JANUARY 5 2017 HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES PLUS
1914 – The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.1913 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement. 1912 – The sixth All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party ( Prague Party Conference) opens.1911 – Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.1900 – Irish nationalist leader John Edward Redmond calls for revolt against British rule.1895 – Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
1875 – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
1781 – American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.1757 – Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional form of capital punishment used for regicides.1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French army beats Brandenburg.1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.
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