Daily Archives: January 5, 2025

‘The Wiz’ musical opens on Broadway at Majestic Theatre in New York City 50 years ago this hour (Jan 5 1975)

January 5, 20251970s, Broadwayadmin

Video: 'The Wiz Original Cast Album' (17 video playlist)

(Sunday, January 5, 1975, 6:30 p.m. EST) — The Wiz, a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls (and others) and book by William F. Brown featuring an all-black cast, opened tonight on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre at 245 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, with Geoffrey Holder as director and starring Stephanie Mills as Dorothy. Continue reading ‘The Wiz’ musical opens on Broadway at Majestic Theatre in New York City 50 years ago this hour (Jan 5 1975) →

Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes America’s first female governor 100 years ago this hour (Jan 5 1925)

January 5, 20251920sadmin

Video: 'Nellie Tayloe Ross'

(Monday, January 5, 1925, shortly after noon ) — Democrat Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming took office today as America’s first female governor, succeeding her late husband, William, following a special election. Continue reading Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes America’s first female governor 100 years ago this hour (Jan 5 1925) →

‘Sea of Love’ by The Honeydrippers peaks at #3 in USA 40 years ago today (Jan 5 1985)

January 5, 20251980s, Popular Music 1980sadmin

(Saturday, January 5, 1985) — “Sea of Love” by The Honeydrippers peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Sea of Love’ by The Honeydrippers peaks at #3 in USA 40 years ago today (Jan 5 1985) →

‘We Belong’ by Pat Benatar peaks at #5 in USA 40 years ago today (Jan 5 1985)

January 5, 20251980s, Popular Music 1980sadmin

(Saturday, January 5, 1985) — “We Belong” by Pat Benatar peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘We Belong’ by Pat Benatar peaks at #5 in USA 40 years ago today (Jan 5 1985) →

Jan 7 1945: Bart Hagerman, Private, 17th Airborne, describes American offensive
Jan 7 1955: Marian Anderson becomes first African-American to perform with Metropolitan Opera in New York
Jan 7 1975: Judge Sirica orders early release of three Watergate figures

Jan 8 1815: Andrew Jackson leads American forces in Battle of New Orleans

Jan 8 1865: ‘If slaves make good soldiers our whole theory of slavery is wrong’

Jan 8 1935: Rock music icon Elvis Presley born in Tupelo, Mississippi

Jan 8 1945: German Führer Adolf Hitler authorizes limited German withdrawal from Ardennes during World War II

Jan 8 1965: Drunken Murry Wilson crashes Beach Boys session

Jan 8 1975: Judge Sirica orders early release of three Watergate figures

Jan 8 1975: Ella T. Grasso becomes first woman governor of a U.S. state elected ‘in her own right’

2015: Barack Obama-Joe Biden
2005: +^George W. Bush-Dick Cheney
1995: Bill Clinton-Al Gore
1985: Ronald Reagan-George H.W. Bush
1975: #Gerald Ford-@Nelson Rockefeller
1965: >Lyndon B. Johnson-(vacant)
1955: Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon
1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt-Henry A. Wallace
1935: Franklin D. Roosevelt-John N. Garner
1925: >Calvin Coolidge-(vacant)
1915: Woodrow Wilson-Thomas R. Marshall
1905: >Theodore Roosevelt-(vacant)
1895: Grover Cleveland-Adlai Stevenson I
1885: >Chester A. Arthur-(vacant)
1875: Ulysses S. Grant-Henry Wilson
1865: Abraham Lincoln-Hannibal Hamlin
185: Franklin Pierce-(vacant)
1845: >*John Tyler-(vacant)
1835: *Andrew Jackson-Martin Van Buren
1825: *James Monroe-Daniel D. Tompkins
1815: *James Madison-(vacant)
1805: *Thomas Jefferson-Aaron Burr
1795: *George Washington-John Adams

+ Took office after “stolen election”
^ Elected without winning popular vote
> Ascended to presidency intra-term upon death or resignation of predecessor and in Ford’s case #, after being appointed VP under 25th Amendment
@ Appointed VP under the 25th Amendment
* Owned slaves while in office