A few of the great historical events that happened today in history, January 4th!
| 1896 | Utah was admitted to the Union as the 45th state. |
| 1948 | Britain granted independence to Burma. |
| 1951 | North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul during the Korean War. |
| 1960 | Nobel Prize-winning French author Albert Camus died in a car accident at age 46. |
| 1965 | Poet T.S. Eliot died at age 76. |
| 1974 | President Richard Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee. |
| 1995 | The 104th Congress convened, the first entirely under Republican control since the Eisenhower era; Newt Gingrich was elected speaker of the House. |
| 1999 | Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as governor of Minnesota. |
| 2004 | Afghans approved a new constitution. |
| 2006 | Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke and his powers were transferred to his deputy, Ehud Olmert. |
| 2007 | Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., became the first female speaker of the House. |
| 2010 | Dubai opened the world’s tallest skyscraper, the 2,717-foot gleaming glass-and-metal tower Burj Khalifa.  |
Today in history facts are from various sites including, but not limited too: the History Channel, The New York Times, WHG Historynet.com, and HistoryOrb.com.
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