What happend on 4th January

03.01
05.01
2004

Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.

2004

Dr. Mikhail Saakashvili is elected the President of Georgia.

1999

Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque killing 16 people injuring 25.

1998

Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria; over 170 are killed in three remote villages.

1989

A pair of Lybian MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.

1987

An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, DC collides with Conrail engines, killing 16.

1974

United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.

1972

Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London.

1967

Donald Campbell dies as his jet-powered Bluebird K7 crashes during an attempt to break the water speed record.

1965

United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address.