Sunday, January 05, 2014

History for January 5 -Superman, Super Men, Super horse, Super "Doh" deaths

History for January 5 - On-This-Day.com   

Late entry-
Silent Cal passes away-1933



100th birth anniversary of actor George Reeves (1914-59).











Birth anniversary of American naval officer Stephen Decatur (1779-1820).

George Washington Carver: death anniversary (1943) 


Happy Birthday! Robert Duvall

1896 - It was reported by The Austrian newspaper that Wilhelm Roentgen had discovered the type of radiation that became known as X-rays.


1961 - "Mr. Ed" debuted. The show would run for six years.



1996 - Yahya Ayyash, a member of the Hamas in Israel, is killed by a booby-trapped cellular phone.



1998 - U.S. Representative Sonny Bono died in skiing accident.



2002 - A 15 year-old student pilot, Charles Bishop, crashed a small plane into a building in Tampa, FL. Bishop was about to begin a flying lesson when he took off without permission and without an instructor.

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