January 5 in history: • 1675 – Franco-Dutch War: French troops defeated Austrian and Brandenburg forces at the Battle of Turckheim (pictured) in Alsace. → go there • 1925 – Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming, the first woman to serve as the governor of a U.S. state. → go there • 1975 – The bulk carrier Lake Illawarra struck a bridge over the River Derwent in Hobart, Australia, causing the deaths of seven of the ship's crewmen and five motorists on the bridge. → go there • 1976 – The Troubles: In response to the killings of six Catholics the previous night, South Armagh Republican Action Force gunmen killed ten Protestants in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. → go there • 1991 – The embassy of the United States to Somalia was evacuated by helicopter airlift days after violence enveloped Mogadishu during the Somali Civil War. → go there Died 1430: Philippa of England Wiki link Born 1941: Hayao Miyazaki Wiki link Born 1946: Diane Keaton Wiki link Born 1986: Deepika Padukone Wiki link Pictured: Battle of Turckheim.