In Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal of Singapore held that equality before the law was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.
ClockHorizon daily selection“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”
Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 makes an emergency landing at Portland International Airport after a door plug blows off the Boeing 737 MAX 9 operating the flight. There are no fatalities, but the accident prompts the 737 MAX to be grounded and renews scrutiny on Boeing's manufacturing and design issues.
The 2023 Sinaloa unrest begins.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dismisses Prime Minister Asqar Mamin and declares state of emergency over the 2022 Kazakh unrest.
A launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV MK.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic engine.
The dwarf planet Eris is discovered by Palomar Observatory-based astronomers, later motivating the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to define the term planet for the first time.
“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”
One highlighted entry is from 2009: In Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal of Singapore held that equality before the law was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.
People listed for January 5 include Walker Scobell (2009), Shane Wright (2004), and Mykhailo Mudryk (2001).
Observances listed for January 5 include Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (Harbin, China), Christian Feast day: Charles of Mount Argus, and Christian Feast day: January 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
