| Date | Text | |||
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| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Jan 1924 | Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852) | |||
| 04 Jan 1924 | Marianne Werner, German shot putter | |||
| 04 Jan 1924 | Meta Vannas, Estonian politician (d. 2002) | |||
| 04 Jan 1924 | Sebastian Kappen, Indian priest and theologian (d. 1993) | |||
| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Jan 1949 | Mick Mills, English footballer and manager | |||
| 04 Jan 1949 | Margaret Anne Marshall, Scottish soprano | |||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Jan 1974 | Carl Powell: Defensive end (Indianapolis Colts) | |||
| 04 Jan 1974 | Karel Janacek: Composer, dies at 70 | |||
| 04 Jan 1974 | Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee | |||
| 04 Jan 1974 | United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee. | |||
| 04 Jan 1974 | Armin Zöggeler, Italian luger | |||
| 04 Jan 1974 | Ian Moor, English singer | |||
| 04 Jan 1974 | Danilo Hondo, German cyclist | |||
| 04 Jan 1974 | Bruce Springsteen played the first of a three night run at Joes' Place in Cambridge Massachusetts. Supported by Peter Johnson & The Manic Depressives. On the ticket it stated: Because of the energy crisis all our outside lights except for one will be shut off. | |||
| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Jan 1999 | Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota. | |||
| 04 Jan 1999 | Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman (b. 1904) | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Jan 2004 | Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution. | |||
| 04 Jan 2004 | Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC. | |||
| 04 Jan 2004 | John Toland, American historian and author (b. 1912) | |||
| 04 Jan 2004 | Joan Aiken, English author (b. 1924) | |||
| 04 Jan 2004 | Jeff Nuttall, English actor, poet, and painter (b. 1933) | |||
| 04 Jan 2004 | Jake Hess, American singer (The Statesmen Quartet and Masters V) (b. 1927) | |||
| 04 Jan 2004 | Brian Gibson, English director and screenwriter (b. 1944) | |||
| 04 Jan 2004 | Britney Spears had her surprise marriage annulled less than 55 hours after tying the knot at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas with childhood friend Jason Alexander. They couple married on Saturday morning, during a night out in Las Vegas, but immediately her lawyers filed for an annulment, saying Spears 'lacked understanding of her actions to the extent that she was incapable of agreeing to the marriage.' | |||
| 04 Jan 2004 |
Martian rover In 2004, Spirit, a robot rover landed on Mars to analyze the planet's rocks, looking for evidence of water. It has taken the only photo of Earth from another planet. Surviving dust storms, it far outlasted its expected useful life. A twin robot rover, Opportunity, landed three weeks after Spirit on the other side of the planet. |
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04 Jan 2004
Mars Exploration Rover |
Mars Exploration Rover (space exploration) NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission Spirit (MER-A), the first of two Mars rovers, lands successfully on Mars in the crater Gusev (Columbia Memorial Station) at 04:35 SCET. |
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| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Jan 2009 | Gert Jonke, Austrian poet, playwright, and author (b. 1946) | |||
| 04 Jan 2009 | Giselle Salandy, Trinidadian boxer (b. 1987) | |||
| 04 Jan 2009 | Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant was voted the Greatest Voice In Rock by listeners of radio station Planet Rock. | |||
| 10 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Jan 2014 | Shirley Jeffrey, Australian biologist and academic (b. 1930) | |||
| 04 Jan 2014 | Jean Metellus, Haitian neurologist, author, poet, and playwright (b. 1937) | |||
| 04 Jan 2014 | Irving Fishman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1921) | |||
| 04 Jan 2014 | Gabe Gabler, American baseball player (b. 1930) | |||
| 04 Jan 2014 | Caixa Eletronica, American race horse (b. 2005) | |||
| 04 Jan 2014 | Andy Holden, English runner and coach (b. 1948) | |||
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