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