History for January 4

History for January 4 - On-This-Day.com
Sir Isaac Newton 1643 (N.S.) - Physicist, mathematician, Jakob Grimm 1785, Louis Braille 1809 - Inventor of a reading system for the blind.
  

Don Shula 1940 - Football coach, Floyd Patterson 1935 - Heavyweight boxing champion, Patty Loveless 1957 - Country singer


1884 - The socialist Fabian Society was founded in London.


1935 - Bob Hope was heard for the first time on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue."


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.


1962 - New York City introduced a train that operated without conductors and motormen.


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.