On this day …
January 5, 2015
- In 1757, King Louis XV of France survived an assassination attempt by Robert-Francois Damiens, the last person in France to be executed by drawing and quartering.
- In 1781, Richmond, Va., was burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
- In 1900, Irish leader John Redmond called for a revolt against British rule.
- In 1914, the Ford Motor Company announced an eight-hour work day.
- In 1925, Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming became the first female governor in the United States.
- In 1933, construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
- In 1972, President Richard Nixon ordered the development of the space shuttle program.
- In 2005, Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system, was discovered.
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