A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on January 5 throughout history.
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Battle of Nancy: Swiss Confederacy led by René II decisively defeats the Duchy of Burgundy, 7,000+ killed including the Duke of Burgundy Charles the Bold
The military career of Benedict Arnold in 1781 consisted of service in the British Army.
The German Workers' Party (German: Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, DAP) was an obscure far-right political party established in the Weimar Republic after World War I.
Mao Zedong writes the essay "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire" to criticize cadres not creating rural revolutionary base areas
Harry S. Truman's tenure as the 33rd president of the United States began on April 12, 1945, upon the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and ended on January 20, 1953.
"Cavalcade" based on the play by Noël Coward, directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook premieres in New York (Best Production/Picture 1934)
Giasone (Jason) is an opera in three acts and a prologue with music by Francesco Cavalli and a libretto by Giacinto Andrea Cicognini.
Brian Lara scores his maiden Test century with 277 for the West Indies v Australia in drawn 3rd Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground
Explorer William Clark (37) weds Julia Hancock in Fincastle, Virginia
British PM Neville Chamberlain (41) weds Anne de Vere Cole
Baseball player Darryl Strawberry (22) weds Lisa Andrews
Actor Lee Marvin (42) divorces Elizabeth Ebeling after 14 years of marriage
Felix I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
François Villon is the best known French poet of the Late Middle Ages. He was involved in criminal behavior and had multiple encounters with law enforcement authorities.
Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands
William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe
Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues
Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg
Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles
Britain, Hannover, Saxony-Poland and Austria sign anti-Prussian Russian pact
Robert-François Damiens was a French domestic servant whose attempted assassination of King Louis XV in 1757 culminated in his public execution.
The Constitution of the State of South Carolina is the governing document of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It describes the structure and function of the state's government.
1st Swedenborgian temple in US holds 1st service in Baltimore
Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement
The Treaty of the Dardanelles was concluded between the Ottoman Empire and Great Britain on 5 January 1809 at Çanak, Ottoman Empire. The treaty ended the Anglo-Turkish War.
Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire
1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad)
Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell
Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date
James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf
Events from the year 1846 in the United States. In this year, the United States declares war on Mexico, starting the Mexican–American War.
Human history in California began when indigenous Americans first arrived some 13,000 years ago.
Steamship San Francisco wrecked off US eastern seaboard, 300 die
First steamboat, the North Star, sails up the northern Red River, America
Fort Sumter is an incomplete sea fort at the mouth of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, where the battle that sparked the American Civil War took place.
The Paris Opera (French: Opéra de Paris [ɔpeʁa də paʁi] ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France.
First US school of librarianship opens at Columbia University
Dutch Heidemaatschappij (land reclamation) established
First successful auroral photograph is made
Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 64 days
Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule
SF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use
-34°F (-36.7°C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record)
Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara
The secession of Panama from Colombia was formalized on 3 November 1903, with the establishment of the Republic of Panama and the abolition of the Colombia-Costa Rica border.
San Francisco has its first air meet
The National Hockey Association (NHA), initially the National Hockey Association of Canada Limited, was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada.
The Brusilov offensive, also known as the June advance, or Battle of Galicia-Volhynia, of June to September 1916 was the Russian Empire's greatest feat of arms during World War I and among the most...
British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace
French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, & Hugh Jennings
Fox Studios exhibits Movietone
Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia
First woman to purchase a baseball team, Lucille Thomas buys Topeka Senators franchise in the Western League
Boston's Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also)
Australian cricket batsmen Jack Fingleton (136) and Don Bradman (out 270 the following day) make then record stand of 346 for 6th wicket in 3rd Test vs England in Melbourne
FCC hears the 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal
British Australian troops conquer Bardia, Libya
55 German tanks reach North-Africa
The 1943 season was the Chicago Bears' 24th in the National Football League. The team failed to match on their 11–0 record from 1942 and finished at 8–1–1, under temporary co-coaches Hunk Anderson...
The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty"
General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra
Carson McCuller's "Member of the Wedding" premieres in NYC
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during...
Darius Milhaud's orchestral composition "West Point Suite", marking the US Military Academy's sesquicentennial, premieres at Carnegie Hall, NYC
KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast
Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era.
"Bozo the Clown" live children's show premieres on TV
Continental League, a proposed third baseball major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from NY Senator Kenneth Keating
AFL Championship, Balboa Stadium, San Diego: San Diego Chargers beat Boston Patriots, 51-10; Chargers RB Keith Lincoln rushes for 206 yards, 2 TDs
KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, CA (IND) begins
Bollingen prize for poetry presented to John Berryman and Karl Shapiro
23,000 Belgian mine workers strike
John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono give a press conference in Aalborg, Denmark, revealing that they were only visiting
1st one-day international, Australia v England at the MCG
Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)
An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses
This is a list of episodes for The Bob Newhart Show, which was originally broadcast on CBS from 1972 to 1978, spanning six seasons and 142 half-hour episodes.
