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January 4, 2007 Nancy Pelosi is elected Speaker of the House, by a vote of 233-202 January 4, 2006 Ehud Olmert becomes Prime Minister of Israel after Ariel Sharon suffers a stroke January 4, 1998 "Funny Thing Happened," closes at St. James New York City after 715 perform January 4, 1998 "Ivanov," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 51 performances January 4, 1998 "Triumph of Love," closes at Royale Theater New York City January 4, 1996 "Father" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 52 performances January 4, 1995 Newt Gingrich becomes speaker of the House January 4, 1994 10th largest wrestling crowd (58,000-Tokyo Dome) January 4, 1993 7th largest wrestling crowd (63,500-Tokyo Dome) January 4, 1992 8th largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome) January 4, 1991 AT&T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable January 4, 1991 Fu Mingxia, 12, of China wins World Swimming Championships gold medal January 4, 1991 Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th January 4, 1991 Jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland January 4, 1989 Comet Tempel 1 at perihelion January 4, 1989 U.S. F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean January 4, 1989 VP Bush is 1st since VP Van Buren to declare himself president January 4, 1987 16 die in a train crash in Chase Md January 4, 1986 David Boon's second Test century, 131 vs. India at Adelaide January 4, 1986 NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots January 4, 1984 "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV January 4, 1984 Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8 highest-scoring modern NHL game January 4, 1983 U.S. Football League holds its 1st player draft January 4, 1982 Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show" January 4, 1982 Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show January 4, 1982 Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm January 4, 1982 ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) and ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th and 6th ABC radio network January 4, 1981 "Frankenstein" opens and closes on Broadway January 4, 1981 "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 578 performances January 4, 1981 69th Australian Mens Tennis: B Teacher beats Kim Warwick (75 76 63) January 4, 1981 British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper" January 4, 1980 President Carter announces U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics January 4, 1977 Mary Shane hired by Chicago White Sox as 1st woman TV play-by-play January 4, 1976 "Candide" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 740 performances January 4, 1976 "Home Sweet Homer" opens and closes at Palace Theater New York City January 4, 1975 "Good News" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 16 performances January 4, 1975 "Gypsy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 120 performances January 4, 1975 "Over Here" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 341 performances January 4, 1975 Ford Executive Order on CIA Activities within the U.S. (No 11828) January 4, 1975 Ice thickness measured at 4776 m, Wilkes Land, Antarctica January 4, 1975 Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 10-0 January 4, 1974 Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee January 4, 1971 Congressional Black Caucus organizes January 4, 1971 Dr. Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected governor of Virgin Is January 4, 1971 Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium dedicated January 4, 1970 Beatles last recording session at EMI studios January 4, 1970 Kansas City Chiefs beat Oakland Raiders 17-7 in AFC championship game January 4, 1970 Minnesota Vikings beat Cleveland Browns 27-7 in NFC championship game January 4, 1970 New York City transit fare rises from 20 cents to 30 cents, new larger tokens used January 4, 1970 Walter Cronkite ends hosting weekly documentary January 4, 1969 "Fig Leaves Are Falling" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 4 performances January 4, 1969 France begins arms embargo against Israel January 4, 1968 Duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas January 4, 1968 Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million January 4, 1966 Doug Walters scores second Test century in his second Test January 4, 1966 WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting January 4, 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson's "Great Society" State of the Union Address January 4, 1963 Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon January 4, 1962 1st automated (unmanned) subway train (New York City) January 4, 1961 Longest recorded strike ends-33 yrs-Danish barbers' assistants January 4, 1960 European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm January 4, 1959 Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity January 4, 1958 Sputnik 1 reenters atmosphere and burns up January 4, 1957 "Blondie" situation comedy premieres on NBC TV (later on CBS) January 4, 1957 Dodgers buy 44 passenger twin-engine airplane for $775,000 January 4, 1954 Elvis Presley records a 10 minute demo in Nashville January 4, 1954 Soap Opera "The Brighter Day" premieres January 4, 1953 KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting January 4, 1951 During Korean conflict, Chinese forces capture Seoul January 4, 1948 Burma declares independence from UK January 4, 1947 "Park Avenue" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 72 performances January 4, 1947 "Show Boat" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 417 performances January 4, 1945 Germans execute resistance fighters in Amsterdam January 4, 1945 US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after kamikaze attack January 4, 1944 Ralph Bunche appointed 1st Negro official in U.S. State Department January 4, 1943 Thomas Mann completes his tetralogy, "Joseph and His Brothers" January 4, 1942 NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 35-24 January 4, 1942 Premier Churchill and General Marshall fly to Florida January 4, 1942 Rogers Hornsby is 14th player selected to the Hall of Fame January 4, 1941 Resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet January 4, 1941 Sergey Rachmaninov's "Symphonie Dances," premieres in Philadelphia January 4, 1939 Frieda Wunderlich elected 1st woman dean of a U.S. graduate school January 4, 1939 Hermann Goering appoints Reinhard Heydrich head of Jewish Emigration January 4, 1936 Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade January 4, 1936 Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 vs. South Africa January 4, 1935 Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue" January 4, 1935 Fort Jefferson National Monument in Florida established January 4, 1934 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange," premieres January 4, 1932 Bradman scores 167 for Australia vs. South Africa at the MCG January 4, 1932 British East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi and Nehru January 4, 1932 State of siege proclaimed in Honduras January 4, 1926 Theodorus Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator January 4, 1925 French psychologist Emil Coue brings his self-esteem therapy to U.S. "Every day in every way I am getting better and better" January 4, 1923 1st broadcast of "Barn Dance Show" (WBAP - Ft. Worth Texas) January 4, 1923 Lenin's "Political Testament" calls for removal of Stalin January 4, 1921 Eugene O'Neill's "Diff'rent," premieres in New York City January 4, 1920 1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes January 4, 1920 Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits January 4, 1915 1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho January 4, 1915 Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops January 4, 1912 Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr January 4, 1907 George Bernard Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell," premieres in London January 4, 1906 South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win January 4, 1904 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club, 2 games to 1 January 4, 1904 Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US January 4, 1902 Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick vs. England at the MCG January 4, 1898 1st installment of William Dean Howell's "Life and Letters" appears January 4, 1896 AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, New York City January 4, 1896 Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state January 4, 1894 France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia January 4, 1893 US President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy January 4, 1887 Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (SF-SF) January 4, 1885 Dr. W W Grant of Iowa, performs 1st appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, 22) January 4, 1884 Last sighting of an eastern cougar (Ontario) January 4, 1883 Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) forms January 4, 1881 Johannes Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" premieres, Breslau January 4, 1863 4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY January 4, 1862 Battle of Helena, AK January 4, 1862 Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath January 4, 1861 President Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession January 4, 1861 US Ft. Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama January 4, 1843 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Don Pasquale," premieres in Paris January 4, 1843 Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens January 4, 1790 President Washington delivers 1st State of the Union address January 4, 1781 Andre Mechain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio) January 4, 1780 Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ January 4, 1762 England declares war on Spain and Naples January 4, 1754 Columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City) January 4, 1725 Benjamin Franklin arrives in London January 4, 1717 Netherlands, England and France sign Triple Alliance January 4, 1642 King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament January 4, 1570 Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew" January 4, 1519 1st Altenburger sermon (Luther and Karl von Miltitz) January 4, 1493 Columbus left new world on return from 1st voyage January 4, 1357 Flemish earl Louis and Luxembourg Duke Wenceslaus sign peace treaty January 4, 871 Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army January 4, 274 St. Eutychian begins his reign as Catholic Pope |