On This Day: What happened on 05 January?

Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 05 January, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.

ON THIS DAY: 05 JANUARY

2014 | The launch of the GSAT-14 communications satellite inside the GSLV MKII D5 marked the first successful flight of India’s crystal engine.

1993 | The Liberian-registered oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84 700 tonnes of crude oil in the sea, on this day.

1976 | The Khmer Rouge proclaimed the new constitution of Democratic Kampuchea by changing the previous name of Cambodia.

1976 | The Kingsmill massacre: Ten Protestant civilians were shot dead by gunmen after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK.

1970 | More than 10 000 people in Tonghai County were killed by an earthquake that struck Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China. 

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ON THIS DAY: DEATHS

2019 | American women’s rights activist, Bernice Sandler, 91.

1979 | American bassist, composer, bandleader, Charles Mingus, 57.

2014 | Mozambican football player, Eusebio, 72.

2018 | American astronaut, John Young, 88.

2020 | Canadian theatre director, Walter Learning, 81.

BIRTHDAYS

1955 | Iranian politician and journalist, Mohsen Sazegara.

1978 | French racing driver, Franck Montagny.

1962 | American baseball player and manager, Danny Jackson.

1973 | Bollywood actor and filmmaker, Uday Chopra.

SPORTS

1963 | On this day due to the big freeze meant that only 3 of the 32 matches scheduled for Round 3 of the FA Cup were played, and the final draw in that round was not decided until March 11. Lincoln vs Coventry’s draw was postponed 15 times with 14 other ties postponed 10 times or more. 

ENTERTAINMENT

2007 | For the first time “Freedom Writers” film was released in the United States.

AFRICA FACT

African religious followers often follow the same belief in God as the Islamic and Christian concept of monotheism, but they hold their own way of performing rituals.