January 4 Events |
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| January 4th, 2046 (January 04 2046) | Event | Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. | Julius Caesar Quotes |
| January 4th, 2007 (January 04 2007) | Event | The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history. | |
| January 4th, 2006 (January 04 2006) | Event | Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. | |
| January 4th, 2004 (January 04 2004) | Event | Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC. | |
| January 4th, 1999 (January 04 1999) | Event | Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota. | Jesse Ventura Quotes |
| January 4th, 1999 (January 04 1999) | Event | Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque, killing 16 people and injuring 25. | |
| January 4th, 1998 (January 04 1998) | Event | Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: over 170 are killed in three remote villages. | |
| January 4th, 1998 (January 04 1998) | Event | A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction. | |
| January 4th, 1989 (January 04 1989) | Event | Second Gulf of Sidra incident: a pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation. | |
| January 4th, 1987 (January 04 1987) | Event | The Chase, Maryland rail wreck: An Amtrak train en route to Boston, Massachusetts from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, killing 16 people. | |
| January 4th, 1975 (January 04 1975) | Event | Elizabeth Ann Seton becomes the first American-born saint. | |
| January 4th, 1974 (January 04 1974) | Event | United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee. | |
| January 4th, 1972 (January 04 1972) | Event | Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London. | |
| January 4th, 1965 (January 04 1965) | Event | United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address. | Lyndon Johnson Quotes |
| January 4th, 1962 (January 04 1962) | Event | New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board. | |
| January 4th, 1959 (January 04 1959) | Event | Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon. | |
| January 4th, 1958 (January 04 1958) | Event | Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (it was launched on October 4, 1957). | |
| January 4th, 1951 (January 04 1951) | Event | Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul. | |
| January 4th, 1948 (January 04 1948) | Event | Burma regains its independence from the United Kingdom. | |
| January 4th, 1944 (January 04 1944) | Event | World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins. | |
| January 4th, 1944 (January 04 1944) | Event | World War II: The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. | |
| January 4th, 1912 (January 04 1912) | Event | The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal Charter. | |
| January 4th, 1903 (January 04 1903) | Event | Topsy, an elephant, was electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign. | |
| January 4th, 1896 (January 04 1896) | Event | Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. | |
| January 4th, 1885 (January 04 1885) | Event | The first successful appendectomy is performed by William W. Grant on Mary Gartside. | |
| January 4th, 1884 (January 04 1884) | Event | The Fabian Society is founded in London. | |
| January 4th, 1878 (January 04 1878) | Event | Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman rule. | |
| January 4th, 1865 (January 04 1865) | Event | The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City. | |
| January 4th, 1854 (January 04 1854) | Event | The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang. | |
| January 4th, 1847 (January 04 1847) | Event | Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government. | |
| January 4th, 1762 (January 04 1762) | Event | England declares war on Spain and Naples. | |
| January 4th, 1717 (January 04 1717) | Event | The Netherlands, England, and France sign the Triple Alliance. | |
| January 4th, 1698 (January 04 1698) | Event | Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire. | |
| January 4th, 1642 (January 04 1642) | Event | King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England s slide into civil war. | |
| January 4th, 1493 (January 04 1493) | Event | Christopher Columbus leaves the New World, ending his first journey. | Christopher Columbus Quotes |
| January 4th, 1490 (January 04 1490) | Event | Anna of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lese-majesty. | |
| January 4th, 0871 (January 04 0871) | Event | Battle of Reading: Ethelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army. | |
