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:
  1809Louis Braille, Devised the Braille system for the blind
  1878Augustus John, Welsh artist
  1914Jane Wyman, American actress
  1935Floyd Patterson, American heavyweight boxer
  1939Dyan Cannon, American actress
  1943John McLaughlin, Jazz and blues singer

Events:
  1885An appendix was successfuly removed for the first time in Iowa, USA
  1936The first ever music chart was compiled, in the United States
  1944The British, during WW2, launched an attack on Monte Cassino, Italy
  1951Chinese and North Korean troops captured Seoul, Korea
  1959The Luna 1 spacecraft became the first to leave Earth's gravity
  1967Nigeria'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. 
  1978The PLO representative in London was shot dead
  1981A broadway show called 'Frankensetin' opened and closed on the same day
  1984The arrest of former political office holders begins across the country. Military governors are also named for the 19 states.
  1985Britain's first baby was born to a surrogate mother for commercial reasons
  1989Two Libyan jets were shot down by US aircraft in the Mediterranen
  1993Members of the Transitional Council get portfolios; a 14-member National Defence and Security Council is also named to take over from the AFRC.

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