History Blog

January 5

Happy Birthday RIP “Jane Wyman”(Sarah Mayfield 1917–2007) “Jeane Dixon”(Lydia Pinckert 1904–1997) Walter Mondale 1928–2021) ; Robert Duvall–94 Diane Keaton(Hall)–79 Theodore “Ted” Lange–77 Pamela Sue Martin–72 “Marilyn Manson”(Brian Warner)–56 Bradley Cooper–50 ; 1896 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays ; 1944 – The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper (dailymail.co.uk)