Jan 5 1998 Sonny Bono, pop singer from Sonny & Cher and congressman, dies in a skiing accidentJan 5 1994 Tip O'Neill, senator and long time Speaker of the House, dies Jan 5 1993 A tanker with 25 million barrels of oil runs aground on the Shetland Islands. Possibly the worst short lived ecological disaster to date. Jan 5 1956 Grace Kelly announces engagement to Prince Rainier Jan 5 1943 George Washington Carver, educator and scientist, dies Jan 5 1938 King Juan Carlos of Spain is born Jan 5 1933 Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, dies Jan 5 1925 Nellie Ross is sworn in as the governor of Wyoming. She is first female governor of a U.S. state and was elected to fill out the term of her expired husband
Birthdays
Jan 5 1953 Pamela Sue Martin, actress Jan 5 1946 Diane Keaton, actress Jan 5 1932 Raisa Gorbachev, wife of Mikhail Gorbachev Jan 5 1931 Robert Duvall, actor