b. 1896)
• 1971 – Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American sound designer and engineer (b. 1899)
• 1974 – Lev Oborin, Russian pianist (b. 1907)
• 1976 – John A. Costello, Irish politician, 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1891)
• 1976 – Mal Evans, English manager (b. 1935)
• 1977 – Artur Adson, Estonian poet, playwright and theatre critic (b. 1889)
• 1978 – Wyatt Emory Cooper, American author and screenwriter (b. 1927)
• 1979 – Billy Bletcher, American actor (b. 1894)
• 1979 – Charles Mingus, American bassist and composer (b. 1922)
• 1981 – Harold Urey, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
• 1981 – Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher (b. 1901)
• 1982 – Hans Conried, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1982 – Edmund Herring, Australian military commander and politician, 7th Chief Justice of Victoria (b. 1892)
• 1982 – Harvey Lembeck, American actor (b. 1923)
• 1985 – Alexis Rannit, Estonian poet, critic and literature researcher (b. 1914)
• 1985 – Robert L. Surtees, American cinematographer (b. 1906)
• 1987 – Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (b. 1875)
• 1987 – Margaret Laurence, Canadian author (b. 1926)
• 1988 – Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947)
• 1990 – Arthur Kennedy, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1991 – Tõnis Kint, Estonian politician (b. 1896)
• 1991 – Vasko Popa, Yugoslav poet (b. 1922)
• 1993 – Westley Allan Dodd, American murderer (b. 1961)
• 1994 – Brian Johnston, English sportscaster (b. 1912)
• 1994 – Elmar Lipping, Estonian military commander and politician (b. 1906)
• 1994 – Tip O'Neill, American politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1912)
• 1996 – Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian Hamas member (b. 1966)
• 1996 – Lincoln Kirstein, American director (b. 1907)
• 1997 – André Franquin, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1924)
• 1997 – Burton Lane, American composer and songwriter (b. 1912)
• 1998 – Sonny Bono, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and politician (Sonny & Cher) (b. 1935)
• 1998 – Ken Forssi, American bass player (Love) (b. 1943)
• 2001 – Nancy Parsons, American actress (b. 1942)
• 2003 – Doreen Carwithen, English composer (b. 1922)
• 2003 – Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (b. 1918)
• 2003 – Roy Jenkins, Welsh politician (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Jean Kerr, American author (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist, co-developed penicillin (b. 1911)
• 2004 – Tug McGraw, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• 2005 – Danny Sugerman, American manager and author (b. 1954)
• 2006 – Merlyn Rees, Welsh-Irish politician (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods (b. 1910)
• 2007 – Chih Ree Sun, Chinese-American physicist and poet (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Clinton Grybas, Australian sportscaster (b. 1975)
• 2009 – Griffin Bell, American lawyer and politician, 72nd United States Attorney General (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Ned Tanen, American movie executive (b. 1931)
• 2010 – Willie Mitchell, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1928)
• 2010 – Murray Saltzman, Russian-American rabbi and activist (b. 1929)
• 2011 – Malangatana Ngwenya, Mozambican painter and poet(b. 1936)
• 2012 – Selwyn Baptiste, Trinidadian educator (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Frederica Sagor Maas, American screenwriter and author (b. 1900)
• 2012 – Alexander Sizonenko, Russian basketball player (b. 1959)
• 2013 – Joselo, Venezuelan actor (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Selkirk, English race horse (b. 1988)
• 2013 – Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Bengali-Indian actor (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Piet de Bekker, Dutch politician (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Anders Carlberg, Swedish politician (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Pierre Cogan, French cyclist (b. 1914)
• 2013 – T. S. Cook, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Reg Dean, English super-centenarian (b. 1902)
• 2013 – Martha Greenhouse, American actress (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Abraham Hecht, American rabbi and author (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Jeff Lewis, American football player (b. 1973)
• 2013 – Bruce McCarty, American architect, designed the Knoxville City-County Building (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Richard McWilliam, American businessman, co-founded the Upper Deck Company (b. 1953)
• 2013 – Fitzroy Newsum, American pilot (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Canadian archbishop (b. 1915)
• 2013 – Claude Préfontaine, Canadian actor (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Harry Searson, English footballer (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Vladimir Šenauer, Croatian footballer (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Chandler Williams, American football player (b. 1985)
• 2013 – Sol Yurick, American author (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Eusébio, Portuguese footballer (b. 1942)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • John Neumann (Catholic Church)
  • Pope Telesphorus
  • Simeon Stylites (Latin Church)
  • January 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Joma Shinji (除魔神事) at Tsurugaoka Hachiman. (Kamakura, Japan)
• The Twelfth day of Christmas and the Twelfth Night of Christmas. (Western Christianity)
• National Bird Day

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