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Events

• 871 - Battle of Reading - Ethelred of Wessex fights a Danish invasion army.
• 1493 - Christopher Columbus leaves the New World, ending his first journey.
• 1642 - English Civil War: King Charles I of England attacks Parliament.
• 1698 - Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire.
• 1717 - The Netherlands, England and France sign the Triple Alliance.
• 1762 - England declares war on Spain and Naples.
• 1847 - Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
• 1850 - The first American ice-skating club is formed (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
• 1854 - The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
• 1884 - The Fabian Society is founded in London
• 1885 - The first successful appendectomy is performed by Dr. William W. Grant on Mary Gartside.
• 1896 - Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
• 1912 - The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal Charter.
• 1936 - Mickey's Polo Team, a short animated film featuring Charlie Chaplin, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel and Harpo Marx in a polo match against various Disney characters, is first released.
• 1936 - Billboard magazine publishes its first pop music charts.
• 1944 - World War II: The Battle of Monte Cassino begins.
• 1948 - Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1951 - Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
• 1957 - After 69 years the last issue of Collier's Weekly magazine is published.
• 1958 - Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4, 1957).
• 1959 - Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
• 1962 - New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board.
• 1965 - United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address.
• 1967 - Donald Campbell dies as his jet-powered Bluebird K7 crashes during an attempt to break the water speed record.
• 1972 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London.
• 1974 - United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
• 1987 - An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, DC collides with Conrail engines, killing 16.
• 1989 - A pair of Lybian MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
• 1998 - Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria; over 170 are killed in three remote villages.
• 1999 - Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque killing 16 people injuring 25.
• 2004 - Dr. Mikhail Saakashvili is elected the President of Georgia.
• 2004 - Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.

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Jump to: navigation, search Charles I (19 November 1600–30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625, until his execution. ... An aerial view of Parliament of India at New Delhi. ... Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ... The Palace of Whitehall was the main residence of the English monarchs in London from 1530 until 1698 when all except Inigo Jones 1622 Banqueting House was destroyed by fire. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article describes the British monarchy from the perspective of the United Kingdom. ... Insert non-formatted text hereMedia:Example. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... The Triple Alliance was an agreement between England, France and the Netherlands, against Spain, attempting to maintain the agreement of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht. ... 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... 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Jump to: navigation, search The Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement best known for its initial ground-breaking work beginning in the late 19th century and then up to World War I. The society laid many of the foundations of the Labour Party in this time-period and... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... An appendicectomy (or appendectomy) is the surgical removal of the vermiform appendix. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... // History Early history Native Americans have lived in Utah for several thousand years; most archeological evidence dates such habitation about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. ... 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Stan Laurel Stan Laurel (June 16, 1890 – February 23, 1965), born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, was a comedian and member of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. ... Harpo Marx as rendered by Dalí Adolph Arthur Marx, popularly known as Harpo Marx, (November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964) was one of the Marx Brothers, a group of Vaudeville entertainers who later achieved fame as comedians in the Motion Picture industry. ... Polo (also known as Cho-gan) is a team game played on a field with one goal for each team. ... Jump to: navigation, search This list does not count characters in Pixar or other computer-animated films, but includes those from the comics, animated films, and animated series. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... An example of a Billboard Magazine. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 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North Korea, officially the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK; Korean: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk; Hangul: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國), is a country in eastern Asia, covering the northern half of the peninsula of Korea. ... Jump to: navigation, search Seoul (서울, listen â–¶(?)) is the capital of South Korea and is one of the most populous cities in the world, located in the northwestern part of the country on the Han River. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search November 24, 1917 cover Colliers Weekly was an American magazine that was published between 1888 and 1957. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sputnik 1 (Russian Спутник-1, Satellite 1) was the first artificial satellite to be put into orbit, on October 4, 1957. ... 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New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1999-The Bomb 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... Jump to: navigation, search Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the thirty-sixth President of the United States (1963–1969). ... The State of the Union Address is an annual event in which the President of the United States reports on the status of the country, normally to a joint session of the U.S. Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Donald Malcolm Campbell (March 23, 1921 - January 4, 1967) was a British car and motorboat driver who broke many speed records. ... Jump to: navigation, search The World Unlimited water speed record is the officially recognised fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Rose Heilbron was one of the first women to practise as a barrister in the UK. In 1949, along with Helen Normanton, she became one of the first two female Kings Counsel to serve in the English Bar. ... The Old Bailey by Mountford (1907) The Central Criminal Court, commonly known as The Old Bailey (a bailey being part of a castle), is a Crown Court (criminal high court) in London, dealing with major criminal cases in the UK. It stands on the site of the mediaeval Newgate Gaol... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 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Births

