WHAT HAPPENED ON 4. JANUARY
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Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul. (4. January 1951)

The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis. (4. January 1955)

Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit. (4. January 1958)

Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon. (4. January 1959)

United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address. (4. January 1965)

A military coup takes place in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution. (4. January 1966)

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Tonghai County, China, killing at least 15,000 people. (4. January 1970)

Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England. (4. January 1972)

United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee. (4. January 1974)

The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation. (4. January 1976)

The 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston, Massachusetts from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, killing 16 people. (4. January 1987)

Second Gulf of Sidra incident: a pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation. (4. January 1989)

In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries. (4. January 1990)

Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: over 170 are killed in three remote villages. (4. January 1998)

A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction. (4. January 1998)

Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota. (4. January 1999)

Two trains on the Røros Line collide in Åsta, Norway, resulting in an explosive fire and 19 deaths. (4. January 2000)

Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC. (4. January 2004)

Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution. (4. January 2004)

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. (4. January 2006)