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5 January 2025
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2009 - In Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal of Singapore held that equality before the law was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.Singapore legal judgement
Anniversary
2008 - Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of Georgia in "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of the country.President of Georgia (2004–2007; 2008–2013)
Anniversary
2007 - The Taiwan High Speed Rail opened, connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung.Anniversary
2005 - The dwarf planet Eris was discovered by a team using images from the Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.Small planetary-mass object
Anniversary
2003 - The Metropolitan Police arrested six people in conjunction with an alleged terrorist plot to release ricin on the London Underground, although no toxin was found.Territorial police force of Greater London
Historical events
History
2024 - Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 makes an emergency landing at Portland International Airport after a door plug blows off the Boeing 737 MAX 9 operating the flight. There are no fatalities, but the accident prompts the 737 MAX to be grounded and renews scrutiny on Boeing's manufacturing and design issues.2024 aviation accident over Oregon
History
2022 - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dismisses Prime Minister Asqar Mamin and declares state of emergency over the 2022 Kazakh unrest.President of Kazakhstan since 2019
History
2014 - A launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV MK.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic engine.Indian communications satellite
History
2005 - The dwarf planet Eris is discovered by Palomar Observatory-based astronomers, later motivating the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to define the term planet for the first time.Most massive dwarf planet
History
2003 - A suicide bombing at the Tel Aviv central bus station kills 23 people and injures over 100 more.2003 suicide bombings in Tel Aviv, Israel
History
1993 - The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.Oil tanker which ran aground during a storm off Shetland, Scotland in 1993
History
1991 - Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991–92 South Ossetia War.Country in Eastern Europe and West Asia
History
1991 - Somali Civil War: The United States Embassy to Somalia in Mogadishu is evacuated by helicopter airlift days after the outbreak of violence in Mogadishu.Ongoing civil war in East Africa
History
1976 - The Khmer Rouge announce that the new Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea is ratified.Members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea
Notable births
Born
2004 - Shane Wright, Canadian ice hockey playerCanadian ice hockey player (born 2004)
Born
2000 - Gastón Martirena, Uruguayan footballerUruguayan footballer (born 2000)
Notable deaths
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Sky
Moon phase
First Quarter
33.4% illuminated
Lunar age: 5.8 days
Sun zodiac
Capricorn
15.40 degrees
Constellation: Sagittarius
Moon zodiac
Pisces
25.91 degrees
Constellation: Pisces
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.