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On This Day in HistoryWednesday, January 05th
The 005th day of 2011.
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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. 51863Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavskyone of the greatest masters of Russian drama and a founder of the Moscow Art Theatre, was born. Following hisdeath on Aug. 71938his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. |Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day

On January 5, 1878Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the Balkans. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

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

Current Birthdays
Robert Duvall turns 80 years old today.

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

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

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69Francisco Suárez
1/5/1548 - 9/25/1617
Spanish theologian

74Shah Jahan
1/5/1592 - 1/22/1666
Mughal emperor of India and builder of the Taj Mahal

34Zebulon Montgomery Pike
1/5/1779 - 4/27/1813
American army officer and explorer

41Stephen Decatur
1/5/1779 - 3/22/1820
American naval officer

77King Camp Gillette
1/5/1855 - 7/9/1932
American inventor and manufacturer

91Konrad Adenauer
1/5/1876 - 4/19/1967
First chancellor of West Germany (1949-63)

77Henry Sloane Coffin
1/5/1877 - 11/25/1954
American clergyman

76Herbert Bayard Swope
1/5/1882 - 6/20/1958
American journalist and editor

55Yves Tanguy
1/5/1900 - 1/15/1955
French Surrealist painter

87Stella Gibbons
1/5/1902 - 12/19/1989
English novelist and poet

87Hubert Beuve-Méry
1/5/1902 - 8/6/1989
French publisher and editor of "Le Monde"

72Dame Kathleen Kenyon
1/5/1906 - 8/24/1978
English archaeologist

58Alvin Ailey Jr.
1/5/1931 - 12/1/1989
American choreographer and dancer; founded Ailey American Dance Theater

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