January 5

A quick look at Today in History, check out some Celebrity Birthdays, and find out what Days of the Year to celebrate.

TODAY IN HISTORY:

1914 – Ford Motor Company announced that there would be a new daily minimum wage of $5 and an eight-hour workday. Average American workers elsewhere were making only pennies a day.

1925 – Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross was sworn in as the governor of Wyoming. She was the first female governor in the U.S.

1933 – In California, construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began.

1934 – Both the National and American baseball leagues decided to use a uniform-size baseball. It was the first time in 33 years that both leagues used the same size ball.

1940 – The Federal Communications Commission got its very first demonstration of FM radio.

1948 – Warner Brothers-Pathe showed the very first color newsreel. The footage was of the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl football classic.

1956 – In the “Peanuts” comic strip, Snoopy walked on two legs for the first time.

1961 – The television show “Mr. Ed” debuted. The show would run for six years.

1970 – The television soap opera “All My Children” premiered on ABC. The show was cancelled due to low ratings on September 23rd, 2011. It then moved to The Online Network as a web series from April 29th to September 2th, 2013, via Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes.

1972 – President Richard Nixon ordered the development of the Space Shuttle program.

1980 – Comedian George Burns makes his country chart debut with “I Wish I Was Eighteen Again”. He was just 15 days shy of his 84th birthday. The song went on to become a Top 15 hit.

2002 – Charles Bishop, a 15 year-old student pilot, crashed a small plane into a building in Tampa, FL. Bishop was about to begin a flying lesson when he took off without permission and without an instructor.

2024 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 made an emergency landing at Portland International Airport after a door plug blew off the Boeing 737 MAX 9 operating the flight. There were no fatalities, but the accident prompted the 737 MAX to be grounded and renewed scrutiny on Boeing’s manufacturing and design issues.

BIRTHDAYS:

Robert Duvall – 95 years old (1931) – Actor and director

Charlie Rose – 84 years old (1942) – Journalist and talk show host

Ed Rendell – 82 years old (1944) – Politician, 45th Governor of Pennsylvania

Mike DeWine – 79 years old (1947) – Lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Ohio

Ted Lange – 78 years old (1948) – Actor, director, and screenwriter

Chris Stein – 76 years old (1950) – Guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Pamela Sue Martin – 73 years old (1953) – Actress

George Tenet – 73 years old (1953) – Civil servant and academic, 18th Director of Central Intelligence

Alex English – 72 years old (1954) – Basketball player and coach

Ron Kittle – 68 years old (1958) – Baseball player and manager

Clancy Brown – 67 years old (1959) – Actor

Iris DeMent – 65 years old (1961) – Singer-songwriter and guitarist

Suzy Amis – 64 years old (1962) – Actress and model

Danny Jackson – 64 years old (1962) – Baseball player and manager

Jeff Fassero – 63 years old (1963) – Baseball player and coach

Joe Flanigan – 59 years old (1967) – Actor

Carrie Ann Inaba – 58 years old (1968) – Actress, dancer, and choreographer

Marilyn Manson – 57 years old (1969) – Singer-songwriter, actor, and director

Shaun Micheel – 57 years old (1969) – Golfer

Shea Whigham – 57 years old (1969) – Actor

Derek Cecil – 53 years old (1973) – Actor

Jessica Chaffin – 52 years old (1974) – Actress, comedian, and writer

Bradley Cooper – 51 years old (1975) – Actor and producer

Warrick Dunn – 51 years old (1975) – Football player

Mike Grier – 51 years old (1975) – Ice hockey player and scout

January Jones – 48 years old (1978) – Actress

Jason Basham – 47 years old (1979) – Stock car racing driver

Brooklyn Sudano – 45 years old (1981) – Actress

Dexter Bean – 39 years old (1987) – Race car driver

Kristin Cavallari – 39 years old (1987) – Television personality

Jason Mitchell – 39 years old (1987) – Actor

Eduardo Escobar – 37 years old (1989) – Venezuelan-American baseball player

C. J. Cron – 36 years old (1990) – Baseball player

José Iglesias – 36 years old (1990) – Cuban-American baseball player

Eric Fisher – 35 years old (1991) – Football player

Mike Faist – 34 years old (1992) – Actor, singer, and dancer

Phillip Dorsett – 33 years old (1993) – Football player

Matt Grzelcyk – 32 years old (1994) – Ice hockey player

Tyler Ulis – 30 years old (1996) – Basketball player and coach

Walker Scobell – 17 years old (2009) – Actor

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For additional information check out websites like: www.on-this-day.com, www.born-today.com, www.famousbirthdays.com, www.daysoftheyear.com, and www.nationaldaycalendar.com.