Top 10 January 5 Birthdays
10. January 5, 1917: Jane Wyman. In 1948, she received an Academy Award for Johnny Belinda. In 1984, 36 years later, she received a Golden Globe Award for Falcon Crest. That was also a good year for her ex-husband: She was the 1st woman to be married to Ronald Reagan. 9. January 5, 1928: Walter Mondale. First elected to the U.S. Senate from Minnesota in 1964, the Democratic Party nominated him for Vice President in 1976, under Jimmy Carter. Carter gave him more responsibility than any Vice President had ever received, and he is now regarded as one of the best Vice Presidents. The Carter-Mondale ticket was defeated by Ronald Reagan in 1980. In 1984, Mondale earned the Democratic nomination for President, but the Reagan campaign ran against "The Carter-Mondale Administration," and won big. It's worth nothing that one of the buttons and bumper stickers the Mondale campaign produced in suggesting that Reagan be dumped read, "Jane Wyman was right!" 8. January 5, 15...