January 05
1896
A German newspaper reported German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen’s discovery of X-rays.
1914
Henry Ford introduced the $5-a-day minimum wage.
1925
Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman governor of a state (Wyoming).
1972
President Nixon ordered the development of the space shuttle.
2000
INS Commissioner Doris Meissner ruled that 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez must be returned to Cuba.
Birthdays
Alvin Ailey
1931–1989, American Dancer, Choreographer.
Shah Jahan
Indian Mughal Emperor (1592)
Zebulon Pike
explorer (1779)
Constantin Stanislavsky
actor, producer, teacher (1863)
Konrad Adenauer
West German chancellor (1876)
George Reeves
actor (1914)
Robert Duvall
actor (1931)
Umberto Eco
novelist, essayist, and scholar (1932)
Hayao Miyazaki
filmmaker, animator (1941)
Diane Keaton
actress, director (1946)
Bradley Cooper
actor (1975)