Updated January 4, 2012, 1:28 pm
On Jan. 5, 1914, Henry Ford, head of the Ford Motor Company, introduced a minimum wage scale of $5 per day.
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 his death on Aug. 7, 1938, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
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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. 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. 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. Current Birthdays
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Actor Robert Duvall turns 81 years old today.
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Actor Bradley Cooper turns 37 years old today.
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1925 Lou Carnesecca, Hall of Fame basketball coach, turns 87 1928 Walter F. Mondale, Former vice president, turns 84 1932 Chuck Noll, Hall of Fame football coach, turns 80 1938 King Juan Carlos, King of Spain, turns 74 1942 Charlie Rose, Broadcast journalist, turns 70 1944 Ed Rendell, Former governor of Pennsylvania, turns 68 1946 Diane Keaton, Actress, turns 66 1948 Ted Lange, Actor (“The Love Boat”), turns 64 1953 Pamela Sue Martin, Actress (“Dynasty”), turns 59 1953 George Tenet, Former CIA director, turns 59 1954 Alex English, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 58 1969 Marilyn Manson, Rock singer, turns 43 1978 January Jones, Actress (“Mad Men”), turns 34
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 obituary »
69 Francisco Suárez 1/5/1548 – 9/25/1617
Spanish theologian74 Shah Jahan 1/5/1592 – 1/22/1666
Mughal emperor of India and builder of the Taj Mahal34 Zebulon Montgomery Pike 1/5/1779 – 4/27/1813
American army officer and explorer41 Stephen Decatur 1/5/1779 – 3/22/1820
American naval officer77 King Camp Gillette 1/5/1855 – 7/9/1932
American inventor and manufacturer91 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 clergyman76 Herbert Bayard Swope 1/5/1882 – 6/20/1958
American journalist and editor55 Yves Tanguy 1/5/1900 – 1/15/1955
French Surrealist painter87 Stella Gibbons 1/5/1902 – 12/19/1989
English novelist and poet87 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 archaeologist58 Alvin Ailey Jr. 1/5/1931 – 12/1/1989
American choreographer and dancer; founded Ailey American Dance Theater
