January 4 is the fourth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 361 days remaining until the end of the year (362 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).
NATIONAL TRIVIA DAY
NATIONAL TRIVIA DAY
1698 ― Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire.
1865 ― The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.
1896 ― Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state.
1902 ― The French Panama Canal Company offers to sell its right to build a canal to the United States for $40 million. This tips the balance away from those favoring a canal through Nicaraugua. ― From Britannica.com
1904 ― In Gonzales v Williams, the U.S. 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.
1915 ― The first elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho.
1920 ― The first Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes.
1947 ― Emilio G. Segrè and Carlo Perrier announce technetium, a previously unknown element and the first artificially synthesized chemical element.
1964 ― The Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo, strikes again, raping and killing Mary Sullivan.
1965 ― LBJ's "Great Society" State of the Union Address... And we're STILL paying for it.
1968 ― Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million.
1974 ― President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by the Watergate Committee.
1974 ― South Vietnamese troops report that 55 soldiers have been killed in two clashes with communist forces. Claiming that the war had "restarted".
1982 ― The Golden Gate Bridge is closed for only the third time in 45 years due to a fierce storm.
1998 ― A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
1999 ― For the first time since Charlemagne’s reign in the ninth century, Europe is united with a common currency when the “euro” debuts as a financial unit in corporate and investment markets.
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.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1785 – Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist, Grimm Brothers (d. 1863)
1809 – Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (d. 1852)
1943 – Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and author, 1995 Pulitzer Prize for History
From Wikipedia and Google, ex as noted.
1920 ― The first Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes.
1947 ― Emilio G. Segrè and Carlo Perrier announce technetium, a previously unknown element and the first artificially synthesized chemical element.
1964 ― The Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo, strikes again, raping and killing Mary Sullivan.
1965 ― LBJ's "Great Society" State of the Union Address... And we're STILL paying for it.
1968 ― Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million.
1974 ― President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by the Watergate Committee.
1974 ― South Vietnamese troops report that 55 soldiers have been killed in two clashes with communist forces. Claiming that the war had "restarted".
1982 ― The Golden Gate Bridge is closed for only the third time in 45 years due to a fierce storm.
1998 ― A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
1999 ― For the first time since Charlemagne’s reign in the ninth century, Europe is united with a common currency when the “euro” debuts as a financial unit in corporate and investment markets.
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.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1785 – Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist, Grimm Brothers (d. 1863)
1809 – Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (d. 1852)
1943 – Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and author, 1995 Pulitzer Prize for History
From Wikipedia and Google, ex as noted.
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