January 5
1781 - A British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia.
1896 - A German newspaper reported German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays.
1914 - Henry Ford introduced the $5-a-day minimum wage for an 8-hour workday, as opposed to the $2.34 for a 9-hour day. (Employees still worked six days a week; the 5-day work week was instituted in 1926.)
1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first female governor in the United States, taking office in Wyoming to succeed her late husband following a special election.
1933 - Construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge. (It was completed four years later.)
1933 - Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, died in Northampton, Massachusetts at age 60.
1943 - Educator and scientist George Washington Carver, who was born into slavery, died in Tuskegee, Alabama, at about age 80.
1949 - In his State of the Union address, President Harry S. Truman labeled his domestic program the "Fair Deal".
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed assistance to countries to help them resist Communist aggression in what became known as the Eisenhower Doctrine.
1970 - The soap opera "All My Children" debuted on ABC.
1972 - President Richard Nixon ordered the development of the space shuttle.
1994 - Former House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill died in Boston at age 81.
1998 - Sonny Bono, the 1960s pop star-turned-politician, was killed when he struck a tree while skiing at the Heavenly Ski Resort on the Nevada-California state line; he was 62.
2000 - INS Commissioner Doris Meissner ruled that 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez must be returned to Cuba.
2004 - Foreigners arriving at U.S. airports were photographed and had their fingerprints scanned in the start of a government effort to keep terrorists out of the country.
2011 - Rep. John Boehner of Ohio was elected speaker as Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives on the first day of the new Congress.
2017 - President-elect Donald Trump, in a series of tweets, urged Republicans and Democrats to “get together” to design a replacement for President Barack Obama’s health care law.
2021 - Voters in Georgia turned out for Senate runoff elections that would result in victories for Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock and give Democrats control of the Senate; they would hold 50 seats and the tie-breaking vote of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
2021 - A prosecutor in Kenosha, Wisconsin, declined to file charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man, Jacob Blake, in the back in August 2020, leaving Blake paralyzed; the prosecutor said he couldn’t disprove Officer Rusten Sheskey’s contention that he acted in self-defense because he feared Blake would stab him.
Birthdays
29 - Franz Drameh (actor)
30 - Suki Waterhouse (model)
31 - Chloe Lewis (reality star)
35 - Kristin Cavallari (reality star)
36 - Deepika Padukone (actress)
41 - Brooklyn Sudano (actress)
43 - Blanca Soto (actress)
44 - January Jones (actress)
47 - Bradley Cooper (actor)
48 - Jessica Chaffin (actress/comedian)
49 - Derek Cecil (actor)
53 - Shea Whigham (actor)
53 - Heather Dubrow (reality star)
53 - Marilyn Manson (singer)
53 - Heather Paige Kent (actress)
55 - Joe Flanigan (actor)
57 - Vinnie Jones (actor)
57 - Ricky Paull Goldin (actor)
60 - Suzy Amis (actress)
61 - Iris Dement (singer)
63 - Clancy Brown (actor)
69 - Pamela Sue Martin (actress)
74 - Ted Lange (actor)
76 - Diane Keaton (actress)
80 - Charlie Rose (TV host)
91 - Robert Duvall (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 5
1920 - The New York Yankees purchased "Babe" Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for $125,000.
1927 - A three-day public hearing began on the charges that four major league baseball games played between Chicago and Detroit on September 2 and 3 of 1917 had been thrown.
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.
1960 - The Continental League, a proposed third major baseball league, gets an assurance of support from New York Sen. Kenneth Keating.
1964 - The San Diego Chargers defeat the Boston Patriots 51-10 in the AFL Championship Game.
1971 - The New Jersey Reds defeat the Harlem Globetrotters 100-99, snapping a 2,495-game winning streak.
1983 - Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers) scored his 100th point of the season. He achieved his 100th point in only the 42nd game of the season.
1991 - Kevin Bradshaw of U.S. International sets an NCAA Division I men's basketball scoring record with 72 points in a 186-150 loss to Loyola Marymount; the 72 points broke the old single-game record of 69 set by Pete Maravich of LSU in a 1970 game against Alabama.
1993 - Reggie Jackson is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1993 - Mike Ditka was fired as coach of the Chicago Bears.
1995 - Bill Fitch becomes the 5th coach in NBA history to register 850 career victories with the Los Angeles Clippers' 95-93 home win over Philadelphia 76'ers at the LA Memorial Sports Arena.
1996 - Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula announces his retirement.
2004 - After 14 years of denials, Pete Rose publicly admitted that he'd bet on baseball while manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
2007 - Bill Cowher announces his retirement as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
2019 - The Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings combine for 41 3-pointers in the Warriors' 127-123 win, setting a new NBA record for 3-pointers in a game.
2021 - DeVonta Smith of Alabama became the first wide receiver to win the Heisman Trophy in 29 seasons.
