Historical Events In January - 04

1926  Theodorus Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator on January - 04.  

1927  Barbara Rush, Denver Co, actress (Marsha-Peyton Place, Flamingo Road) on this day in history.  

1929  On January - 04 amitai W Etzioni, US sociologist (Active Society)  

1930  Don Shula, winningest NFL coach (Miami Dolphins) on January - 04.  

1931  Art Acord, western actor (Set Free, Spurs & Saddles), dies at 40 on January - 04.  

1932  On January - 04 bradman scores 167 for Australia vs South Africa at the MCG  

1932  On January - 04 british East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi & Nehru  

1932  State of siege proclaimed in Honduras on this day in history.  

1932  On January - 04 bradman scores 167 for Australia v South Africa at the MCG  

1933  Lucas Lindeboom, Dutch evangelist (Vredebond), dies at 87 on January - 04.  

1934  On this day in history 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange," premieres  

1935  Bob Hope first heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue" on January - 04.  

1935  Fort Jefferson National Monument, Florida established on January - 04.  

1935  On this day in history bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue"  

1936  Billboard magazine publishes its first music hit parade on this day in history.  

1936  On January - 04 grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 vs South Africa  

1936  Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade on January - 04.  

1939  On January - 04 frieda Wunderlich elected first woman dean of a US graduate school  

1939  Hermann Goering appoints Reinhard Heydrich head of Jewish Emigration on January - 04.  

1939  On this day in history frieda Wunderlich elected 1st woman dean of a US graduate school  

1940  On January - 04 conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59  

1941  On January - 04 resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet  

1941  On January - 04 henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81  

1942  Premier Churchill & General Marshall fly to Florida on this day in history.  

1942  NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 35-24 on January - 04.  

1942  Leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70 on January - 04.  

1943  On this day in history head SS office writes to all concentration camp commanders, requesting them to forward human hair for processing at the firm of Alex Zink, Filzfabrik A.G. near Nuremberg. A half-mark would be received by the Commandant for each kilo of human hair.  

1943  Tom Wilkinson football player; CFL QB, Edmonton Eskimos, was born on January - 04.  

1943  Thomas Mann completes his tetralogy, "Joseph & His Brothers" on January - 04.  

1944  Ralph Bunche appointed first Negro official in US State Department on January - 04.  

1944  On this day in history ralph Bunche appointed 1st Negro official in US State Department  

1944  On this day in history henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder  

1945  Germans execute resistance fighters in Amsterdam on January - 04.  

1945  On January - 04 uS jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after kamikaze attack  

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1077  Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100) was born on this day in history.  

1334  On January - 04 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 this day in history birth of franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect  

1579  Willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar was born on January - 04.  

1581  On this day in history 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  Isaac Newton, Grantham England, physicist, mathematician and astronomer ("Whatever goes up must come down") [NS] was born on January - 04.  

0838  On this day in history death of babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred  

1248  Death of King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) on January - 04.  

1428  On January - 04 death of frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370)  

1564  On this day in history death of hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514)  

1584  Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1612  Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

1695  On this day in history duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies