4th January: Today In History

Today is January,  the 4th day of 2016. There are 361 days left in the year. Today's Highlight In History;Birthdays:   1809 Louis Braille, Devised the Braille system for the blind   1878 Augustus John, Welsh artist   1914 Jane Wyman, American actress   1935 Floyd Patterson, American heavyweight boxer   1939 Dyan Cannon, American actress   1943 John McLaughlin, Jazz and blues singer Events:   1885 An appendix was successfuly removed for the first time in Iowa, USA   1936 The first ever music chart was compiled, in the United States   1944 The British, during WW2, launched an attack on Monte Cassino, Italy   1951 Chinese and North Korean troops captured Seoul, Korea   1959 The Luna 1 spacecraft became the first to leave Earth's gravity   1967 Nigeria's military leaders travelled to Aburi in Ghana to find a solution to problems facing the country and to avert an imminent military clash between the north and the east.    1978 The PLO representative in London was shot dead   1981 A broadway show called 'Frankensetin' opened and closed on the same day   1984 The arrest of former political office holders begins across the country. Military governors are also named for the 19 states.   1985 Britain's first baby was born to a surrogate mother for commercial reasons   1989 Two Libyan jets were shot down by US aircraft in the Mediterranen   1993 Members of the Transitional Council get portfolios; a 14-member National Defence and Security Council is also named to take over from the AFRC.