January 5 - This day in History

January 5: General Interest
1933: Golden Gate Bridge is born

On January 5, 1933, construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge, as workers began excavating 3.25 million cubic feet of dirt for the structure's huge anchorages... read more


American Revolution
1781 : Benedict Arnold captures and destroys Richmond
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/benedict-arnold-captures-and-destroys-richmond


Automotive
1933 : Construction begins on Golden Gate Bridge
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/construction-begins-on-golden-gate-bridge


Civil War
1861 : Star of the West leaves for Fort Sumter
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/star-of-the-west-leaves-for-fort-sumter


Cold War
1957: Eisenhower proposes new Middle East policy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eisenhower-proposes-new-middle-east-policy


Crime
1970 : The United Mine Workers Killings
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-united-mine-workers-killings


Disaster
1982 : Landslides kill 33 in California
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/landslides-kill-33-in-california


General Interest
1643 : First divorce in the colonies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-divorce-in-the-colonies

1895 : Dreyfus Affair in France
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dreyfus-affair-in-france

1945 : Kamikaze pilots get first order
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kamikaze-pilots-get-first-order

1968 : Prague Spring begins in Czechoslovakia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/prague-spring-begins-in-czechoslovakia

1976 : Pol Pot renames Cambodia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pol-pot-renames-cambodia

1994 : Former Speaker Thomas P. Tip O'Neill dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/former-speaker-thomas-p-tip-oneill-dies


Hollywood
1998 : Sonny Bono killed in skiing accident
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sonny-bono-killed-in-skiing-accident


Literary
1825 : Alexandre Dumas pere fights a duel
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/alexandre-dumas-pere-fights-a-duel


Music
1980 : The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" becomes hip-hop's first Top 40 hit
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-sugarhill-gang39s-quotrapper39s-delightquot-becomes-hip-hop39s-first-top-40-hit


Old West
1846 : House resolves to stop sharing Oregon
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/house-resolves-to-stop-sharing-oregon


Presidential
1949 : Truman delivers his Fair Deal speech
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-delivers-his-fair-deal-speech

1972 : Nixon launches the space shuttle program
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-launches-the-space-shuttle-program


Sports
1920 : New York Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-york-yankees-announce-purchase-of-babe-ruth


Vietnam War
1967 : Amphibious operations conducted in the Mekong Delta
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/amphibious-operations-conducted-in-the-mekong-delta

1969 : Lodge succeeds Harriman as chief negotiator
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lodge-succeeds-harriman-as-chief-negotiator


World War I
1916 : First conscription bill is introduced in British parliament
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-conscription-bill-is-introduced-in-british-parliament


World War II
1945 : Soviets recognize pro-Soviet Polish Provisional Government
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-recognize-pro-soviet-polish-provisional-government