January 5

Today in History
• 1554 - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands
• 1709 - Sudden extreme cold kills 1000s of Europeans
• 1822 - Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire
• 1859 - 1st steamboat sails, Red River
• 1909 - Colombia recognizes Panama's independence
• 1933 - Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay
• 1959 - The Bozo the Clown live children's show airs its first episode on television
• 1972 - NASA announces the development of the space shuttles


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Carver Day
• Day of Dialogue
• National Bird Day
• National Ellen Day
• National Keto Day
• National Screenwriters Day
• National Whipped Cream Day
• Harbin Ice Festival

Birthdays
• 1209 - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, born in Winchester Castle
• 1592 - Shah Jahan, 5th Mughal Emperor of India
• 1614 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
• 1779 - Stephen Decatur, U.S., naval hero, War of 1812
• 1779 - Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer, Pike's Peak
• 1855 - King Camp Gillette, inventor, safety razor
• 1893 - Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian Leader
• 1928 - Walter Fritz Mondale