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| Birthday January 04, 1581 Bishop James Ussher, calculated that earth began Nov. 23-4004 BC |
| Birthday January 04, 1643 Sir Issac Newton, scientist (Whatever goes up) |
| Birthday January 04, 1785 Jacob Grimm is born |
| Birthday January 04, 1785 Jacob Grimm, German librarian and philologist and fairy tale collector |
| Birthday January 04, 1789 Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist and abolitionist |
| Birthday January 04, 1797 Wilhelm Beer, German amateur who helps to construct 1st moon map |
| Birthday January 04, 1809 Louis Braille, developed reading system for blind |
| Birthday January 04, 1813 Sir Issac Pitman, shorthand inventor |
| Birthday January 04, 1838 Charles Stratton, (alias General Tom Thumb and famous short person) |
| Birthday January 04, 1914 Jane Wyman, in St Joseph Missouri 1st Mrs Ronald Reagan |
| Birthday January 04, 1930 Don Shula, NFL coach (Miami Dolphins) |
| Birthday January 04, 1930 Sorrell Brooke, Actor |
| Birthday January 04, 1930 Barbara Rush, in Denver Colorodo (Hombre and When Worlds Collide) |
| Birthday January 04, 1935 Floyd Patterson, world heavyweight champ (1956-59 and 1960-62) |
| Birthday January 04, 1937 Dyan Cannon, Former Mrs Cary Grant and Actress in Tacoma Wash |
| Birthday January 04, 1943 Tom Wilkinson, CFL quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos) |
| History January 04, 1754 Columbia University opened |
| History January 04, 1784 US treaty with Great Britain ratified |
| History January 04, 1790 Pres Washington delivers 1st "State of the Union" |
| History January 04, 1796 Congress accepts Colors of the French Republic |
| History January 04, 1847 Colt sells his first revolvers to the U.S. government |
| History January 04, 1863 Confederate General Roger Hanson dies |
| History January 04, 1883 Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) formed |
| History January 04, 1896 Utah becomes 45th state |
| History January 04, 1896 Utah enters the Union |
| History January 04, 1913 Alfred von Schlieffen dies |
| History January 04, 1944 United States begins supplying guerrilla forces |
| History January 04, 1948 Burma gains independence from Britain (National Day) |
| History January 04, 1950 The God That Failed published |
| History January 04, 1959 Luna 1 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity |
| History January 04, 1962 1st unmanned subway train to run automatically - NYC |
| History January 04, 1964 Boston Strangler strikes again |
| History January 04, 1964 Bobby Vinton tops the pop charts with the last #1 single of the pre-Beatles era |
| History January 04, 1965 Poet T.S. Eliot dies in London |
| History January 04, 1965 Johnson reaffirms commitment to South Vietnam |
| History January 04, 1965 L.B.J. envisions a Great Society in his State of the Union address |
| History January 04, 1974 Thieu announces war has resumed |
| History January 04, 1974 President Nixon refuses to hand over tapes |
| History January 04, 1982 Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm |
| History January 04, 1987 Segovia begins final U.S. tour |
| History January 04, 1990 Trains collide in Pakistan |
| History January 04, 1995 104th Congress under Republican control |
| History January 04, 1996 GM announces its electric car |
| History January 04, 2003 National Society of Film Critics honors The Pianist |
| History January 04, 2006 Vince Young leads Texas over USC in the Rose Bowl |