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What happened in history on this day: January 5?
On January 5 in ...
- 1970 - ABC debuts daytime TV drama All My Children.
- 1971 - ABC debuts 60-minute TV series Alias Smith and Jones.
- 1976 - MacNeil-Lehrer Report premieres on PBS.
- 1998 - The CBS TV network debuts the Style and Substance TV show.
Births on January 5
- 1890 - Birth of Cora Witherspoon in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actress (Bank Dick).
- 1891 - Birth of Johan Boskamp; Dutch actor/singer (Potasch and Perlemoer).
- 1892 - Birth of Francesca Bertini in Florence, Italy; actress (Odette, Assunta Spina).
- 1897 - Birth of Jack Wagner in Ohio, USA; actor (Jive Junction).
- 1899 - Birth of Albert van Dalsum; Dutch actor/director (Little Rascal).
- 1908 - Birth of George Dolenz in Trieste, Italy; actor (A Bullet for Joey, The Count of Monte Cristo TV series).
- 1909 - Birth of Jean-Pierre Aumont in Paris, France; actor (Count of Monte Cristo, Cat and Mouse, Happy Hooker).
- 1914 - Birth of George Keefer Brewer AKA George Bessolo AKA George Reeves in Woolstock, Iowa, USA; actor (Superman - The Adventures of Superman, Stuart Tarleton - Gone With the Wind, Sergeant Maylon Stark - From Here To Eternity, The Silver Theatre, Suspense, Kraft TV Theatre).
- 1917 - Birth of Darah Jane Mayfield AKA Jane Wyman in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; first Mrs Ronald Reagan, singer/dancer/actress (Magnificent Obsession, Johnny Belinda (Best Actress Academy Award), Angela Channing - Falcon Crest) (dies 2007).
- 1925 - Birth of Wolf Morris; actor (Decoy).
- 1926 - Birth of Robert Earle in Baldwin, New York, USA; TV host (GE College Bowl).
- 1930 - Birth of Richard Hayes in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; singer/emcee (Name That Tune, All About Faces, Supermarket Sweep).
- 1931 - Birth of Robert Duvall in San Diego, California, USA; American actor and director (Broken Trail, Lonesome Dove, The Godfather, Great Santini, Taxi Driver).
- 1940 - Birth of Dany Saval in Oakland, California, USA; actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot).
- 1942 - Birth of Charlie Rose in Henderson, North Carolina, USA; newscaster (CBS Night Watch).
- 1942 - Birth of Cliff Potts in Glendale, California, USA; actor (Ted - "Lou Grant").
- 1944 - Birth of Felix Arons; Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht).
- 1946 - Birth of Diane Keaton in Louisiana, USA; director, actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl, Northern Lights, Amelia Earhart:Final Flight, The Godfather).
- 1948 - Birth of Ted Lange in Oakland, California, USA; (Isaac - The Love Boat TV show, Mr T and Tina TV show).
- 1953 - Birth of Pamela Sue Martin in Westport, Connecticut, USA; actress (Nancy Drew, Fallon - Dynasty).
- 1958 - Birth of Suzy Amis in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actress (Blame it on Rio, Where the Heart Is).
- 1959 - Birth of Clancy Brown; actor/voice actor (SpongeBob SquarePants, Justice League, Carnivale).
- 1962 - Birth of Joel Wyner; actor/director (Lyle Springer - Sirens, Listen, Club).
- 1967 - Birth of Ricky Paull Goldin in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Doug - Hail to the Chief, Another World).
- 1968 - Birth of Carl Evans; actor (Guiding Light).
- 1969 - Birth of Heather Paige Kent; actress (That's Life, Stark Raving Mad).
- 1978 - Birth of January Jones; actress (Mad Men, Huff).
- 1980 - Birth of Garette Patrick Ratliff; actor (Return to Blue Lagoon).
Deaths on January 5
- 1965 - Neil Craig, actor (Calling Dr Kildare), dies at age 73.
- 1968 - Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at age 79.
- 1969 - Tom Aherne, actor (Hustler, April Fools), dies of influenza in New York.
- 1974 - Death of Roy Bargy at age 79; bandleader, musical director (Jimmy Durante Show radio show).
- 1977 - Onslow Stevens, actor (Mr Fisher - This is the Life), dies at age 74.
- 1982 - Death of Hans Conried at age 64 of a heart ailment; actor (Professor Kropotkin - My Friend Irma radio show, The Bullwinkle Show, Uncle Toonoose - Make Room for Daddy TV show).
- 1982 - Death of Harvey Lembeck of a heart attack at age 56; actor (Bilko, The Hathaways).
- 1990 - Death of Arthur Kennedy of a brain tumor at age 76; character actor (Air Force, Playhouse 90, Kraft Suspense Theatre, Ford Television Theatre, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour).
- 1991 - John Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at age 82.
- 1991 - Marie Madeline Sullivan, actress (Elvira Mistress of Dark), dies at age 80.
- 1993 - Ronnie Welsh, actor (Patterns), dies of brain cancer at age 52.
- 1998 - Death of Sonny Bono at age 62, from head injuries after hitting a tree while skiing; politician (mayor - Palm Springs California, Representative - California), singer/songwriter (Sonny and Cher - "I Got You Babe", "Baby Don't Go", "The Beat Goes On", The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour TV show).
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