^B{^#!16!5 January^N! Feast day of St Simeon Stylites, St Gerlac, St Dorotheus the Younger, St Apollinaris, St Convoyon, St Syncletica, and St John Nepomucene Neumann.
^B{1477^B} Charles the Bold, King of France, was killed at the Battle of Nancy. ^B{1896^B}German physicist R÷ntgen gave the first demonstration of X-rays. ^B{1938^B} Billie Holiday recorded "When You're Smiling (the Whole World Smiles with You)' in New York. ^B{1964^B} In Britain, the London Underground's first automatic ticket barrier was installed, at Stamford Brook. ^B{1964^B} On his tour of the Holy Land, Pope Paul VI met Patriarch Athenagoras I, the first meeting between the heads of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches in over 500 years. ^B{1976^B} French premier Giscard d'Estaing promulgated a law making French the only language permitted in advertising in France.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Konrad Adenauer, German statesman, ^B{1876^B}; Stella Gibbons, English poet and novelist, ^B{1902^B}; Alfred Brendel, Austrian concert pianist, ^B{1931^B}; Robert Duvall, US film actor, ^B{1931^B}; Juan Carlos, King of Spain, ^B{1938^B}; Diane Keaton, US film actress, ^B{1946^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}English king Edward the Confessor, ^B{1066^B}; Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France, ^B{1589^B}; Count Radetzky, Austrian soldier, ^B{1858^B}; Henry Shackleton, Irish Antarctic explorer, ^B{1922^B}; Calvin Coolidge, 30th US president, ^B{1933^B}; Amy Johnson, English aviator, ^B{1941^B}.
