January 5
People born on this day are Capricorn.
- 1969
The Venera 5 space probe is launched at 06:28:08 UTC from Baikonur.
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The 7.1 Mw Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 10,000 and 15,000 people are known to have been killed and about another 26,000 are injured.
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A Spantax Convair CV-990 Coronado crashes during takeoff from Stockholm Arlanda Airport, killing five people.
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US President Richard Nixon announces the Space Shuttle program.
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The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
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The Khmer Rouge announce that the new Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea is ratified.
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The Troubles: Gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, allegedly as retaliation for a string of attacks on Irish Catholic civilians in the area by Loyalists, particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before.
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Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991–92 South Ossetia War.
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Somali Civil War: The United States Embassy to Somalia in Mogadishu is evacuated by helicopter airlift days after the outbreak of violence in Mogadishu.
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The dwarf planet Eris is discovered by Palomar Observatory-based astronomers, later motivating the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to define the term planet for the first time.
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Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dismisses Prime Minister Asqar Mamin and declares state of emergency over the 2022 Kazakh unrest.
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Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 makes an emergency landing at Portland International Airport after a door plug blows off the Boeing 737 MAX 9 operating the flight. There are no fatalities, but the accident prompts the 737 MAX to be grounded and renews scrutiny on Boeing's manufacturing and design issues.
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2009Walker Scobell, American actor
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2004Shane Wright, Canadian ice hockey player
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2001Mykhailo Mudryk, Ukrainian footballer
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2001Ellis Simms, English footballer
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1999Mattias Svanberg, Swedish footballer
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1998Carles Aleñá, Spanish footballer
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1998Corey Horsburgh, Australian rugby league player
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1997Jesús Vallejo, Spanish footballer
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1996James Fisher-Harris, New Zealand rugby league player
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1996Tyler Ulis, American basketball player and coach
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1995Toafofoa Sipley, New Zealand rugby league player
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1994Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby league player
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