History for January 4

History for January 4 - On-This-Day.com
Sir Isaac Newton 1643 (N.S.) - Physicist, mathematician, Louis Braille 1809 - Inventor of a reading system for the blind, Charles "Tom Thumb" Stratton 1838 


Jane Wyman 1914 - Actress, Floyd Patterson 1935 - Heavyweight boxing champion, Dyan Cannon 1939 - Actress 


1884 - The socialist Fabian Society was founded in London. 


1885 - Dr. William Grant performed the first successful appendectomy. The patient was Mary Gartside. 


1944 - The attack on Monte Cassino was launched by the British Fifth Army in Italy. 


1951 - During the Korean conflict, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul. 


1953 - Tufted plastic carpeting was introduced by Barwick Mills. 


1965 - The Fender Guitar Company was sold to CBS for $13 million. 


1965 - In his State of the Union address, U.S. President Johnson proclaimed the building of the "Great Society." 


1999 - Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as Minnesota's 37th governor.