1781 - A British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia.
1896 - A German newspaper reported German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays.
1914 - Henry Ford introduced the $5-a-day minimum wage for an 8-hour workday, as opposed to the $2.34 for a 9-hour day. (Employees still worked six days a week; the 5-day work week was instituted in 1926.)
1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first female governor in the United States, taking office in Wyoming to succeed her late husband following a special election.
1933 - Construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge. (It was completed four years later.)
1933 - Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, died in Northampton, Massachusetts at age 60.
1943 - Educator and scientist George Washington Carver, who was born into slavery, died in Tuskegee, Alabama, at about age 80.
1949 - In his State of the Union address, President Harry S. Truman labeled his domestic program the "Fair Deal".
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed assistance to countries to help them resist Communist aggression in what became known as the Eisenhower Doctrine.
1970 - The soap opera "All My Children" debuted on ABC.
1972 - President Richard Nixon ordered the development of the space shuttle.
1994 - Former House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill died in Boston at age 81.
1998 - Sonny Bono, the 1960s pop star-turned-politician, was killed when he struck a tree while skiing at the Heavenly Ski Resort on the Nevada-California state line; he was 62.
2000 - INS Commissioner Doris Meissner ruled that 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez must be returned to Cuba.
2004 - Foreigners arriving at U.S. airports were photographed and had their fingerprints scanned in the start of a government effort to keep terrorists out of the country.
2011 - Rep. John Boehner of Ohio was elected speaker as Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives on the first day of the new Congress.
2017 - President-elect Donald Trump, in a series of tweets, urged Republicans and Democrats to “get together” to design a replacement for President Barack Obama’s health care law.
2021 - Voters in Georgia turned out for Senate runoff elections that would result in victories for Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock and give Democrats control of the Senate; they would hold 50 seats and the tie-breaking vote of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
2021 - A prosecutor in Kenosha, Wisconsin, declined to file charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man, Jacob Blake, in the back in August 2020, leaving Blake paralyzed; the prosecutor said he couldn’t disprove Officer Rusten Sheskey’s contention that he acted in self-defense because he feared Blake would stab him.
Birthdays
29 - Franz Drameh (actor)
30 - Suki Waterhouse (model)
31 - Chloe Lewis (reality star)
35 - Kristin Cavallari (reality star)
36 - Deepika Padukone (actress)
41 - Brooklyn Sudano (actress)
43 - Blanca Soto (actress)
44 - January Jones (actress)
47 - Bradley Cooper (actor)
48 - Jessica Chaffin (actress/comedian)
49 - Derek Cecil (actor)
53 - Shea Whigham (actor)
53 - Heather Dubrow (reality star)
53 - Marilyn Manson (singer)
53 - Heather Paige Kent (actress)
55 - Joe Flanigan (actor)
57 - Vinnie Jones (actor)
57 - Ricky Paull Goldin (actor)
60 - Suzy Amis (actress)
61 - Iris Dement (singer)
63 - Clancy Brown (actor)
69 - Pamela Sue Martin (actress)
74 - Ted Lange (actor)
76 - Diane Keaton (actress)
80 - Charlie Rose (TV host)
91 - Robert Duvall (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 5
1920 - The New York Yankees purchased "Babe" Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for $125,000.
1927 - A three-day public hearing began on the charges that four major league baseball games played between Chicago and Detroit on September 2 and 3 of 1917 had been thrown.
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.
1960 - The Continental League, a proposed third major baseball league, gets an assurance of support from New York Sen. Kenneth Keating.
1964 - The San Diego Chargers defeat the Boston Patriots 51-10 in the AFL Championship Game.
1971 - The New Jersey Reds defeat the Harlem Globetrotters 100-99, snapping a 2,495-game winning streak.
1983 - Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers) scored his 100th point of the season. He achieved his 100th point in only the 42nd game of the season.
1991 - Kevin Bradshaw of U.S. International sets an NCAA Division I men's basketball scoring record with 72 points in a 186-150 loss to Loyola Marymount; the 72 points broke the old single-game record of 69 set by Pete Maravich of LSU in a 1970 game against Alabama.
1993 - Reggie Jackson is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1993 - Mike Ditka was fired as coach of the Chicago Bears.
1995 - Bill Fitch becomes the 5th coach in NBA history to register 850 career victories with the Los Angeles Clippers' 95-93 home win over Philadelphia 76'ers at the LA Memorial Sports Arena.
1996 - Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula announces his retirement.
2004 - After 14 years of denials, Pete Rose publicly admitted that he'd bet on baseball while manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
2007 - Bill Cowher announces his retirement as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
2019 - The Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings combine for 41 3-pointers in the Warriors' 127-123 win, setting a new NBA record for 3-pointers in a game.
2021 - DeVonta Smith of Alabama became the first wide receiver to win the Heisman Trophy in 29 seasons.
