Historical Events In January - 04

1981  On January - 04 "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City NY after 578 performances  

1981  On January - 04 british police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper"  

1982  On this day in history bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show"  

1982  Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show on January - 04.  

1982  On January - 04 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 January - 04.  

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

1985  Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1986  David Boon's second Test century, 131 vs India at Adelaide on January - 04.  

1986  On January - 04 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1989  Aircraft (VF-32) from USS John F. Kennedy shoot down 2 hostile Libyan Migs on this day in history.  

1989  Comet Tempel 1 at perihelion on this day in history.  

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

1989  On this day in history uS F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean  

1989  On January - 04 vice President Bush is first since Vice President Van Buren to declare himself President  

1990  Canada defeats Czechoslovakia 2-1 to win World Junior Hockey title on January - 04.  

1990  Alberto Lleras Camargo, president of Colombia (1945-46, 58-62), dies on this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history aT"T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable everyone wonders what happened  

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  On January - 04 berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78  

1995  On this day in history 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  On January - 04 canada wins the World Junior Hockey title in Switzerland.  

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

2005  On January - 04 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  Amadeus VI of Savoy (d. 1383) was born on January - 04.  

1567  Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect was born on January - 04.  

1579  On January - 04 birth of willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar  

1581  James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible) was born on this day in history.  

1604  Jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe) was born on this day in history.  

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

1248  On January - 04 death of king Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207)  

1428  Death of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370) on January - 04.  

1564  On January - 04 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  On January - 04 johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71  

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