From the London Evening Post, Jan. 5-8, 1745:
On this day..
- 1879: Juan Oliva Moncusi, attempted regicide
- 1957: Geza Szivos
- 1944: Kaj Munk, Danish pastor-poet
- 1794: Nicolas Luckner, German marshal of France
- 1568: Eighty-four Valenciennes iconoclasts
- 1943: "Native parachutists" in Morocco
- 1897: The Bicol martyrs of Philippines independence
- 2011: Ryu Kyong, Kim Jong-un rival
- 1721: John Stewart, pirate
- 1943: Jerzy Iwanow (Georgios Ivanof)
- 1946: The treacherous Theodore Schurch
- 838: Babak Khorramdin