Independence
day
Myanmar
UN
Day
World
Braille Day
Events
of the day
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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