This Day in History: Jan 05, 2026

  • Jan
    2005
    Eris (dwarf planet), the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system, is discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, ...
  • Jan
    1997
    Russian forces withdraw from Chechnya.
  • Jan
    1996
    Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.
  • Jan
    1993
    The oil tanker ''Braer'' runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
  • Jan
    1993
    Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the first legal hanging in America since 1965).
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