Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
January 5
| 1477 | Swiss troops defeat the forces under Charles the Bold of Burgundy at the Battle of Nancy. | |
| 1815 | Federalists from all over New England, angered over the War of 1812, draw up the Hartford Convention, demanding several important changes in the U.S. Constitution. | |
| 1861 | The merchant vessel Star of the West sets sail from New York to Fort Sumter, in response to rebel attack, carrying supplies and 250 troops. | |
| 1904 | American Marines arrive in Seoul, Korea, to guard the U.S. legation there. | |
| 1914 | Henry Ford astounds the world as he announces that he will pay a minimum wage of $5 a day and will share with employees $10 million in the previous year's profits. | |
| 1917 | Bulgarian and German troops occupy the Port of Braila. | |
| 1919 | British ships shell the Bolshevik headquarters in Riga. | |
| 1920 | GOP women demand equal representation at the Republican National Convention in June. | |
| 1921 | Wagner's "Die Walkyrie" opens in Paris. This is the first German opera performed in Paris since the beginning of World War I. | |
| 1923 | The U.S. Senate debates the benefits of Peyote for the American Indian. | |
| 1925 | Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is sworn in as the first woman governor in the United States. | |
| 1936 | Daggha Bur, Ethiopia, is bombed by the Italians. | |
| 1942 | U.S. and Filipino troops complete their withdrawal to a new defensive line along the base of the Bataan peninsula. | |
| 1947 | Great Britain nationalizes its coal mines. | |
| 1951 | Inchon, South Korea, the sight of General Douglas MacArthur's amphibious flanking maneuver, is abandoned by United Nations force to the advancing Chinese Army. | |
| 1952 | Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Washington to confer with President Harry S. Truman. | |
| 1968 | U.S. forces in Vietnam launch Operation Niagara I to locate enemy units around the Marine base at Khe Sanh. | |
| 1969 | President Richard M. Nixon appoints Henry Cabot Lodge as negotiator at the Paris Peace Talks. | |
| 1971 | President Richard M. Nixon names Robert Dole as chairman of the Republican National Party. | |
| 1982 | A Federal judge voids a state law requiring balanced classroom treatment of evolution and creationism. | |
| Born on January 5 | ||
| 1779 | Stephen Decatur, American naval hero during actions against the Barbay pirates and the War of 1812. | |
| 1876 | Conrad Adenauer, first chancellor of post-World War II West Germany. | |
| 1928 | Walter Mondale, 42nd Vice President of the United States, Democratic presidential nominee who lost to Ronald Reagan in 1984, and Ambassador to Japan. | |
| 1932 | Umberto Eco, Italian novelist (The Name of the Rose). | |
| 1938 | Juan Carlos I, King of Spain. | |
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