Today in History
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2010 Burj Khalifa is opened
Burj Khalifa in Dubai is currently the world’s tallest building, at 829.8 m (2,722 ft).
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1958 Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit
The Soviet Union was the first nation to send an artificial Earth satellite into space.
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1948 Burma gains independence from the United Kingdom
Burma (Myanmar) came under British rule on January 1, 1886.
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1896 Utah becomes the 45th state of the U.S.A.
One condition for statehood was that a ban on polygamy had to be written into the state constitution.
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1847 Samuel Colt sells his first revolver
Captain Samuel Walker of the Texas Rangers ordered 1000 revolver pistols after witnessing their devastating effect.
Births On This Day, January 4
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1986 James Milner
English footballer
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1965 Guy Forget
French tennis player
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1942 John McLaughlin
English guitarist, songwriter
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1832 George Tryon
English Admiral
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1809 Louis Braille
French educator, invented Braille
Deaths On This Day, January 4
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2011 Gerry Rafferty
Scottish singer-songwriter
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1965 T. S. Eliot
American/English publisher, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1961 Erwin Schrödinger
Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1960 Albert Camus
French author, journalist, philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
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1941 Henri Bergson
French philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