14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent & Hobart, Tasmania & ship sinks
Democratic Kampuchea was the official name of the Cambodian state from 1975 to 1979, under the general secretaryship of Pol Pot and the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), commonly known as the Khmer...
Late night television news program "Nightline" with Ted Koppel extended from 20 mins to 30 mins
Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation
Star center Darryl Sittler leaves the Toronto Maple Leafs on medical advice because of mental depression; trade request was taking too long
The Tunisian bread riots were a series of violent demonstrations in Tunisia that occurred from December 1983 to January 1984, triggered by a rise in the price of bread due to an IMF-imposed austerity...
Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot
Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, New Jersey
2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test
J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL
Edwin Jongejans of Netherlands wins 1-metre springboard diving title
Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82)
Bill Fitch becomes the 5th coach in NBA history to register 850 career victories with the LA Clippers' 95-93 home win over Philadelphia 76'ers at the LA Memorial Sports Arena
Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone
The 1996 season was the Miami Dolphins' 31st season overall, their 27th in the National Football League (NFL), their seventh under general manager Eddie Jones and their first under head coach Jimmy...
"Juan Darien-Carnival Mass" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC
The December 2013 North American storm complex was a significant storm complex that included many different types of severe weather, including a winter storm, a severe ice storm and a tornado...
A report reveals that doctor and former GP Harold Shipman has potentially killed hundreds of patients
"Kinks" singer-songwriter Ray Davies (59) shot in the leg while chasing a 25-year old mugger in New Orleans, Louisiana
Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system, is discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory
The Pittsburgh Steelers are an American football franchise representing Pittsburgh. They are the seventh-oldest club in the National Football League (NFL), which they joined in 1933.
Michael Edward Shanahan ( SHAN-ə-han; born August 24, 1952) is an American former football coach, best known as the head coach of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) from 1995 to...
Fifteen-year-old Mumbai schoolboy Pranav Dhanawade becomes the first batsman to ever score 1000 runs in a single innings in cricket, finishing 1009 not out
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House is a 2018 book by journalist Michael Wolff which according to Wolff, details the behavior of U.S.
Chinese government report predicts China's population will peak at 1.44 billion in 2029 before declining
Chinese professor Zhang Yongzhen publishes the first SARS-CoV-2 genome map online, allowing health professionals worldwide to identify COVID-19
The 2021 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "Bama", or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards pardons Homer Plessy for buying whites-only train ticket in 1892 (resulted in U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson 1896) [1]
An Alaskan Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 makes emergency landing in Portland after a fuselage section blows out midair, with US regulator then grounding hundreds of planes [1]
Congestion pricing in New York City, also known as the Central Business District Tolling Program or CBDTP, began on January 5, 2025.
Board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, tasked with distributing government funding to public television and radio broadcasters since 1967, votes to dissolve itself after Congress canceled previously approved funding
King C. Gillette, American entrepreneur, known for american entrepreneur, was born on 1855-01-05.
Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, known for american physiologist, was born on 1874-01-05.
Konrad Adenauer is born
Friedrich Dürrenmatt, German author and dramatist, known for swiss author and dramatist, was born on 1921-01-05. Friedrich Dürrenmatt was a Swiss author and dramatist.
Walter Mondale is born
Juan Carlos I is born
George Reeves, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1914-01-05. George Reeves was an American actor.
Robert Duvall, American actor and filmmaker, known for american actor and filmmaker, was born on 1931-01-05.
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animator and artist, known for japanese animator and artist, was born on 1941-01-05.
Marilyn Manson, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1969-01-05. Brian Hugh Warner, known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician.
Bradley Cooper, American actor and filmmaker, known for american actor and filmmaker, was born on 1975-01-05. Bradley Charles Cooper is an American actor and filmmaker.
January Jones, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1978-01-05. January Kristen Jones is an American actress.
Chuck Noll, American athlete, known for american football player and coach, was born on 1932-01-05.
Chuck McKinley athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1941-01-05. Charles Robert McKinley Jr. (January 5, 1941 – August 11, 1986) was an American former world no.
Catherine de' Medici dies
Elizabeth of Russia dies
Ernest Shackleton, British anglo-irish antarctic explorer, known for anglo-irish antarctic explorer, died on 1922-01-05.
Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer, known for american aviation pioneer, died on 1939-01-05.
George Washington Carver botanist and inventor, known for american botanist and inventor, died on 1943-01-05.
Momofuku Ando, Chinese taiwanese-japanese inventor and businessman, known for taiwanese-japanese inventor and businessman, died on 2007-01-05.
