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Subject: Today In History Jan 5
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 18:51:29 EST
Jan 5, 1463 - Poet François Villon is banned from Paris.
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Jan 5, 1477 - Battle of Nancy, Charles the Bold killed, Burgundy becomes
part of France.
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Jan 5, 1554 - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
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Jan 5, 1759 - George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis.
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Jan 5, 1781 - American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia is burned by
British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
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Jan 5, 1846 - The United States House of Representatives votes to stop
sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
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Jan 5, 1779 - Happy Birthday Stephen Decatur, American naval officer
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Jan 5, 1779 - Happy Birthday Zebulon Pike, American explorer
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Jan 5, 1066 - Edward the Confessor, King of England dies
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Jan 5, 1589 - Catherine de Medici, Queen of France dies
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Jan 5 The eleventh day of Christmas in Western Christianity,
and the Twelfth Night of Christmas in Western Christianity.
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Jan 5, 1787 Happy Birthday John Burke Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage)
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Jan 5, 1709 Sudden extreme cold kills 1000s of Europeans
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Jan 5, 1776 Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution
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Jan 5, 1825 Alexandre Dumas fights his 1st duel; his pants fall down
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Jan 5, 1834 Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell
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Jan 5, 1836 Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo
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Jan 5 England : Glastonbury Thorn Day
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Jan 5 Christian : 12th Night, end of Christmas season
(Denmark)
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Jan 5 Christian : Epiphany Eve
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Jan 5 Jewish : Asarah B'Tevet (Siege of Jerusalem);
Tevet 10, 5761
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Jan 5, 1527 Swiss Anabaptist reformer Felix Manz, 29, was drowned in
punishment for preaching adult (re-)baptism. Manz's death made him the first
Protestant in history to be martyred at the hands of other Protestants.
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Jan 5,1592 Happy Birthday Shah Jahan
King, emperor of India who built the Taj Mahal
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Jan 5, 1806: Sacajawea tells Lewis and Clark she wants to see a dead whale
washed up on the beach in Oregon.
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