Birthdays occurring on January, 5

1779

Stephen Decatur was born on January 5, 1779 American naval officer who held important commands in the War of 1812. 1779-1820 Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong More quotations from Stephen Decatur

1876

Konrad Adenauer was born on January 5, 1876 German Statesman He was the first Chancellor of Federal Republic of West Germany, 1876-1967 We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon More quotations from Konrad Adenauer

Deaths occurring on January, 5

1933

Calvin Coolidge died on January 5, 1933 American 30th president of the United States, 1872-1933 Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race More quotations from Calvin Coolidge

1943

George Washington Carver died on January 5, 1943 American. Started his life as a slave and ended it as horticulturist, chemist and educator, 1864-1943 How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. More quotations from George Washington Carver

1963

Rogers Hornsby died on January 5, 1963 American professional baseball player generally considered the game's greatest right-handed hitter. 1896-1963 People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. More quotations from Rogers Hornsby

1970

Max Born died on January 5, 1970 German physicist. Nobel Prize for Physics in 1954. 1882-1970 The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world More quotations from Max Born