January 5 in History

• 1914

  January 5, 1914:

  Henry Ford raises the daily wage of employees of the Ford Motor Company from $2.40 to $5.0 following the success of the company’s Model T.

• 1919

  January 5, 1919:

  The Nazi Party’s predecessor, the German Workers’ Party is formed by Anton Drexler.

• 1920

  January 5, 1920: The announcement of baseball legend Babe Ruth’s purchase from the Boston Red Sox is made by the New York Yankees.

• 1925

  January 5, 1925:

  Nellie Tayloe Ross officially starts work as the Governor of Wyoming, making her the United States’ first female governor.

• 1933

  January 5, 1933:

  The building of San Francisco’s magnificent Golden Gate begins.

• 1970

  January 5, 1970:

  The pilot episode of American television soap opera, “All My Children” is aired for the first time on ABC.

• 1973

  January 5, 1973:

  “Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.”, the debut album of Bruce Springsteen is released.

• 1980

  January 5, 1980:

  “Rapper’s Delight” by rap trio The Sugarhill Gang reaches number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the first hip hop song to enter the Top 40 hits.

• 1998

  January 5, 1998:

  Kenya swears in Daniel arap Moi as its president for the fifth consecutive time.

• January 5, 1998:

  Pop singer-turned-politician Sonny Bono of Sonny and Cher fame is killed in a skiing accident.