January 5th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts

• 1914 – The Ford Motor Company announced an eight-hour workday and a “living wage” of at least $5 per day’s labor.
• 1957 – In a speech to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced the establishment of the Eisenhower Doctrine, an anti-communist agenda.
• If you were born on January 5th,
  You were likely conceived the week of… April 14th (prior year)

We must realize our own talents and, having realized, accept them; and play on them like a symphony in which all other instruments are harmonized to make a better universe.
– Jeane Dixon

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.
– Marilyn Manson

We’re all travelers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house. Birth ’til death. We travel between the eternities.
– Robert Duvall

I think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills.
– Diane Keaton

If I lose, I lose. I’ll do it on my terms.
– Ed Rendell

You don’t have to give up to let go.
– Deadmau5

Never use money to measure wealth, son.
– Robert Duvall

Being in ‘Us Weekly’ does not make you famous.
– Bradley Cooper

1889 – The word hamburger first appeared in print in the Walla Walla Union, a Walla Walla, Washington, newspaper.

1905 – The National Association of Audubon Society incorporated.

1911 – Kappa Alpha Psi, the world’s third oldest and largest black fraternity, was founded at Indiana University

1933 – San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge construction began

1945 – Pepe LePew debuted in Warner Brother’s Odor-able Kitty

1949 – President Harry S Truman labeled his administration the “Fair Deal”

1957 – Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson retired rather than be traded to New York Giants

1971 – Former boxing heavyweight champion “Sonny” Liston’s (36) corpse found (he probably died Dec 30, 1970)

1991 – #1 Hit January 5, 1991 – January 18, 1991: Madonna – Justify My Love

1998 – Vandals decapitated Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid

1970 – All My Children premiered on ABC

1975 – Broadway Show – The Wiz (Musical) January 5, 1975

1980 – #1 Hit January 5, 1980 – January 18, 1980: KC and the Sunshine Band – Please Don’t Go

1991 – Blossom debuted on NBC

1995 – Daytime soap opera All My Children celebrated its 25th anniversary.

2008 – #1 Hit January 5, 2008 – March 14, 2008: Flo Rida featuring T-Pain – Low

Hating your partner’s ex’s or past experiences has a name- Retroactive Jealousy

“Now go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.” – Neil Gaiman

“Secret Asian Man” #misunderstoodlyrics

When converting numbers to words, the commas stay in the same position e.g. 1,234,567 = one million, two hundred and thirty-four thousand, five hundred and sixty-seven.

The Capital of Zambia is Lusaka

After Saving Private Ryan, Interstellar, and The Martian, “We need to go pick up Matt Damon” has become a movie genre.

Wal-Mart loses about $3 billion every year from theft or 1% of its $300 billion in revenue.

Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.

Desserts is Stressed spelled backward.

Pirate walks into a bar, bartender says, “Hey, did you know there’s a bounty on your head?” Pirate replies, “No, that’s just a napkin.”

There was a 1700s politician named John Strange, and his epitaph reads, “Here lies an honest lawyer, and that is Strange.”

The necktie evolved from a type of scarf worn by Croatian soldiers in the early 17th century.

VW has more syllables than Volkswagen.

“Would you believe…?” – Maxwell Smart (Get Smart) #tvquotes

When films refer to “The dawn of time” that literally means when time was invented by humans, so it probably wasn’t that long ago in the grand scheme of things.

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