Today in History
Listings for Wednesday, January 4, 2023.
Birthdays:
- 1581 Bishop James Ussher, calculated that earth began Nov 23, 4004 BC
- 1643 Sir Issac Newton
- 1785 Jacob Grimm, German librarian, philologist, fairy tale collector
- 1809 Louis Braille, developed reading system for the blind.
- 1813 Sir Issac Pitman, shorthand inventor
- 1838 Charles Stratton (alias General Tom Thumb, famous short person)
- 1905 Sterling Holloway
- 1914 Jane Wyman
- 1935 Floyd Patterson
- 1937 Dyan Cannon
- 1958 Matt Frewer
- 1960 Michael Stipe
Events:
- National Trivia Day. Take your TODAY program out to lunch!
- Quadrantid meteor shower, radiant in Bo”tes
- 1754 Columbia University openes
- 1784 US treaty with Great Britain is ratified
- 1790 President Washington delivers first "State of the Union" speech.
- 1896 Utah becomes 45th state
- 1948 Burma gains independence from Britain (National Day)
- 1959 Soviet Luna 1 first craft to leave Earth's gravity
- 1982 Golden Gate Bridge closed for the 3rd time by fierce storm.
- 2001 Linux Kernel 2.4 released.
That's all for today.
