January 5

On This Day In History
	1933: Golden Gate Bridge construction begun In San Francisco on this day in 1933, construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge, a suspension bridge that once boasted the longest main span in the world and that has been celebrated for the magnificence of its setting.
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco.
Biography Of The Day
	1932 A renowned critic and semiotician (student of signs and symbols), Umberto Eco, born this day in 1932, is perhaps better known as the author of the best-selling murder mystery and fantasy novel The Name of the Rose (1981).
Umberto Eco, 1997.
More Events On This Day In History
1998	Daniel arap Moi was sworn in as president of Kenya for his fifth consecutive term.
	1931 American dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey, Jr., was born in Rogers, Texas.
	1925 Nellie Tayloe Ross assumed office in Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in the United States.
1919	Anton Drexler founded the German Workers' Party, the forerunner of the Nazi Party, in Munich, Germany.
	1914 Following the great success of the Model T, American automobile maker Henry Ford raised his workers' pay from $2.40 to $5.00 a day and reduced the hours of the workday.