Historical Events In January - 04

1981  "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City NY after 578 performances on this day in history.   

1981  British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper" on January - 04.   

1982  On January - 04 bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show"   

1982  On this day in history chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show   

1982  Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history 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.   

1984  On this day in history "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV   

1985  On January - 04 brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89   

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 January - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1987  F van Heek, Dutch sociologist, dies at 79 on January - 04.   

1989  On January - 04 aircraft (VF-32) from USS John F. Kennedy shoot down 2 hostile Libyan Migs.   

1989  On this day in history comet Tempel 1 at perihelion   

1989  Two Libyan jets are shot down by US aircraft in the Mediterranen on this day in history.   

1989  US F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean on January - 04.   

1989  Vice President Bush is first since Vice President Van Buren to declare himself President on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history canada defeats Czechoslovakia 2-1 to win World Junior Hockey title.   

1990  Alberto Lleras Camargo, president of Colombia (1945-46, 58-62), dies on January - 04.   

1991  AT"T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable everyone wonders what happened on January - 04.   

1991  On January - 04 iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th   

1991  Jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland on this day in history.   

1991  Berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78 on this day in history.   

1995  Denis Lortie released on parole after serving 10 years in prison for 1984 shooting in the Quebec National Assembly, where he killed three people on January - 04.   

1995  On this day in history newt Gingrich (R) becomes speaker of the House   

1997  On January - 04 canada wins the World Junior Hockey title in Switzerland.   

1999  Former pro wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as Governor of Minnesota on this day in history.   

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  Death of the Governor of Baghdad, Ali Al-Haidri, assassinated by gunmen on January - 04.   

2006  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 on this day in history.   

2006  On this day in history powers are transferred from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to his deputy, Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, after Sharon suffers a massive hemorrhagic stroke.   

2007  On this day in history nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the United States House of Representatives.   

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1077  Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100) was born on January - 04.   

1334  On this day in history birth of amadeus VI, [Green Earl], earl of Savoye   

1334  On this day in history birth of amadeus VI of Savoy (d. 1383)   

1567  On January - 04 birth of franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect   

1579  On this day in history birth of willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar   

1581  On January - 04 birth of james Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible)   

1604  On January - 04 birth of jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe)   

1643  On this day in history birth of isaac Newton, Grantham England, physicist, mathematician and astronomer ("Whatever goes up must come down") [NS]   

0838  On January - 04 death of babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred   

1248  On this day in history death of king Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207)   

1428  On this day in history death of frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370)   

1564  Death of Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514) on this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44   

1612  On this day in history henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62   

1678  Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1695  On January - 04 duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies