Birthdays occurring on January, 5

1931

Robert Duvall was born on January 5, 1931 American actor, b.1931 Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's. More quotations from Robert Duvall

1932

Chuck Noll was born on January 5, 1932 American football coach, b.1932 Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it. More quotations from Chuck Noll

1932

Umberto Eco was born on January 5, 1932 Italian novelist and critic, b.1932 Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them. More quotations from Umberto Eco

Deaths occurring on January, 5

1933

Calvin Coolidge died on January 5, 1933 American 30th president of the United States, 1872-1933 Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race More quotations from Calvin Coolidge

1943

George Washington Carver died on January 5, 1943 American. Started his life as a slave and ended it as horticulturist, chemist and educator, 1864-1943 How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. More quotations from George Washington Carver

1970

Max Born died on January 5, 1970 German physicist. Nobel Prize for Physics in 1954. 1882-1970 The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world More quotations from Max Born