"On Jan. 5, 1980, Rapper's Delight, by The Sugarhill Gang, became the first hip-hop song to reach the Billboard Top 40, helping to popularize the emerging musical genre. Also on this date: In 1896, an Austrian newspaper reported the discovery by German physicist Wilhelm Rontgen (RENT'-gun) of a new type of radiation that came to be called X-ray. In 1925, Democrat Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming took office as America's first female governor."
"In 1933, construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge; the bridge was completed in May 1937. In 1953, Samuel Beckett's two-act tragicomedy Waiting for Godot, considered a classic of the Theater of the Absurd, premiered in Paris. In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed assistance to countries to help them resist communist aggression in what became known as the Eisenhower Doctrine."
"In 2022, Australia denied entry to tennis star Novak Djokovic, who was seeking to play for a 10th Australian Open title later in the month; authorities canceled his visa upon his arrival in Melbourne because he failed to meet the requirements for an exemption to COVID-19 vaccination rules. In 2024, a door plug on Alaska Airlines jetliner blew out shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon,"
Jan. 5 includes milestones in music, science, politics, infrastructure, theater, space policy, sports, and aviation. In 1980, Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang became the first hip-hop song to reach the Billboard Top 40, popularizing the genre. In 1896, Wilhelm Rontgen's discovery led to the development of X-rays. In 1925, Nellie Tayloe Ross took office as America's first female governor. Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began in 1933 and finished in 1937. Waiting for Godot premiered in Paris in 1953. Later highlights include the Eisenhower Doctrine, the 1972 Space Shuttle program announcement, Novak Djokovic's 2022 visa denial, and a 2024 Alaska Airlines depressurization incident. Notable birthdays include Robert Duvall and Hayao Miyazaki.
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