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What happened in history on this day: January 4?
On January 4 in ...
- 1780 - Snowstorm hits Washington's army at Morristown, New Jersey.
- 1861 - Fort Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama.
- 1862 - Battle of Fort Hindman, Arkansas (Arkansas Post).
- 1862 - Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
- 1862 - Romney Campaign - CSA General Thomas Jackson occupies Bath.
- 1863 - Four-wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of New York, USA.
- 1885 - Dr W W Grant of Iowa performs first appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, age 22).
- 1893 - US President Benjamin Harrison grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy.
- 1896 - AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, New York City, New York.
- 1896 - Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah is admitted as 45th state of the USA.
- 1904 - US Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US.
- 1935 - Fort Jefferson National Monument, Florida established.
- 1945 - US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after kamikaze attack.
- 1945 - Sixty-nine American B-29 bombers from the Marianas Islands attack Kobe, Japan, with incendiary bombs, destroying 2.5 million square feet of the city.
- 1962 - New York City introduces the first automated subway train that operates without a crew on-board.
- 1965 - US President Lyndon Johnson gives "Great Society" State of the Union Address.
- 1971 - US Congressional Black Caucus organizes.
- 1971 - Ohio agrees to pay US$675,000 to relatives of Kent State prison victims.
- 1974 - US President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee.
- 1975 - US President Gerald Ford signs Executive Order No. 11828 on US Central Intelligence Agency Activities within the US.
- 1979 - The State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of the dead and injured in the Kent State shootings.
- 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
- 1982 - San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge closed for third time by fierce storm.
- 1987 - An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston, Massachusetts collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, killing 16.
- 1989 - Over the Gulf of Sidra, two Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are engaged and shot down by two US Navy F-14 Tomcats.
- 1989 - US Vice President George Bush is first since Vice President Van Buren to declare himself President.
- 1995 - The 104th US Congress convenes, the first controlled by Republicans in both houses since 1953. Newt Gingrich is speaker of the House.
- 1999 - Aluminum Company of America changes its company name to Alcoa Incorporated.
- 2000 - Alan Greenspan is nominated for a fourth term as U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman.
- 2004 - NASA's MER-A (Spirit) lands on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
- 2007 - A dense metallic meteorite about 1-inch in diameter crashes through the roof of a house in eastern New Jersey, USA.
- 2008 - In the USA, Warner Bros studio announces it will drop support for the HD DVD video disc format on June 1, and will exclusively release high-definition DVDs in Sony's Blu-ray format. Warner Bros is Hollywood's biggest seller of DVDs, representing about 19 percent of sales in the United States.
- 2012 - At the Florida United Numismatists convention in Orlando, Florida, Heritage Auctions conducts the Platinum Night, session 1, auction. Some highlights:
- USA 1793 1-cent coin, flowing hair, chain, periods, MS-65 brown, second finest known: US$1,380,000; this is the highest price paid at auction for a cent.
Births on January 4
- 1905 - Birth of Sterling Holloway in Cedartown, Georgia, USA; actor (Rin Tin Tin, Willy, Waldo - The Life of Riley, The Baileys of Balboa, Adventures of Superman, Gilligan's Island, That Girl, F-Troop), voice of Winnie the Pooh in TV and film.
- 1916 - Birth of Robert Parrish in Columbus, Georgia, USA; director (Casino Royale).
- 1917 - Birth of Jesse Marc Weidenfeld AKA Jesse White in Buffalo, New York, USA; actor (Maytag Repairman in commercials, Bedtime for Bonzo, Million Dollar Mermaid, Private Secretary, Make Room for Daddy).
- 1918 - Birth of Norman Dale Baker AKA Buddy Baker in Missouri, USA; musician, composer for hundreds of Disney attractions, movies, TV shows, The Mickey Mouse Club, The Monkey's Uncle, named a Disney Legend in 1998.
