January 4 in History

Historical Events on January 4

46 BC Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.

1762 Great Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples.

1896 Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.

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.

1974 United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.

1976 The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.

2007 The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.

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Famous Birthdays on January 4

1643 Isaac Newton

1967 David Berman (musician)

1986 Younès Kaboul

1986 James Milner

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Famous Deaths on January 4

1941 Henri Bergson

1965 T. S. Eliot

1985 Brian Horrocks

2011 Gerry Rafferty

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