1077 to 1899

• 1077 - Emperor Zhezong of China (d. 1100)
• 1334 - Amadeus VI of Savoy (d. 1383)
• 1581 - James Ussher, Irish Catholic archbishop (d. 1656)
• 1643 - Isaac Newton, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1727)
• 1664 - Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742)
• 1672 - Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. 1742)
• 1710 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (d. 1736)
• 1720 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer (d. 1774)
• 1785 - Jakob Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (d. 1863)
• 1809 - Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind (d. 1852)
• 1832 - George Tryon, British admiral (d. 1893)
• 1838 - Charles Stratton, American circus performer (d. 1883)
• 1848 - Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)
• 1869 - Tommy Corcoran, baseball player (d. 1960)
• 1874 - Josef Suk, Czech composer and violinist (d. 1935)
• 1881 - Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (d. 1919)
• 1883 - Max Eastman, American writer (d. 1969)
• 1894 - Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962)
• 1896 - Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)
• 1896 - André Masson, French artist (d. 1987)

Events Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor begs Pope Gregory VII to remove sentence of excommunication Robert Curthose instigates his first insurrection against his father, William the Conqueror Seljuk Turks capture Nicaea Süleyman I of Rüm becomes the leader of the Sultanate of Rüm in modern Turkey Anush... Emperor Zhezong (January 4, 1077 - February 23, 1100) was the seventh emperor of the Song Dynasty of China. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events William II of England dies in a hunting accident - Henry I becomes King of England King Henry I proclaims the Charter of Liberties, one of the first examples of a constitution. ... Events Births January 4 - Amadeus VI of Savoy, Count of Savoy (died 1383) January 13 - King Henry II of Castile (died 1379) May 25 - Emperor Suko of Japan, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders (died 1398) August 30 - King Peter I of Castile (died 1369) James I of Cyprus (died... Amadeus VI (January 4, 1334 - March 1, 1383), surnamed the Green Count was Count of Savoy from 1343 to 1383. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Chokei of Japan Emperor Go-Kameyama ascends to the throne of Japan Births Pope Eugenius IV Deaths March 1 - Amadeus VI of Savoy, Count of Savoy (b. ... Events January 16 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism April 4 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. July 26 - The Northern Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the Oath of Abjuration. ... James Ussher (also spelled Usher) (January 4, 1581–March 21, 1656) was Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625–1656 and a prolific religious scholar who most famously published a chronology which dated creation from 4004 BC. Ussher was born in Dublin, Ireland into a well-to... // Events Mehmed Köprülü becomes Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sir Isaac Newton at 46 in Godfrey Knellers 1689 portrait Sir Isaac Newton, PRS (25 December 1642 (OS) – 20 March 1727 (OS) / 4 January 1643 (NS) – 31 March 1727 (NS)) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and alchemist. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events June 11 - George, Prince of Wales becomes King George II of Great Britain. ... Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ... Lars Roberg (Stockholm 4 January 1664 – Uppsala 21 May 1742), Swedish physician. ... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ... Hugh Boulter Hugh Boulter, ( January 4, 1672 – September 27, 1742), was the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh, the Primate of All Ireland, from 1724 until his death. ... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ... Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (January 4, 1710 - March 16, 1736) was an Italian composer, violinist and organist. ... Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ... // Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... Johann Friedrich Agricola (January 4, 1720–December 2, 1774) was a German composer, organist, singer, teacher and writer on music. ... 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (January 4, 1785 – September 20, 1863), German philologist and mythologist, was born at Hanau, in Hesse-Kassel. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Louis Braille (January 4, 1809 - January 6, 1852) was the inventor of the Braille writing system for the blind. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon (4 January 1832- 22 June 1893) was a British admiral who died when his flagship HMS Victoria collided with HMS Camperdown during manoeuvres off Tripoli, Lebanon. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Tom Thumb is the name of a traditional hero in English folklore, who was no bigger than his fathers thumb. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Katsura Taro Marquess Katsura Taro (æ¡‚ 太郎 Katsura Tarō), (1848-01-04–1913-10-10) was a Japanese soldier, politician and Prime Minister of Japan. ... The Prime Minister of Japan (内閣総理大臣 Naikaku sōri daijin) is the English political nomenclature of the head of government of Japan. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Thomas William Corcoran (January 4, 1869 - June 25, 1960) was a short stop in the Major Leagues who played for the Pittsburgh Burghers (1890), the Philadelphia Athletics (1891), the Brooklyn Grooms/Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1892-1896), the Cincinnati Reds (1897-1906), and the San Francisco Giants in 1907. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Josef Suk (January 4, 1874 - May 29, 1935) was a Czech composer and violinist. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Die Kniende (kneeing woman), 1911 Wilhelm Lehmbruck (* January 4, 1881 in Duisburg, † March 25, 1919 in Berlin) was a German sculptor. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Max Forrester Eastman (January 4, 1883–March 25, 1969) was a leftist American writer. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Manuel Dias de Abreu Manuel Dias de Abreu (b. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Everett McKinley Dirksen Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was a Republican U.S. Congressman and Senator from Illinois. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Pedestal Table in the Studio, (1922) André-Aimé-René Masson (January 4, 1896 – October 28, 1987) was a French artist. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1900 to 1999

