📅 January 5 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on January 5? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
⏳ On this day in history
- 1875The grand Palais Garnier opera house opened in Paris
- 1925Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming became the first woman to serve as governor of a US state
- 1933Construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
- 1972President Richard Nixon announced NASA’s Space Shuttle program
- 2005Astronomers discovered the dwarf planet Eris
🎂 Born on January 5
- 🎬 Hayao Miyazaki (1941) — Japanese animation director ("My Neighbor Totoro")
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January 5 quiz
In what year? 🎭 The grand Palais Garnier opera house opened in Paris
In what year? 👩 Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming became the first woman to serve as governor of a US state
In what year? 🌉 Construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
Which famous person was born on January 5?