What happend on 5th January

04.01
06.01
2002

Charles Bishop, a 15-year-old student pilot, crashes a light aircraft into a Tampa, Florida building, evoking fear of a copycat 9/11 terrorist attack.

2000

The 1st day of the 2000 Al Qaeda Summit.

1997

Withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya.

1996

Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.

1993

Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the first legal hanging in America since 1965).

1993

The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands spilling 84,700 tonnes of oil.

1987

President of the United States Ronald Reagan undergoes prostate surgery causing worries about his health.

1984

Richard Stallman starts developing GNU.

1980

Hewlett-Packard announces release of its first personal computer.

1976

Cambodia is renamed Democratic Campuchea.