Felix I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
François Villon is the best known French poet of the Late Middle Ages. He was involved in criminal behavior and had multiple encounters with law enforcement authorities.
Battle of Nancy: Swiss Confederacy led by René II decisively defeats the Duchy of Burgundy, 7,000+ killed including the Duke of Burgundy Charles the Bold
Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands
Catherine de' Medici dies
William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe
Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues
Giasone (Jason) is an opera in three acts and a prologue with music by Francesco Cavalli and a libretto by Giacinto Andrea Cicognini.
Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg
Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles
Britain, Hannover, Saxony-Poland and Austria sign anti-Prussian Russian pact
Robert-François Damiens was a French domestic servant whose attempted assassination of King Louis XV in 1757 culminated in his public execution.
Elizabeth of Russia dies
The Constitution of the State of South Carolina is the governing document of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It describes the structure and function of the state's government.
The military career of Benedict Arnold in 1781 consisted of service in the British Army.
1st Swedenborgian temple in US holds 1st service in Baltimore
Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement
Explorer William Clark (37) weds Julia Hancock in Fincastle, Virginia
The Treaty of the Dardanelles was concluded between the Ottoman Empire and Great Britain on 5 January 1809 at Çanak, Ottoman Empire. The treaty ended the Anglo-Turkish War.
Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire
1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad)
Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell
Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date
James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf
Events from the year 1846 in the United States. In this year, the United States declares war on Mexico, starting the Mexican–American War.
Human history in California began when indigenous Americans first arrived some 13,000 years ago.
Steamship San Francisco wrecked off US eastern seaboard, 300 die
King C. Gillette, American entrepreneur, known for american entrepreneur, was born on 1855-01-05.
First steamboat, the North Star, sails up the northern Red River, America
Fort Sumter is an incomplete sea fort at the mouth of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, where the battle that sparked the American Civil War took place.
Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, known for american physiologist, was born on 1874-01-05.
The Paris Opera (French: Opéra de Paris [ɔpeʁa də paʁi] ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France.
Konrad Adenauer is born
First US school of librarianship opens at Columbia University
Dutch Heidemaatschappij (land reclamation) established
First successful auroral photograph is made
Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 64 days
Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule
SF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use
-34°F (-36.7°C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record)
Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara
The secession of Panama from Colombia was formalized on 3 November 1903, with the establishment of the Republic of Panama and the abolition of the Colombia-Costa Rica border.
British PM Neville Chamberlain (41) weds Anne de Vere Cole
San Francisco has its first air meet
The National Hockey Association (NHA), initially the National Hockey Association of Canada Limited, was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada.
George Reeves, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1914-01-05. George Reeves was an American actor.
The Brusilov offensive, also known as the June advance, or Battle of Galicia-Volhynia, of June to September 1916 was the Russian Empire's greatest feat of arms during World War I and among the most...
British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace
The German Workers' Party (German: Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, DAP) was an obscure far-right political party established in the Weimar Republic after World War I.
Friedrich Dürrenmatt, German author and dramatist, known for swiss author and dramatist, was born on 1921-01-05. Friedrich Dürrenmatt was a Swiss author and dramatist.
Ernest Shackleton, British anglo-irish antarctic explorer, known for anglo-irish antarctic explorer, died on 1922-01-05.
French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, & Hugh Jennings
Fox Studios exhibits Movietone
Walter Mondale is born
Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia
Mao Zedong writes the essay "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire" to criticize cadres not creating rural revolutionary base areas
First woman to purchase a baseball team, Lucille Thomas buys Topeka Senators franchise in the Western League
Robert Duvall, American actor and filmmaker, known for american actor and filmmaker, was born on 1931-01-05.
Chuck Noll, American athlete, known for american football player and coach, was born on 1932-01-05.
"Cavalcade" based on the play by Noël Coward, directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook premieres in New York (Best Production/Picture 1934)
Boston's Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also)
Australian cricket batsmen Jack Fingleton (136) and Don Bradman (out 270 the following day) make then record stand of 346 for 6th wicket in 3rd Test vs England in Melbourne
Juan Carlos I is born
Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer, known for american aviation pioneer, died on 1939-01-05.
FCC hears the 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal
British Australian troops conquer Bardia, Libya
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animator and artist, known for japanese animator and artist, was born on 1941-01-05.
Chuck McKinley athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1941-01-05. Charles Robert McKinley Jr. (January 5, 1941 – August 11, 1986) was an American former world no.
55 German tanks reach North-Africa
The 1943 season was the Chicago Bears' 24th in the National Football League. The team failed to match on their 11–0 record from 1942 and finished at 8–1–1, under temporary co-coaches Hunk Anderson...
George Washington Carver botanist and inventor, known for american botanist and inventor, died on 1943-01-05.