- 1919 - Birth of Albert Richard Collins AKA Jazzbo in Rochester, New York, USA; radio personality (created the Purple Grotto program on WNEW New York, talk shows at KGO San Francisco), disk jockey (Tonight! America After Dark).
- 1927 - Birth of Barbara Rush in Denver, Colorado, USA; actress (Marsha - Peyton Place, Flamingo Road, Seventh Heaven).
- 1930 - Birth of Sorrell Booke in Buffalo, New York, USA; actor (Bye Bye Braverman, Black Like Me, Boss Hogg - Dukes of Hazzard).
- 1932 - Birth of Richard Stahl in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Howard - It's a Living).
- 1937 - Birth of Dyan Cannon in Tacoma, Washington, USA; actress (Heaven Can Wait, Three Sisters, Ally McBeal, The Practice).
- 1937 - Birth of Grace Bumbry in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; mezzo-soprano ("Venus in Tannhäuser").
- 1938 - Birth of Louis Krebs Graham in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; PGA golfer (1975 US Open).
- 1939 - Birth of Oliver Clark in Buffalo, New York, USA; actor (Bob Newhart Show, Two of Us).
- 1940 - Birth of Anthony Skooter Teague in Texas, USA; actor (How to Succeed in Business).
- 1941 - Birth of John Bennett Perry in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA; singer/actor (Falcon Crest).
- 1945 - Birth of Jay Dee Maness in Loma Linda, California, USA; singer (Desert Rose Band - "Love Reunited").
- 1951 - Birth of Barbara Ann Cochran in Claremont, New Hampshire, USA; slalom skier (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1955 - Birth of Kathy Forester in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, USA; country singer (The Forester Sisters - "Men").
- 1956 - Birth of Ann Magnuson in Charleston, West Virginia, USA; actress (Anything But Love, Hunger, Wanda at Large).
- 1957 - Birth of Patty Loveless [Ramey] in Pikeville, Kentucky, USA; singer ("Blue Side of Town").
- 1958 - Birth of Matt Frewer in Washington DC, USA; actor (Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor, Intelligence, Star Trek: The Next Generation).
- 1958 - Birth of Nina Foust in Asheboro, North Carolina, USA; LPGA golfer (1994 Hawaiian Ladies Open-6th).
- 1960 - Birth of Cory Everson in Racine, Wisconsin, USA; body builder (six times Ms Olympia).
- 1961 - Birth of Lee Curreri in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Bruno Martelli - Fame).
- 1962 - Birth of Patrick Cassidy in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall, Smallville, Dirty Dancing).
- 1963 - Birth of Linda Muri in Killingly, Connecticut, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1964 - Birth of Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson in Somerville, New Jersey, USA; American rower (Olympics-1992).
- 1965 - Birth of Rick Hearst Howard Beach, New York City, New York, USA; actor (Alan-Michael - Guiding Light).
- 1967 - Birth of Michael "Mike" Peterson in Washington DC; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Lindsay Kennedy in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; actor (Jeb - Little House on the Prairie).
- 1971 - Birth of Carlos Perez; Dominican/US baseball pitcher (Montreal Expos).
- 1971 - Birth of Jeremy Licht in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Mark - Valerie, Hogan Family).
Deaths on January 4
- 1877 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at age 82.
- 1925 - Death of George T. Morgan, chief engraver of the US Mint (1917-25).
- 1931 - Art Acord, American western actor (Set Free, Spurs and Saddles), dies at age 40.
- 1990 - Robert F Adams, American sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at age 57.
- 1991 - Leo N Wright, US saxophonist ("I Left My Heart in San Francisco"), dies at age 57.
- 1995 - Dorothy Granger, US actress (Hog Wild, Dentist), dies at about age 80.
- 1997 - Death of Harry Helmsley, American real estate mogul (Empire State Building), at age 87 (born 1909).
- 1998 - Death of John Gary of cancer at age 65 in Richardson, Texas, USA; singer ("The Nearness Of You" (1965)).
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