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Jan 16, 2009
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Sunday, January 4, 2009

This was 4th day of the year and 361 days remained in the year.


January 4 Birthdays

Jakob Grimm
1785–1863, German folkorist.


Sir Isaac Newton
mathematician, scientist (1643 (N.S.))

 Benjamin Rush
physician, signer of the Declaration of Independence (1746 (N.S.))

 Louis Braille
inventor of Braille system (1809)

 Sir Isaac Pitman
inventor of phonographic shorthand (1813)

 Tom Thumb
entertainer (1838)

 Jane Wyman
actress, producer (1914)

 Floyd Patterson
boxer (1935)

January 4 in History

1885

Dr. William W. Grant of Davenport, Iowa, performed what is thought to be the first appendectomy.

1896

Utah was admitted as 45th state in the United States.

1904

In Gonzales v. Williams, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that citizens of Puerto Rico are not aliens and can enter the U.S. freely.

1948

Burma (Myanmar) gained independence from Great Britain.

1951

During the Korean War, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul.

1965

President Johnson outlined his "Great Society" in his State of the Union address.

1999

Former wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as Minnesota's governor.

1999

The U.S. Mint began distributing the 50 State Quarters.

2007

California Democrat Nancy Pelosi becomes the first U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.

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