Today In History

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 5, the fifth day of 2016. There are 361 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

1933: Construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge. (Work was completed four years later.)

ON THIS DATE

1781: A British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia.

1905: The National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals was incorporated in New York State.

1914: Auto industrialist Henry Ford announced he was going to pay workers $5 for an 8-hour day, as opposed to $2.34 for a 9-hour day. (Employees still worked six days a week; the 5-day work week was instituted in 1926.)

1925: Democrat Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming took office as America’s first female governor, succeeding her late husband, William, following a special election.

1949: In his State of the Union address, President Harry S. Truman labeled his administration the Fair Deal.

1964: During a visit to the Holy Land, Pope Paul VI met with Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople in Jerusalem.

1970: “All My Children” premiered on ABCTV.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale is 88. Actor Robert Duvall is 85. Juan Carlos, former King of Spain, is 78. Singer-musician Athol Guy (The Seekers) is 76. Talk show host Charlie Rose is 74. Actress-director Diane Keaton is 70. Actor Ted Lange is 68. Rhythm-andblues musician George “Funky” Brown (Kool and the Gang) is 67. Rock musician Chris Stein (Blondie) is 66. Former CIA Director George Tenet is 63. Actress Pamela Sue Martin is 63. Actor Clancy Brown is 57. Singer Iris Dement is 55. Actress Suzy Amis is 54. Actor Ricky Paull Gold in is 51. Rock musician Kate Schellenbach (Luscious Jackson) is 50. Dancer-choreographer Carrie Ann Inaba is 48. Rock musician Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age) is 48. Actress Heather Paige Kent is 47. Rock singer Marilyn Manson is 47. Actor Shea Whigham is 47. Actor Derek Cecil (TV: “House of Cards”; “Treme”) is 43. Actor Bradley Cooper is 41. Actress January Jones is 38. Actress Brooklyn Sudano is 35.