Daily Calendar for Friday, January 5, 2024

Events

• First divorce granted in the American Colonies – 1643
• New Hampshire was the first state to adopt a constitution – 1776
• A British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia – 1781
• The word hamburger first appeared in print in the Walla Walla Union, Walla Walla, Washington – 1889
• The first successful photo of an aurora was made by physicist Martin Brendel – 1892
• First Trans-Pacific (California to Hawaii) cable opened to public use – 1903
• Fannie Farmer’s last lecture – 1915
• Nellie Taylor Ross of Wyoming became first woman governor in American history – 1925
• Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began in San Francisco, California – 1933
• United Mine Workers official Joseph A. Yablonski and his wife and daughters were found slain in their Clarksville, Pennsylvania home – 1970
• President Nixon ordered NASA to begin work on a manned space shuttle – 1972
• Arkansas law requiring creationism to be taught in public schools struck down by Federal court – 1982
• President Ronald Reagan submitted the first $1 trillion budget to Congress – 1987
• Reggie Jackson elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame – 1993
• Robert Nuranen returned a library book he had checked out for a 9th-grade assignment, along with a check for 47 year’s worth of late fees—$171.32 – 2007
• World’s highest cable-stayed bridge opened spanning a deep ravine in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains – 2012