January
4
Independence
Day
Myanmar : January 4 1948
January
4 : World Braille Day
The 4th of January is World Braille Day, as it is the
Birthday of Louis Braille, the young Frenchman who invented
the code in 1821. Braille helps to provide equal opportunity
for many blind people worldwide
Louis
Braille
Born - January 4, 1809
Aged 10 - Earned a scholarship to the National Institute for
the Blind in Paris
Aged 12 - Inspired by a military 'silent' communication system,
Braille began developing his code
Aged 24 - Braille became a teacher at the Institute, and continued
to work on his code, publishing the first book in Braille in
1829 and extending its use into music and mathematics
Died of tuberculosis - January 6, 1852
The Braille code was officially recognised in France in 1854
46
BC
Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle
of Ruspina.
1854
The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William
McDonald aboard the Samarang.
1903
Topsy, an elephant, was electrocuted by Thomas Edison
during the War of Currents campaign.
1932
State of siege proclaimed in Honduras
1948
Burma Gains Independence
Burma became an independent nation no longer under control of
the British. Independence to Burma was originally granted by
Japan in 1943 after Japan had temporary control over it. However,
this land area was primarily turned into a Japanese military
base at this time. Since then, this country has undergone quite
a few changes-one of which is a name change in 1989. As of this
date Burma was referred to as the Union of Myanmar.
1955
U.S A. Hydrogen Bomb
The U.S. had conducted hydrogen bomb experiments in
the Pacific for about a year prior to this date. On this day
(January 4th, 1955) the U.S. paid out $2,000,000 towards the
loss of life and property which occurred on March 1, 1954. In
1954, one fisherman had been killed and several other individuals
were sickened. Furthermore, the fish located among local Japanese
fishing operations were contaminated.
1958
Sputnik 1 reenters atmosphere & burns up
1959
Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's
gravity
1960
European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm
2004
Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars
at 04:35 UTC.
2010
Dubai World's Tallest Building
The worlds tallest building Burj Khalifa 2,716ft high
with 160 floors opens in Dubai dwarfing the previous record
holder, Taipei 101 1,666ft high in Taiwan.
2010
The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention removed HIV infection from its list of
communicable diseases of public health significance.
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