Today in History: Irish nationalist leader John Edward Redmond calls for revolt against British rule

The following are some of the major notable events that occurred on January 5 throughout history: 

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.

1757 – Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who becomes the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering (the traditional form of capital punishment used for regicides).

1900 – Irish nationalist leader John Edward Redmond calls for revolt against British rule.

1911 – Kappa Alpha Psi, the world’s third-oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.

1914 – The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.

1933 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.

1944 – The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

1953 – The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris.

1972 – US President Richard Nixon announces the Space Shuttle program.

2023 – The 2023 Sinaloa unrest begins.