4th January: Today In History

Today is Wednesday, January, 4, the 4th day of 2017. 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.