5th January

EVENTS:

• 1554 – A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
• 1875 – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
• 1896 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
• 1919 – The German Workers’ Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
• 1944 – The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
• 1974 – An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses.
• 2014 – A launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV MK.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic engine.
• 2022 – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dismisses Prime Minister Asqar Mamin and declares state of emergency over the 2022 Kazakh unrest.

BIRTHS:

• 1846 – Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926)
• 1874 – Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
• 1928 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan (d. 1979)
• 1932 – Chuck Noll, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1941 – Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricketer and coach (d. 2011)
• 1947 – Mercury Morris, American football player
• 1951 – Steve Arnold, English footballer
• 1951 – Jagathy Sreekumar, Indian actor and screenwriter
• 1955 – Mamata Banerjee, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal
• 1965 – Vinnie Jones, English footballer and actor
• 1986 – Deepika Padukone, Indian actress
• 1991 – Eric Fisher, American football player
• 1994 – Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 – Tyrone Phillips, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 – Toafofoa Sipley, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 – James Fisher-Harris, New Zealand rugby league player

HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:

• National Bird Day (United States)
• National Whipped Cream Day (United States)
• Sausage Day (United Kingdom)