5 January

A list of events which occurred on the 5th of January.
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:Gilbert Ralston is born.
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:Alfred Ryder is born.
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:Keith Smith is born.
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:Cliff Potts is born.
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:Raymond Forchion is born.
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:Greg Strangis is born.
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:Brett Baxter Clark is born.
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:Clancy Brown is born.
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:Jill Rockow is born.
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:Tim Lounibos is born.
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:Leslie Dannon is born.
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: airs.
:First day of filming on . 
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: airs.
:Fourth day of filming on . 
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:Paul McGillion and Shea Whigham are born.
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: airs.
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:Michelle Parylak is born.
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:106th day of filming on .
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:Ryan Reeb is born.
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:Thirty-ninth day of filming on .
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:Michael Hough is born.
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:Second day of filming on .
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:Jamillah Ross and Carl Tart are born.
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:Seventh and final day of filming on .
:Final draft script for is submitted.
:Bart La Rue dies.
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: first airs in the UK.
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:Jordan Orr is born.
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:Final draft script for is submitted.
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:Fifth day of filming on .
:CIC Video releases The Original Series volume 3.6 on VHS in the UK. 
:Hal Baylor dies.
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:Third day of filming on .
:The producers and cast of attend a press conference about the series ending.
:Nancy Parsons and Clark E. Spangler die.
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:First day of filming on .
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:Seventh and final day of filming on .
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:Remastered version of airs.
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:Joe Longo dies.
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:Earl Boen dies.
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