January 5 Holidays

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 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. ↗
• 2005 — Eris, the most massive and second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System, is discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad... ↗
• 2000 — Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician Kumar Ponnambalam is shot dead in Colombo. ↗
• 1993 — The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil. ↗
• 1991 — Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991-92 South Ossetia War. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1994 — Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 — Tyrone Phillips, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
• 1991 — Denis Alibec, Romanian footballer
• 1991 — Soner Aydoğdu, Turkish footballer
• 1991 — Eric Fisher, American football player