What Happened On This Day – January 4 2010 Burj Khalifa is opened. Burj Khalifa in Dubai is currently the world's tallest building, at 829.8 m (2,722 ft). 1958 Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit. The Soviet Union was the first nation to send an artificial Earth satellite into space. 1948 Burma gains independence from the United Kingdom

04/01/2022 · 1951 Korean War: Chinese and North Korea n forces Third Battle of Seoul for the second time. 1956 The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis . 1958 Sputnik 1 , the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.

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January 4, 1955 Japanese government announced that the U.S. had agreed to pay $2,000,000 compensation for the damage and injury to Japanese fishermen after the Bikini hydrogen bomb explosion in 1954. SHOW ANOTHER EVENT

A chronicle of events that occured on 4th January in previous years. 4th January: Page 1 of 2 Year Item Detail; 2006: Ariel Sharon suffers a stroke: Israel's prime minister Ariel Sharon suffers a stroke and his powers are transferred to his deputy, Ehud Olmert. ... On This Day - 4th January ...

1986: Thin Lizzy star dies. Phil Lynott, the former frontman of rock group Thin Lizzy, dies 11 days after collapsing from a drink and drug binge. 1958: Explorer Hillary arrives at South Pole. Sir Edmund Hillary arrives at the South Pole - the first explorer to do so since Captain Scott in 1912.

26/06/2021 · January 4 significant News Events, History from 4th January. Find Out What happened January 4 This Day in History on your birthday. 1974 Watergate . 1974 : Richard Nixon received a subpoena which required him to show tapes which would lead to evidence regarding 1972 burglary of the Democratic National Headquarters located in the Watergate complex.

January 4th is the fourth day in the Gregorian calendar. On this day, former slave Solomon Northrup — who authored his bestselling memoir “Twelve Years a Slave” — gained his freedom, and the musical “Gypsy” closed on Broadway after 120 performances. Famous birthdays include Sir Isaac Newton, Tina Knowles, Louis Braille.

04/01/2022 · On this day (January 4th) in 2007 (15 years ago *wow*) - Nancy Pelosi becomes first female Speaker of the House!! I am happy that there was finally a female Speaker of the House and that it was Nancy Pelosi, but damn it took long enough! I only know anything about Nancy Pelosi because I…