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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