The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty"
Harry S. Truman's tenure as the 33rd president of the United States began on April 12, 1945, upon the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and ended on January 20, 1953.
General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra
Carson McCuller's "Member of the Wedding" premieres in NYC
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during...
Darius Milhaud's orchestral composition "West Point Suite", marking the US Military Academy's sesquicentennial, premieres at Carnegie Hall, NYC
KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast
Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era.
"Bozo the Clown" live children's show premieres on TV
Continental League, a proposed third baseball major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from NY Senator Kenneth Keating
AFL Championship, Balboa Stadium, San Diego: San Diego Chargers beat Boston Patriots, 51-10; Chargers RB Keith Lincoln rushes for 206 yards, 2 TDs
Actor Lee Marvin (42) divorces Elizabeth Ebeling after 14 years of marriage
KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, CA (IND) begins
Bollingen prize for poetry presented to John Berryman and Karl Shapiro
Marilyn Manson, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1969-01-05. Brian Hugh Warner, known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician.
23,000 Belgian mine workers strike
John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono give a press conference in Aalborg, Denmark, revealing that they were only visiting
1st one-day international, Australia v England at the MCG
Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)
An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses
This is a list of episodes for The Bob Newhart Show, which was originally broadcast on CBS from 1972 to 1978, spanning six seasons and 142 half-hour episodes.
14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent & Hobart, Tasmania & ship sinks
Bradley Cooper, American actor and filmmaker, known for american actor and filmmaker, was born on 1975-01-05. Bradley Charles Cooper is an American actor and filmmaker.
Democratic Kampuchea was the official name of the Cambodian state from 1975 to 1979, under the general secretaryship of Pol Pot and the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), commonly known as the Khmer...
January Jones, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1978-01-05. January Kristen Jones is an American actress.
Late night television news program "Nightline" with Ted Koppel extended from 20 mins to 30 mins
Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation
Star center Darryl Sittler leaves the Toronto Maple Leafs on medical advice because of mental depression; trade request was taking too long
The Tunisian bread riots were a series of violent demonstrations in Tunisia that occurred from December 1983 to January 1984, triggered by a rise in the price of bread due to an IMF-imposed austerity...
Baseball player Darryl Strawberry (22) weds Lisa Andrews
Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot
Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, New Jersey
2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test
J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL
Edwin Jongejans of Netherlands wins 1-metre springboard diving title
Brian Lara scores his maiden Test century with 277 for the West Indies v Australia in drawn 3rd Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground
Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82)
Bill Fitch becomes the 5th coach in NBA history to register 850 career victories with the LA Clippers' 95-93 home win over Philadelphia 76'ers at the LA Memorial Sports Arena
Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone
The 1996 season was the Miami Dolphins' 31st season overall, their 27th in the National Football League (NFL), their seventh under general manager Eddie Jones and their first under head coach Jimmy...
"Juan Darien-Carnival Mass" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC
The December 2013 North American storm complex was a significant storm complex that included many different types of severe weather, including a winter storm, a severe ice storm and a tornado...
A report reveals that doctor and former GP Harold Shipman has potentially killed hundreds of patients
"Kinks" singer-songwriter Ray Davies (59) shot in the leg while chasing a 25-year old mugger in New Orleans, Louisiana
Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system, is discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory
The Pittsburgh Steelers are an American football franchise representing Pittsburgh. They are the seventh-oldest club in the National Football League (NFL), which they joined in 1933.
Momofuku Ando, Chinese taiwanese-japanese inventor and businessman, known for taiwanese-japanese inventor and businessman, died on 2007-01-05.
Michael Edward Shanahan ( SHAN-ə-han; born August 24, 1952) is an American former football coach, best known as the head coach of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) from 1995 to...
Fifteen-year-old Mumbai schoolboy Pranav Dhanawade becomes the first batsman to ever score 1000 runs in a single innings in cricket, finishing 1009 not out
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House is a 2018 book by journalist Michael Wolff which according to Wolff, details the behavior of U.S.
Chinese government report predicts China's population will peak at 1.44 billion in 2029 before declining
Chinese professor Zhang Yongzhen publishes the first SARS-CoV-2 genome map online, allowing health professionals worldwide to identify COVID-19
The 2021 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "Bama", or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards pardons Homer Plessy for buying whites-only train ticket in 1892 (resulted in U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson 1896) [1]
An Alaskan Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 makes emergency landing in Portland after a fuselage section blows out midair, with US regulator then grounding hundreds of planes [1]
Congestion pricing in New York City, also known as the Central Business District Tolling Program or CBDTP, began on January 5, 2025.
Board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, tasked with distributing government funding to public television and radio broadcasters since 1967, votes to dissolve itself after Congress canceled previously approved funding