Historical Events In January - 04
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1981 On this day in history "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City NY after 578 performances
1981 British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper" on January - 04.
1982 Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show" on January - 04.
1982 On this day in history chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show
1982 On this day in history golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm
1983 Criminal Code changes replace rape with 3 categories of sexual assault; equal protection to men and women; women allowed to charge their husbands with sexual assault on this day in history.
1984 On January - 04 "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV
1985 Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89 on January - 04.
1986 On this day in history david Boon's second Test century, 131 vs India at Adelaide
1986 On this day in history christopher Isherwood, British writer (Lions & Shadows), dies at 81
1987 16 die in a train crash in Chase MD on this day in history.
1987 Sixteen people die when a Washington-bound Amtrak train collides with Conrail locomotives in Chase, Maryland on January - 04.
1987 Thomas Stevens became first man to bicycle around the world on January - 04.
1987 F van Heek, Dutch sociologist, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1989 Aircraft (VF-32) from USS John F. Kennedy shoot down 2 hostile Libyan Migs on January - 04.
1989 On this day in history comet Tempel 1 at perihelion
1989 On this day in history two Libyan jets are shot down by US aircraft in the Mediterranen
1989 On this day in history uS F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean
1989 Vice President Bush is first since Vice President Van Buren to declare himself President on this day in history.
1990 On January - 04 canada defeats Czechoslovakia 2-1 to win World Junior Hockey title.
1990 On January - 04 alberto Lleras Camargo, president of Colombia (1945-46, 58-62), dies
1991 On this day in history aT"T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable everyone wonders what happened
1991 On this day in history iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th
1991 On January - 04 jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland
1991 On this day in history berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78
1995 On January - 04 denis Lortie released on parole after serving 10 years in prison for 1984 shooting in the Quebec National Assembly, where he killed three people.
1995 Newt Gingrich (R) becomes speaker of the House on January - 04.
1997 Canada wins the World Junior Hockey title in Switzerland on this day in history.
1999 On January - 04 former pro wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as Governor of Minnesota.
2005 On this day in history death of Ali al-Haidri, Governor of Baghdad (assassinated)2006 Powers are transferred from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to his deputy, Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, after Sharon suffers a massive hemorrhagic stroke.
2005 On this day in history death of the Governor of Baghdad, Ali Al-Haidri, assassinated by gunmen.
2006 On this day in history the Texas Longhorns of the University of Texas beat the University of Southern California Trojans, 41-38 in a last minute touchdown by Texas quarterback Vince Young in the 2006 Rose Bowl.
2006 Powers are transferred from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to his deputy, Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, after Sharon suffers a massive hemorrhagic stroke on January - 04.
2007 Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the United States House of Representatives on this day in history.
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