Unlocking the Potential: Exploring the Significance of January 04 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1982  Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show".   

1982  Chris Wallace is recorded as becoming co-anchor of the Today Show.   

1982  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.   

1984  "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV   

1985  Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89   

1986  David Boon's second Test century, 131 vs India at Adelaide.   

1986  Christopher Isherwood, British writer (Lions and Shadows), dies at 81.   

1987  16 die in a train crash in Chase MD   

1987  Sixteen people die when a Washington-bound Amtrak train collides with Conrail locomotives in Chase, Maryland   

1987  Thomas Stevens became inaugural man to bicycle around the world   

1987  F van Heek, Dutch sociologist, dies at 79   

1989  Aircraft (VF-32) from USS John F. Kennedy shoot down 2 hostile Libyan Migs.   

1989  Comet Tempel 1 at perihelion   

1989  Two Libyan jets are shot down by US aircraft in the Mediterranen.   

1989  US F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean   

1989  Vice President Bush is inaugural since Vice President Van Buren to declare himself President   

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

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

1991  AT"T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable everyone wonders what happened   

1991  Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th   

1991  Jan Krzystof Bielecki is recorded as becoming premier of Poland.   

1991  Berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78   

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.   

1995  Newt Gingrich (R) is recorded as becoming speaker of the House   

1997  In this year, Canada claims the World Junior Hockey title in Switzerland   

1999  Former pro wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as Governor of Minnesota.   

2005  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.   

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.   

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   

2007  Nancy Pelosi is recorded as becoming the inaugural female speaker of the United States House of Representatives.   

2010  The tallest man-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is officially opened.   

2011  Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi dies after setting himself on fire a month earlier, sparking anti-government protests in Tunisia and later other Arab nations. These protests become known collectively as the Arab Spring.   

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