January 5th
- 1886 – Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson was published.
- 1962 – David DeCoteau was born.
- 1962 – Nothing in the Dark first aired on television.
- 1966 – Tananarive Due was born.
- 1967 – Dark Shadows, Episode 139 first aired on television.
- 1968 – Dark Shadows, Episode 400 first aired on television.
- 1969 – Marilyn Manson was born.
- 1970 – Dark Shadows, Episode 919/920/921 first aired on television.
- 1971 – Dark Shadows, Episode 1182 first aired on television.
- 1973 – Death's Head first aired on television.
- 1980 – Nathan Rosen was born.
- 2001 – Subject: The Harbingers first aired on television.