At the moment is Saturday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2025. There are 361 days left within the 12 months.
At the moment in historical past:
On Jan. 4, 2007, Nancy Pelosi was elected the primary feminine speaker of the Home as Democrats took management of Congress.
Additionally on this date:
In 1853, New Yorker Solomon Northup regained his freedom after being kidnapped in Washington, D.C., and compelled into slavery in 1841; he would later inform his story in his memoir, “Twelve Years a Slave.”
In 1974, President Richard Nixon refused at hand over tape recordings and paperwork subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
In 1999, Europe’s new forex, the euro, bought off to a powerful begin on its first buying and selling day, rising in opposition to the greenback on world forex markets.
In 2006, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a major stroke; his official powers have been transferred to his deputy, Ehud Olmert (EH’-hood OHL’-murt). (Sharon remained in a coma till his loss of life in January 2014.)
In 2010, the Burj Khalifa, the tallest construction on the earth, opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
At the moment’s Birthdays:
Actor Dyan Cannon is 88.
Guitarist John McLaughlin is 83.
Creator-historian Doris Kearns Goodwin is 82.
Nation singer Patty Loveless is 68.
Singer Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) is 65.
Actor Julia Ormond is 60.
NFL operating again Derrick Henry is 31.
Singer-actor Coco Jones is 27.
NBA middle Victor Wembanyama is 21.
