On This Day = January 5
Bithdays + Events + Holidays + Observances
BIRTHDAYS
1900 = Yves Tanguy = French-American painter
1904 = Jeane Dixon = American astrologer and psychic
1909 = Lucienne Bloch = Swiss-American artist and photographer
1914 = George Reeves = American actor and director
1917 = Jane Wyman = American actor
1923 = Sam Phillips = American radio host and Sun Records founder
1926 = W. D. Snodgrass = American poet
1931 = Alvin Ailey = American dancer and choreographer 🌈
1931 = Robert Duvall = American actor and director
1934 = Phil Ramone = South African-American founder of A & R Recording
1942 = Charlie Rose = American journalist and talk show host
1946 = Diane Keaton = American actor and director
1948 = Ted Lange = American actor and filmmaker
1950 = Chris Stein = American songwriter and producer
1962 = Suzy Amis = American actor and model
1967 = Joe Flanigan = American actor
1968 = Carrie Ann Inaba = American actor, dancer, and choreographer
1969 = Marilyn Manson = American singer-songwriter, actor, and director
1975 = Bradley Cooper = American actor and producer
1978 = January Jones = American actor
1981 = Deadmau5 = Canadian musician
1992 = Mike Faist = American actor, singer, and dancer
EVENTS
1914 = The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
1925 = Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female US governor.
1933 = Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
1944 = The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
1949 = POTUS Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
1953 – Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett premieres in Paris.
1967 = In response to raids early on New Year’s Day, P.R.I.D.E. (Personal Rights in Defense and Education) stages demonstrations at Silverlake’s Black Cat Tavern. It’s the first use of the term “Pride” to become associated with LGBTQ rights.
1970 = All My Children premieres on ABC.
1972 = POTUS Richard Nixon announces the Space Shuttle program.
1974 = The “Brunswick Four” are arrested after performing a lesbian parody song at the Brunswick Tavern’s amateur night. The event is sometimes referred to as the Canadian Stonewall.