TODAY HISTORY IN

Today is Saturday, Jan. 5, the fifth day of 2019. There are 360 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Jan. 5, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed assistance to countries to help them resist Communist aggression in what became known as the Eisenhower Doctrine.

On this date:

In 1066, Edward the Confessor, King of England, died after a reign of nearly 24 years.

In 1781, a British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia.

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

In 1933, the 30th president In 1943, educator and scientist George Washington Carver died in Tuskegee, Ala., at about age 80.

In 1953, Samuel Beckett’s two-act tragicomedy “Waiting for Godot,” considered a classic of the Theater of the Absurd, premiered in Paris.

In 1994, Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, former speaker of the House of Representatives, died in Boston at age 81.

In 1998, Sonny Bono, the 1960s pop star-turned-politician, was killed when he struck a tree while skiing at the Heavenly Ski Resort on the Nevada-California state line; he was 62.

Today’s Birthdays: Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale is 91. Actor Robert Duvall is 88. Juan Carlos, former King of Spain, is 81. Singermusician Athol Guy (The Seekers) is 79. Actress-director Diane Keaton is 73. Rhythmand-blues musician George “Funky” Brown (Kool and the Gang) is 70. Singer Iris Dement is 58. Rock musician Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age) is 51. Marilyn Manson is 50. Actor Bradley Cooper is 44. Actress January Jones is 41.

Thought for Today: “It is the job that is never started that takes longest to finish.”—J.R.R. Tolkien, English author (18921973).