MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2010

Today is Monday, January 4, the fourth day of 2010. There are 361 days left in the year.

1493 _ Columbus left new world on return from first voyage

1893 _ U.S. President Harrison grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy

1907 _ George Bernard Shaw's ``Don Juan in Hell" premieres in London

1912 _ Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-center

1948 _ Britain grants independence to Burma

1951 _ During Korean conflict, North Korean forces captured Seoul

1960 _ European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm

1961 _ Longest recorded strike ends _ 33 years _ Danish barbers' assistants

1965 _ LBJ's ``Great Society" State of the Union Address

1974 _ Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee