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04 Jan 1357
Flemish earl Louis & Luxembourg Duke Wenceslaus sign peace treaty
04 Jan 1490
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.
04 Jan 1519
-6] 1st Altenburger sermon (Luther & Karl von Miltitz)
04 Jan 1570
Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen Citys only physician Joost Sweiter because he is a Jew
04 Jan 1698
Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London the main residence of the English monarchs is destroyed by fire
04 Jan 1717
Netherlands Great Britain & France sign Triple Alliance
04 Jan 1754
Columbia University founded as Kings College (NYC)
04 Jan 1762
Seven Years War Great Britain declares war on Spain & Naples
04 Jan 1781
Andre Mchain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)
04 Jan 1843
Gaetano Donizettis opera Don Pasquale premieres in Paris
04 Jan 1843
Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens
04 Jan 1853
Solomon Northup author of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave regains his freedom
04 Jan 1854
The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang
04 Jan 1863
4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY
04 Jan 1863
The New Apostolic Church is established in Germany
04 Jan 1865
New York Stock Exchange opens its 1st permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad St near Wall Street in New York City
04 Jan 1868
Wilkie Collins The Moonstone is first serialized in All the Year Round owned by Charles Dickins
04 Jan 1881
Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture premieres in Breslau
04 Jan 1883
Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) forms
04 Jan 1885
Dr William Grant of Iowa performs 1st appendectomy in America on Mary Gartside aged 22
04 Jan 1887
Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (San Francisco to San Francisco)
04 Jan 1893
US President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy
04 Jan 1896
AFL charters Actors National Protective Union NYC
04 Jan 1896
Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy Utah admitted as 45th state
04 Jan 1898
1st installment of William Dean Howells Life & Letters appears
04 Jan 1902
Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick v England at the MCG
04 Jan 1902
The French Panama Canal Company offers to sell its right to build a canal to the US for 40 million this will tip the balance away from those favoring a canal through Nicaraugua
04 Jan 1904
Stanley Cup Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club 2 games to 1
04 Jan 1904
In Gonzales v Williams the US Supreme Court rules that Puerto Ricans are not aliens and may not be refused admission into continental United States not until 1917 will citizenship rights be granted
04 Jan 1906
South Africa beat England by one wicket their 1st Test win
04 Jan 1912
Smallest earth-moon distance this century 356375 km center-to-ctr
04 Jan 1912
The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal Charter.
04 Jan 1915
1st elected Jewish governor Moses Alexander takes office in Idaho
04 Jan 1920
1st Black baseball league National Negro Baseball League organizes
04 Jan 1920
Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits
04 Jan 1923
1st broadcast of Barn Dance Show (WBAP - Fort Worth Texas)
04 Jan 1925
French psychologist Emil Cou brings his self-esteem therapy to US Every day in every way I am getting better & better
04 Jan 1934
1st Dutch talkie movie Jan Teunissens Willem of Orange premieres
04 Jan 1935
Ft Jefferson National Monument Florida established
04 Jan 1936
Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade
04 Jan 1936
Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 v South Africa
04 Jan 1939
Frieda Wunderlich elected 1st woman dean of a US graduate school
04 Jan 1941
Resistance fighters counter dEstienne dOrvesJan Doornik 1st meet
04 Jan 1942
NFL Pro Bowl Chicago Bears beats NFL All-Stars 35-24
04 Jan 1942
Premier Churchill & General Marshall fly to Florida
04 Jan 1942
Rogers Hornsby is 14th player selected to the Hall of Fame
04 Jan 1944
Operation Carpetbagger begins (aerial dropping of supplies and weapons to resistance fighters in Europe)
04 Jan 1945
Germans execute resistance fighters in Amsterdam
04 Jan 1945
US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after Japanese kamikaze attack
04 Jan 1947
Park Avenue closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 72 performances
04 Jan 1947
Show Boat closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 417 performances
04 Jan 1953
KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
04 Jan 1957
Blondie situation comedy premieres on NBC TV (later on CBS)
04 Jan 1957
Dodgers buy 44 passenger twin-engine airplane for 775000
04 Jan 1959
Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earths gravity
04 Jan 1960
European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm
04 Jan 1961
Longest recorded strike ends as the Danish barbers assistants end a 33 year strike
04 Jan 1962
1st automated (unmanned) subway train in New York City
04 Jan 1963
Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon
04 Jan 1966
Doug Walters scores second Test century in his second Test
04 Jan 1966
WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting
04 Jan 1966
Military coup in Upper Volta leads to a new national constitution
04 Jan 1967
Donald Campbell is killed while driving a Bluebird K7 a jet-powered boat on Coniston Water Campbell was trying to beat his own speed record
04 Jan 1968
Duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas
04 Jan 1968
Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for 13 million to CBS
04 Jan 1969
Fig Leaves Are Falling closes at Broadhurst NYC after 4 performances
04 Jan 1969
A Peoples Democracy march between Belfast and Derry is repeatedly attacked by loyalists and off-duty police officers
04 Jan 1970
NYC transit fare rises from 20 cents to 30 cents new larger tokens used
04 Jan 1970
More than 15000 people are killed in Tonghai County China after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake
04 Jan 1970
NFL Championship Metropolitan Stadium Bloomington Minnesota Vikings beat Cleveland Browns 27-7
04 Jan 1971
Dr Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected governor of Virgin Is
04 Jan 1971
Ohio agrees to pay 675000 to relatives of Kent State victims
04 Jan 1972
Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London.
04 Jan 1974
Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee
04 Jan 1975
Good News closes at St James Theater NYC after 16 performances
04 Jan 1975
Gypsy closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 120 performances
04 Jan 1975
Over Here closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 341 performances
04 Jan 1975
Ford Executive Order on CIA Activities within the US (No 11828)
04 Jan 1975
Ice thickness measured at 4776 m Wilkes Land Antarctica
04 Jan 1975
Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
04 Jan 1976
Candide closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 740 performances
04 Jan 1976
Home Sweet Homer opens & closes at Palace Theater NYC
04 Jan 1976
The Ulster Volunteer Force shoot dead 6 Catholic civilians in 2 co-ordinated attacks in County Armagh North Ireland
04 Jan 1976
Australian Open Mens Tennis In an all-Australian final Mark Edmondson upsets John Newcombe 6-7 6-3 7-6 6-1 for his first and only Grand Slam title
04 Jan 1976
AFC Championship Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Steelers beat Oakland Raiders 16-10
04 Jan 1976
NFC Championship LA Memorial Coliseum Dallas Cowboys beat Los Angeles Rams 37-7
04 Jan 1977
Mary Shane hired by Chicago White Sox as 1st woman TV play-by-play
04 Jan 1981
Peter Pan closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 578 performances
04 Jan 1981
British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe the Yorkshire Ripper
04 Jan 1981
Red Right 88 trailing 1412 Clevelands Browns attempt an end zone pass play (Red Right 88) and a game-winning field goal in the final minute but pass intercepted by Raiders safety Mike Davis and Oakland wins
04 Jan 1981
Australian Open Mens Tennis American Brian Teacher wins his first and only Grand Slam event beats home favourite Kim Warwick 7-5 7-6 6-3
04 Jan 1982
Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBCs Today Show
04 Jan 1982
Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show
04 Jan 1982
Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm
04 Jan 1982
ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) & ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th & 6th ABC radio network
04 Jan 1984
Night Court starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV
04 Jan 1984
Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8 highest-scoring modern NHL game
04 Jan 1986
David Boons second Test century 131 v India at Adelaide
04 Jan 1989
US F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean
04 Jan 1990
307 dead and 700 injured after overloaded passenger train collides with empty freight train in Pakistan
04 Jan 1991
AT&T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable
04 Jan 1991
12 year old Chinese diver Fu Mingxia wins 10m platform gold medal World Swimming Championships in Perth Australia
04 Jan 1991
Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th
04 Jan 1991
Jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland
04 Jan 1992
8th largest wrestling crowd NJPW Starcade (60000-Tokyo Dome)
04 Jan 1993
7th largest wrestling crowd (63500-Tokyo Dome)
04 Jan 1994
10th largest wrestling crowd (58000-Tokyo Dome)
04 Jan 1996
Father opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 performances
04 Jan 1998
Funny Thing Happened closes at St James NYC after 715 perform
04 Jan 1998
Ivanov closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 51 performances
04 Jan 1998
Triumph of Love closes at Royale Theater NYC
04 Jan 1998
Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria over 170 are killed in three remote villages.
04 Jan 1998
A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
04 Jan 1999
Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as Governor of Minnesota
04 Jan 1999
Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque killing 16 people and injuring 25.
04 Jan 1999
1st BCS National Championship 1 Tennessee beats 2 Florida State 23-16 at 28th Fiesta Bowl
04 Jan 2000
After 2 months Catherine Hartley and Fiona Thornewill reach the South Poll the same day as Sir Edmund Hillary 48 years before
04 Jan 2000
19 are killed after two trains collide in Asta Norway
04 Jan 2004
Spirit a NASA Mars Rover lands successfully on Mars at 0435 UTC.
04 Jan 2004
Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia
04 Jan 2006
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
04 Jan 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removed HIV infection from its list of communicable diseases of public health significance.
04 Jan 2010
The Burj Khalifa worlds tallest building at 829.8 m (2722 ft) officially opens in Dubai
04 Jan 2013
9 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus Syria
04 Jan 2013
8 people are killed by a gunman in Kawit the Philippines
04 Jan 2013
6 people are killed a 2 are seriously injured after a snowmobile veers off a ski slope on Mt Cermis Italy
04 Jan 2013
3 people are killed after a Beechcraft BE35 crashes into a house in Florida
04 Jan 2014
14 people are killed after a three-story building construction site collapses in Goa India
04 Jan 2015
Gary Anderson of Scotland wins the PDC World Darts Championship
04 Jan 2016
Colombos Gemology Institute certifies worlds largest ever blue star sapphire at 1404.49 carats found in a Sri Lankan mine in August 2015
04 Jan 2018
Truck hits a train near Kroonstad city South Africa killing 19 passengers
04 Jan 2018
Bomb Cyclone hits US Northeast prompting flooding and snow in New York subway system
04 Jan 2018
Liverpool and Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah is named African Football Player of the Year
04 Jan 1904
Stanley Cup Aberdeen Pavilion Ottawa ON Ottawa HC beats Winnipeg Rowing Club 2-0 for 2-1 challenge series victory
04 Jan 1942
4th NFL All Star Game Polo Grounds NYC Chicago Bears beat NFL All-Stars 35-24
04 Jan 1975
New Orleans Jazz set a then NBA record (with 24-second shot clock) by scoring only 20 points in the first half of a 111-89 loss in Seattle unwanted record stands for nearly 25 years
04 Jan 1984
Adrian Dantley ties Wilt Chamberlains NBA record for most free throws made in a game by converting 28 of 29 free throws in Utahs 116-111 win over Houston at Las Vegas
04 Jan 1991
Hopman Cup Tennis Perth Goran Prpi beats American David Wheaton 4-6 6-3 7-5 for an unassailable 2-0 lead (ends 2-1) and Yugoslavias first title
04 Jan 1997
Hopman Cup Tennis Perth Justin Gimelstob & Chanda Rubin clinch first title for the US beat South African pair Wayne Ferreira & Amanda Coetzer 3-6 6-2 7-5 for a 2-1 victory
04 Jan 1998
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum closes at St James NYC after 715 perform
04 Jan 1999
College Football 1st BCS National Championship Sun Devil Stadium Tempe AZ 1 Tennessee beats 2 Florida State 23-16 at 28th Fiesta Bowl
04 Jan 2000
After 2 months Catherine Hartley and Fiona Thornewill reach the South Poll the same day as Edmund Hillary 48 years before
04 Jan 2000
American businessman and investor Mark Cuban purchases a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks NBA franchise for 285m from H. Ross Perot Jr.
04 Jan 2008
Hopman Cup Tennis Perth Americans Serena Williams & Mardy Fish beat Serbian pair Novak okovi & Jelena Jankovi 7-6 6-2 for an unassailable 2-0 lead and the 5th US title
04 Jan 2009
Phil Taylor with a 71 victory in the final over Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld wins his 12th PDC World Darts title his 14th in all his 110.94 average remains a record for the PDC World Darts Championship final
04 Jan 2014
Hopman Cup Tennis Perth France wins first title Aliz Cornet & Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Polands Agnieszka Radwaska & Grzegorz Panfil 6-0 6-2 to clinch 2-1 victory
04 Jan 2015
Gary Anderson of Scotland beats 16-time world champion Phil Taylor 7-6 to win his first PDC World Darts Championship at the Alexandra Palace London
04 Jan 2019
Indian cricket batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara scores 193 and Rishabh Pant 159no as the tourists declare at 6227 on Day 2 of 4th Test against Australia in Sydney Pant first Indian wicketkeeper to hit a century in Australia
04 Jan 2019
Thailands worst storm in 30 years Tropical Storm Pabuk makes landfall on countrys east coast
04 Jan 1902
Australian cricket spin bowler Hugh Trumble dismisses England batsmen Arthur Jones John Gunn and Sydney Barnes in successive balls to complete 2nd Test rout by 229 runs in Melbourne Trumbles first of 2 Test hat-tricks
04 Jan 1902
The French Panama Canal Company offers to sell its right to build a canal to the US for 40 million tipping the balance away from those favoring a canal through Nicaragua
04 Jan 1967
English land and boat racer Donald Campbell is killed while driving jet-powered boat Bluebird K7 on Coniston Water in England trying to beat his own water speed record
04 Jan 1976
The Ulster Volunteer Force shoot dead 6 Catholic civilians in 2 coordinated attacks in County Armagh North Ireland
04 Jan 1986
Los Angeles Rams running back Eric Dickerson scores twice as he rushes for an NFL postseason record 248 yards in 20-0 victory over Dallas Cowboys in NFC divisional playoff in Anaheim California
04 Jan 1991
12 year old Chinese diver Fu Mingxia wins 10m platform gold medal at World Swimming Championships in Perth Australia youngest world champion in the history of any aquatic event
04 Jan 2005
Adam Gilchrist of Australia becomes the most prolific century scoring wicket keeper in cricket history when he smashes 113 from just 120 balls in the 3rd Test against Pakistan in Sydney
04 Jan 2020
Floods and landslides caused by torrential rain in Jakarta Indonesia kill at least 53
04 Jan 1977
Mary Shane hired by Chicago White Sox as 1st woman TV play-by-play announcer
04 Jan 1981
Musical Peter Pan starring Sandy Duncan closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 578 performances
04 Jan 1984
Night Court starring Harry Anderson created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege premieres on NBC TV runs for 9 seasons
04 Jan 2021
1st Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines given to the general public with 82 year old Brian Pinker in the UK first to be jabbed [1]
04 Jan 2021
South Korea already the country with worlds lowest birth rate records more deaths than births for the first time [1]
04 Jan 1656
Spanish galleon Nuestra Seora de las Maravillas laden with gold and jewellery bound for Spain sinks off the coast of the Bahamas only 45 of 650 people survive (most eaten by sharks) [1]
04 Jan 1863
Four wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton in New York
04 Jan 1947
Revival of Victor Herberts operetta The Red Mill closes at 46th Street Theater NYC after 531 performances
04 Jan 1959
USSRs Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes the 1st spacecraft to leave Earths gravity
04 Jan 1969
Allan Sherman and Albert Hagues musical The Fig Leaves Are Falling starring Dorothy Loudon Barry Nelson and David Cassidy closes at Broadhurst Theatre NYC after 4 performances
04 Jan 1992
8th largest wrestling crowd NJPW Starcade (60000-Tokyo Dome)
04 Jan 1998
A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States continues through January 10 and causes widespread destruction
04 Jan 1998
Anton Chekovs dramatic play Ivanov translated and adapted by David Hare closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 51 performances
04 Jan 1998
Jeffrey Stock and Susan Birkenheads musical Triumph of Love closes at Royale Theater NYC after 85 performances
04 Jan 1725
Benjamin Franklin arrives in London [OSDec 24 1724]
04 Jan 1780
Snowstorm hits George Washingtons army at Morristown New Jersey
04 Jan 1865
New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad St near Wall Street in New York City
04 Jan 1941
Resistance fighters DEstienne dOrves and Jan Doornik 1st meet at a caf in Montparnasse Paris
04 Jan 1975
NHL Boston Bruins Dave Forbes becomes 1st athlete indicted for criminal assault for excessive violence during play stick butt-end the face of Minnesota North Star Henry Boucha caused permanent vision damage court case ends in hung jury and a civil settlement is eventually reached
04 Jan 1979
US State of Ohio agrees to pay 675000 to relatives of Kent State University shooting victims in an out of court settlement
04 Jan 1981
Revival of Leigh Charlap Styne Comden and Greens musical Peter Pan starring Sandy Duncan closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 578 performances
04 Jan 1998
Second successful revival of by Stephen Sondheims musical A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum starring Nathan Lane closes at St James NYC after 715 performances and 1 Tony Award
04 Jan 1510
Portuguese attack fails to take Calicut the City of Spices on Indias Malabar coast Marshal of Portugal Dom Fernando is killed and Governor of India Afonso de Albuquerque is injured
04 Jan 1861
US Civil War Federal Ft Morgan in Mobile Alabama seized by Confederate forces
04 Jan 1863
Four-wheeled roller skates are patented by James Plimpton in New York
04 Jan 1884
The Fabian Society is founded in London Egland to promote equality citizenship and human rights.
04 Jan 1887
Thomas Stevens completes the first bicycle trip around the world arriving back in San Francisco after 2 years and 9 months
04 Jan 1896
American Federation of Labor (AFL) charters Actors National Protective Union NYC
04 Jan 1896
Following Mormon abandonment of sanctioned polygamy Utah is admitted as 45th US state
04 Jan 1898
First installment of William Dean Howells Life and Letters appears
04 Jan 1904
Stanley Cup Aberdeen Pavilion Ottawa Ontario Ottawa HC beats Winnipeg Rowing Club 2-0 for 2-1 challenge series victory
04 Jan 1912
Smallest earth-moon distance this century 356375 km center-to-center
04 Jan 1915
First elected Jewish US governor Moses Alexander takes office in Idaho
04 Jan 1923
First broadcast of Barn Dance Show (WBAP - Fort Worth Texas)
04 Jan 1934
Premiere of the first Dutch talkie movie Jan Teunissens Willem van Oranje
04 Jan 1936
Billboard magazine publishes its first music hit parade
04 Jan 1939
Frieda Wunderlich is elected as the first woman dean of a US graduate school
04 Jan 1941
Resistance fighters Honor dEstienne dOrves and Jan Doornik meet for the first time at a cafe in Montparnasse Paris to set up a second network of the French Resistance
04 Jan 1948
Burma declares independence from the United Kingdom
04 Jan 1957
MLB Los Angeles Dodgers buy 44 passenger twin-engine airplane for 775000
04 Jan 1958
Sputnik 1 reenters the atmosphere and burns up
04 Jan 1962
First automated (unmanned) subway train in New York City
04 Jan 1963
Soviet Luna 4 reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach the Moon
04 Jan 1971
Melvin H. Evans is inaugurated as the first elected Governor of the Virgin Islands
04 Jan 1971
Philadelphias multi-purpose Veterans Stadium is dedicated it becomes home to the MLB Phillies and NFL Eagles
04 Jan 1975
NHL Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
04 Jan 1982
Bryant Gumbel becomes co-host of NBCs Today
04 Jan 1982
Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of NBCs Today Show
04 Jan 1982
San Francisco Bays Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm
04 Jan 1984
Night Court starring Harry Anderson and created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege premieres on NBC TV runs for 9 seasons
04 Jan 1987
Sixteen die in a train crash in Chase Maryland
04 Jan 1989
US F-14s shoot down two Libyan jet fighters over the Mediterranean
04 Jan 1991
12-year-old Chinese diver Fu Mingxia wins 10m platform gold medal at World Swimming Championships in Perth Australia youngest world champion in the history of any aquatic event
04 Jan 1999
Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshiping in an Islamabad mosque in Pakistan killing 16 people and injuring 25
04 Jan 2004
NASA Mars rover Spirit lands successfully on Mars at 0435 UTC
04 Jan 2010
The US Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention remove HIV infection from their list of communicable diseases of public health significance
04 Jan 2013
6 Russian tourists are killed and 2 are seriously injured when their snowmobile veers off a ski slope on Mount Cermis Italy
04 Jan 2013
A Beechcraft BE35 airplane crashes into a house in Palm Coast Florida in faialed emergency landing killing 3 in the plane no one in the home was injured
04 Jan 2013
Car bomb kills 11 people and injures 40 at a petrol station in Damascus Syria
04 Jan 2021
First Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines are given to the general public with 82-year-old Brian Pinker in the UK the first to receive the jab [1]
04 Jan 2022
Canadian government announces US31.5 billion settlement to fix and compensate for Indigenous child welfare system largest in its history [1]
04 Jan 2022
Toyota becomes the first foreign automaker to top US sales beating GM in 2021 partly due to supply issues [1]
04 Jan 2023
39 people killed in car bomb attack in Hiraan province Somalia with al-Qaeda linked group al-Shabab claiming responsibility [1]
04 Jan 2023
US and other countries including Italy Japan and India re-introduce Covid testing of people arriving from China as WHO warns China under-representing Covids true impact in the country [1]
04 Jan 1754
Columbia University is founded as Kings College in New York City
04 Jan 1781
Andr Mchain discovers Messier 80 a globular cluster in the constellation Scorpius
04 Jan 1863
Four-wheeled roller skates are patented by James Plimpton in New York City
04 Jan 1865
New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad Street near Wall Street in New York City
04 Jan 1902
The French Panama Canal Company offers to sell its right to build a canal to the US for 40 million tipping the balance away from those favoring a canal through Nicaragua
04 Jan 1921
Eugene ONeills play Diffrent premieres in NYC
04 Jan 1936
Cricketer Clarrie Grimmett becomes the world record wicket taker with number 190 vs South Africa
04 Jan 1942
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall fly to Florida
04 Jan 1961
Longest recorded strike ends as Danish barbers assistants end their 33-year strike
04 Jan 1970
Weekly CBS documentary show The Twentieth Century hosted by Walter Cronkite ends
04 Jan 1984
Night Court starring Harry Anderson and created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege premieres on NBC runs for nine seasons
04 Jan 1986
NCAA basketballs David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots
04 Jan 1990
Nakano defeats Mitsuko Nishiwaki to become the Japanese Womens Wrestling Champion
04 Jan 1992
Bostons Robert Parish becomes 5th player in NBA history to register 2000 career blocks during Celtics 100-96 loss at Minnesota - others Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Mark Eaton Wayne Rollins and George Johnson
04 Jan 2000
A day after accepting the head coaching position at the New York Jets Bill Belichick resigns and moves to the New England Patriots
04 Jan 2001
Rapper Vanilla Ice spends night in jail after allegedly ripping out some of his wifes hair during a row