WillDekkard
01-04-2011, 04:23 AM
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This Date in History - January 4th
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* 46 BC Julius Caesar defeats Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
* 871 Battle of Reading: Ethelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army.
* 1490 Anna of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lθse majestι.
* 1642 King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England's slide into civil war.
* 1649 English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.
* 1717 The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance.
* 1762 Great Britain declares war on Spain and Naples.
* 1847 Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
* 1854 The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
* 1863 The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
* 1865 The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.
* 1878 Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman rule.
* 1884 The Fabian Society is founded in London.
* 1885 The first successful appendectomy is performed by William W. Grant on Mary Gartside.
* 1896 Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* 1903 Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign.
* 1912 The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal Charter.
* 1944 World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
* 1948 Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
* 1951 Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
* 1958 Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit.
* 1959 Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
* 1962 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board.
* 1965 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address.
* 1966 A military coup takes place in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution.
* 1967 Donald Campbell is killed on Coniston Water while attempting to break the world water speed record.
* 1972 Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London.
* 1974 United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
* 1976 The Reavey and O'Dowd killings take place (part of The Troubles in Northern Ireland)
* 1987 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.
* 1989 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.
* 1998 Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: over 170 are killed in three remote villages.
* 1998 A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
* 1999 Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
* 1999 Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque, killing 16 people and injuring 25.
* 2004 Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
* 2006 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
* 2007 The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
* 2010 The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building is officially opened.
* 2010 Per a ruling by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States removes a ban on persons with HIV from entering the country.
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This Date in History - January 4th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 46 BC Julius Caesar defeats Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
* 871 Battle of Reading: Ethelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army.
* 1490 Anna of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lθse majestι.
* 1642 King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England's slide into civil war.
* 1649 English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.
* 1717 The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance.
* 1762 Great Britain declares war on Spain and Naples.
* 1847 Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
* 1854 The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
* 1863 The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
* 1865 The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.
* 1878 Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman rule.
* 1884 The Fabian Society is founded in London.
* 1885 The first successful appendectomy is performed by William W. Grant on Mary Gartside.
* 1896 Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* 1903 Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign.
* 1912 The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal Charter.
* 1944 World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
* 1948 Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
* 1951 Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
* 1958 Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit.
* 1959 Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
* 1962 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board.
* 1965 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address.
* 1966 A military coup takes place in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution.
* 1967 Donald Campbell is killed on Coniston Water while attempting to break the world water speed record.
* 1972 Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London.
* 1974 United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
* 1976 The Reavey and O'Dowd killings take place (part of The Troubles in Northern Ireland)
* 1987 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.
* 1989 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.
* 1998 Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: over 170 are killed in three remote villages.
* 1998 A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
* 1999 Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
* 1999 Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque, killing 16 people and injuring 25.
* 2004 Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
* 2006 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
* 2007 The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
* 2010 The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building is officially opened.
* 2010 Per a ruling by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States removes a ban on persons with HIV from entering the country.
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