Births on January 5

Luke Daniels

Born on January 5, 1988

Luke Daniels, English footballer

Luke Matthew Daniels (born 5 January 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays for EFL Championship club Middlesbrough as a goalkeeper.

Daniels is product of the Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion academies and played much of the early years of his career away on loan from the latter club. He transferred to League One club Scunthorpe United in 2015 and served as first-choice goalkeeper until 2017, when he transferred to Championship club Brentford and held a backup role until transferring to Middlesbrough in 2021. Daniels won three caps for England at U18 and U19 level.

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Events on 1988

14 Apr

Soviet Union
In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
29 May

Ronald Reagan
The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
15 Nov

State of Palestine
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
16 Nov

Benazir Bhutto
In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.
19 Nov

Slobodan Milošević
Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.

Births on January 5

Luke Daniels

Born on January 5, 1988

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Events on 1988

Soviet Union

Ronald Reagan

State of Palestine

Benazir Bhutto

Slobodan Milošević