Historical Events on January 5

Here are some historical events that happened on January 5:

1. 1066: Edward the Confessor, the King of England, died, leading to the events that culminated in the Norman Conquest later that year.

2. 1781: A British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War.

3. 1835: The Treaty of New Echota was signed, leading to the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia to the Indian Territory in what became known as the Trail of Tears.

4. 1914: The Ford Motor Company announced an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor, which was more than double the average wage at the time.

5. 1925: Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first female governor in the United States when she was sworn in as the governor of Wyoming.

6. 1933: Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began in San Francisco.

7. 1949: In the United States, President Harry S. Truman delivered his Fair Deal State of the Union address to Congress.

8. 1957: President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik.

9. 1972: President Richard Nixon signed a bill into law that lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 in the United States.

10. 1993: The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) came into effect, prohibiting the development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, transfer, or use of chemical weapons.

11. 2005: Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in our solar system, was discovered by astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz.

These are just a few notable events that happened on January 5 throughout history.