• 1900 - James Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989)
• 1901 - C. L. R. James, writer and journalist (d. 1989)
• 1905 - Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1914 - Jane Wyman, American actress
• 1920 - William Colby, American Central Intelligence Agency director (d. 1996)
• 1930 - Don Shula, American football coach
• 1930 - Sorrell Booke, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1931 - Adi Lady Lala Mara, First Lady of Fiji
• 1935 - Floyd Patterson, American boxer
• 1937 - Dyan Cannon, American actress
• 1937 - Grace Bumbry, American singer
• 1940 - Helmut Jahn, German architect
• 1940 - Brian David Josephson, Welsh physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 - Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 - Maureen Reagan, American political activist (d. 2001)
• 1943 - Doris Kearns Goodwin, American writer
• 1945 - Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1956 - Bernard Sumner, English musician (New Order)
• 1957 - Patty Loveless, American singer
• 1958 - Matt Frewer, American actor
• 1958 - Gary Jones, Welsh-born actor
• 1960 - Michael Stipe, American singer (R.E.M.)
• 1962 - Peter Steele, American singer and bassist (Type O Negative)
• 1962 - Robin Guthrie, Scottish guitarist
• 1963 - Dave Foley, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1963 - Till Lindemann, German singer (Rammstein)
• 1965 - Julia Ormond, English actress
• 1966 - Deana Carter, American singer
• 1978 - Dwight Freeney, American football player
• 1978 - Dominik Hrbatý, Slovakian tennis player
• 1979 - Jeph Howard, American musician (The Used)
• 1986 - James Milner, English footballer

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Deaths

1248 to 1899

• 1248 - King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207)
• 1564 - Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514)
• 1695 - François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (b. 1628)
• 1752 - Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (b. 1704)
• 1761 - Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (b. 1677)
• 1782 - Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (b. 1698)
• 1804 - Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet
• 1821 - Elizabeth Ann Seton, American saint (b. 1774)
• 1825 - King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1751)
• 1831 - James Monroe, President of the United States (b. 1758)
• 1877 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (b. 1794)
• 1896 - Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)

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1900 to 1999

• 1903 - Gulstan Ropert, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1839)
• 1940 - Flora Finch, English-born comedienne and actress (b. 1869)
• 1941 - Henri Bergson, French philosopher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1859)
• 1960 - Albert Camus, Algerian-born French philosopher and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (automobile accident) (b. 1913)
• 1961 - Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1965 - T. S. Eliot, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 - Donald Campbell, English water speed record setter (b. 1921)
• 1969 - Violet and Daisy Hilton, English conjoined twin actresses (b. 1908)
• 1970 - Jean-Etienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899)
• 1985 - Brian Horrocks, British general (b. 1895)
• 1986 - Christopher Isherwood, English writer (b. 1904)
• 1986 - Phil Lynott, Irish musician (b. 1949)
• 1990 - Doc Edgerton, American electrical engineer (b. 1903)
• 1998 - Mae Questel, American actress (b. 1908)
• 1999 - Iron Eyes Cody, American actor (b. 1904)

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2000 onwards

• 2003 - Conrad Hall, American cinematographer (b. 1927)
• 2003 - Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese-born violinist (b. 1923)
• 2004 - Joan Aiken, English author (b. 1924)
• 2004 - Brian Gibson, English film director (b. 1944)
• 2004 - Jake Hess, American singer (b. 1927)
• 2004 - Jeff Nuttall, English writer, publisher, actor, artist, and jazz trumpeter (b. 1933)
• 2004 - John Toland, American author and historian (b. 1912)
• 2005 - Humphrey Carpenter, English author and biographer (b. 1946)
• 2005 - Ali al-Haidri, Iraqi governor of Baghdad (assassinated)
• 2005 - Frank Harary, American mathematician (b. 1921)
• 2005 - Robert Heilbroner, American economist (b. 1919)
• 2005 - Bud Poile, Canadian hockey player (b. 1924)

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Holidays and observances

• Feast day of St Elizabeth Ann Seton
• The tenth day and eleventh night of Christmas in Western Christianity

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External links

• BBC: On This Day

January 3 - January 5 - December 4 - February 4 -- listing of all days Jump to: navigation, search January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Condensed list of historical anniversaries. ...