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	Wednesday, January 05th The 005th day of 2011. There are 360 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Jan. 5, 1914, Henry Ford, head of the Ford Motor Company, introduced a minimum wage scale of $5 per day. (Go to article.)On Jan. 5, 1863, Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky, one of the greatest masters of Russian drama and a founder of the Moscow Art Theatre, was born. Following hisdeath on Aug. 7, 1938, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. |Other Birthdays)
		On January 5, 1878, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the Balkans. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
1781	A British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Va.
1896	The Austrian newspaper Wiener Presse reported the discovery by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen of a type of radiation that came to be known as an X-ray.
1925	Nellie T. Ross succeeded her late husband as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in U.S. history.
1933	Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, died in Northampton, Mass., at age 60.
1949	In his State of the Union address, President Harry S. Truman labeled his domestic program the "Fair Deal."
1970	The soap opera "All My Children" premiered on ABC-TV.
1972	President Richard Nixon ordered development of the space shuttle.
1973	Bruce Springsteen's debut album, "Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.," was released.
1981	Police in England arrested Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of the "Yorkshire Ripper" murders of 13 women.
1994	Former House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill died in Boston at age 81.
2004	After 14 years of denials, Pete Rose publicly admitted that he'd bet on baseball while manager of the Cincinnati Reds.

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Current Birthdays

Robert Duvall turns 80 years old today.

AP Photo/Evan Agostini Actor Robert Duvall turns 80 years old today.

86 Lou Carnesecca Hall of Fame basketball coach 83 Walter F. Mondale Former vice president 79 Chuck Noll Hall of Fame football coach 73 King Juan Carlos King of Spain 69 Charlie Rose Broadcast journalist 67 Ed Rendell Governor of Pennsylvania 65 Diane Keaton Actress 63 Ted Lange Actor ("The Love Boat") 58 Pamela Sue Martin Actress ("Dynasty") 58 George Tenet Former CIA director 57 Alex English Basketball Hall of Famer 42 Marilyn Manson Rock singer 36 Bradley Cooper Actor 33 January Jones Actress ("Mad Men")

Historic Birthdays
Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky
1/5/1863 (1/17/1863 N.S.) - 8/7/1938 Russian actor, producer, teacher and philosopher of theater  (Go to obit.)
69	Francisco Suárez 1/5/1548 - 9/25/1617 Spanish theologian
74	Shah Jahan 1/5/1592 - 1/22/1666 Mughal emperor of India and builder of the Taj Mahal
34	Zebulon Montgomery Pike 1/5/1779 - 4/27/1813 American army officer and explorer
41	Stephen Decatur 1/5/1779 - 3/22/1820 American naval officer
77	King Camp Gillette 1/5/1855 - 7/9/1932 American inventor and manufacturer
91	Konrad Adenauer 1/5/1876 - 4/19/1967 First chancellor of West Germany (1949-63)
77	Henry Sloane Coffin 1/5/1877 - 11/25/1954 American clergyman
76	Herbert Bayard Swope 1/5/1882 - 6/20/1958 American journalist and editor
55	Yves Tanguy 1/5/1900 - 1/15/1955 French Surrealist painter
87	Stella Gibbons 1/5/1902 - 12/19/1989 English novelist and poet
87	Hubert Beuve-Méry 1/5/1902 - 8/6/1989 French publisher and editor of "Le Monde"
72	Dame Kathleen Kenyon 1/5/1906 - 8/24/1978 English archaeologist
58	Alvin Ailey Jr. 1/5/1931 - 12/1/1989 American choreographer and dancer; founded Ailey American Dance Theater

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