January 5

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1477	Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France.	Bold	Wise Up	Speak Out
2.	1527	Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zürich, is executed by drowning.	The Trees Community	Baptism	The Christ Tree
3.	1757	Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert–François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.	Led Zeppelin	No Quarter	Houses of the Holy
4.	1759	George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis.	The Beatles	Martha My Dear	White Album
5.	1846	The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territorywith the United Kingdom.	Nirvana	Territorial Pissings	Nevermind
6.	1896	An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Roentgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.	Carbon Leaf	X-Ray	Nothing Rhymes with Woman
7.	1914	The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.	Fenix Tx	Minimum Wage	Fenix Tx
8.	1933	Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.	John Vanderslice	The Golden Gate	Pixel Revolt
9.	1974	Warmest reliably measured temperature in Antarctica of +59°F (+15°C) recorded at Vanda Station	Beulah	Warmer	When Your Heartstring Breaks
10.	1993	Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the last legal hanging in America).	Robyn	Hang with Me	Body Talk Pt. 2
11.	N/A	National Bird Day. (United States)	Quasi	Birds	Field Studies

(Historical facts about January 5 are from Wikipedia.