On this day: January 5
Events
- Release of AerosmithJanuary 5, 1973 · Music
- Release of Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.January 5, 1973 · Music
Democratic KampucheaJanuary 5, 1976 – January 7, 1979 · World History- Release of DesireJanuary 5, 1976 · Music
1991–1992 South Ossetia WarJanuary 5, 1991 – June 24, 1992 · Wars & Conflicts- Release of FreecivJanuary 5, 1996 · Gaming
- Release of Hungry BitchesJanuary 5, 2007 · Film
Release of DarksidersJanuary 5, 2010 · Gaming
Born on this day
Francisco SuárezJanuary 5, 1548 – September 25, 1617 · Culture- Xu XiakeJanuary 5, 1587 – March 8, 1641 · Exploration
- Antonio LottiJanuary 5, 1667 – January 5, 1740 · Music
- Pietro Filippo ScarlattiJanuary 5, 1679 – February 22, 1750 · Music
Nicole-Reine LepauteJanuary 5, 1723 – December 6, 1788 · Science
Gaspar Melchor de JovellanosJanuary 5, 1744 – November 27, 1811 · Culture
Zebulon PikeJanuary 5, 1779 – April 27, 1813 · Exploration
Mary Elizabeth BarberJanuary 5, 1818 – September 4, 1899 · Art
Camille JordanJanuary 5, 1838 – January 22, 1922 · Science
Rudolf Christoph EuckenJanuary 5, 1846 – September 15, 1926 · Culture
Nikolay ZhukovskyJanuary 5, 1847 – March 17, 1921 · Technology
King Camp GilletteJanuary 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932 · Technology
Constantine StanislavskyJanuary 5, 1863 – August 7, 1938 · Film
Gino FanoJanuary 5, 1871 – November 8, 1952 · Science
Federigo EnriquesJanuary 5, 1871 – June 14, 1946 · Science
Joseph ErlangerJanuary 5, 1874 – December 5, 1965 · Science
J. Stuart BlacktonJanuary 5, 1875 – August 13, 1941 · Film
Konrad AdenauerJanuary 5, 1876 – April 19, 1967 · Politics
Nikolai MedtnerJanuary 5, 1880 – November 13, 1951 · Music
Pau GargalloJanuary 5, 1881 – December 28, 1934 · Art
Arnaud DenjoyJanuary 5, 1884 – January 21, 1974 · Science
Francesca BertiniJanuary 5, 1892 – October 13, 1985 · Film
Paramahansa YoganandaJanuary 5, 1893 – March 7, 1952 · Culture
A. Edward SutherlandJanuary 5, 1895 – December 31, 1973 · Film
Yves TanguyJanuary 5, 1900 – January 15, 1955 · Art
Boris BabochkinJanuary 5, 1904 – July 17, 1975 · Film
Stephen Cole KleeneJanuary 5, 1909 – January 25, 1994 · Science
Brunó Ferenc StraubJanuary 5, 1914 – February 15, 1996 · Science
Nicolas de StaëlJanuary 5, 1914 – March 16, 1955 · Art
Jane WymanJanuary 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007 · Film
Wieland WagnerJanuary 5, 1917 – October 17, 1966 · Music
Friedrich DürrenmattJanuary 5, 1921 – December 14, 1990 · Art
Edward GivensJanuary 5, 1930 – June 6, 1967 · Space
Robert DuvallJanuary 5, 1931 – February 15, 2026 · Film
Alfred BrendelJanuary 5, 1931 – June 17, 2025 · Music
Umberto EcoJanuary 5, 1932 – February 19, 2016 · Culture
Raisa GorbachevaJanuary 5, 1932 – September 20, 1999 · Culture
Phil RamoneJanuary 5, 1934 – March 30, 2013 · Technology
Forugh FarrokhzadJanuary 5, 1935 – February 13, 1967 · Film
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oJanuary 5, 1938 – May 28, 2025 · Culture
Hayao MiyazakiJanuary 5, 1941 – present · Film
Maurizio PolliniJanuary 5, 1942 – March 23, 2024 · Music- Roger SpottiswoodeJanuary 5, 1945 – present · Film
Diane KeatonJanuary 5, 1946 – October 11, 2025 · Film
Chris SteinJanuary 5, 1950 – present · Music
László KrasznahorkaiJanuary 5, 1954 – present · Culture
Mamata BanerjeeJanuary 5, 1955 – present · Art
Jiang WenJanuary 5, 1963 – present · Film
DJ BoBoJanuary 5, 1968 – present · Music
Giorgi BaramidzeJanuary 5, 1968 – present · Science
Marilyn MansonJanuary 5, 1969 – present · Music
Sakis RouvasJanuary 5, 1972 – present · Music
Bradley CooperJanuary 5, 1975 – present · Film
Emilia RydbergJanuary 5, 1978 – present · Music
Deadmau5January 5, 1981 – present · Music