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January 4 2011, Partial solar eclipse
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t40066117/partial-solar-eclipse-january-4-2011/

The Ghost of Jupiter (NGC 3242) transits at ~03.35 UT (for the UK, local time elsewhere)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_3242



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Mount Parker a stratovolcano in the Philippines last erupted on January 4, 1641. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Parker_(Philippines)

The 1970 Tonghai earthquake occurred on 4 January 1970 in Tonghai, China. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Tonghai_earthquake

The McDonald Islands were discovered in 1854
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47081862/mcdonald-islands/

The North American ice storm of 1998 

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The first Battle of Reading was on 4 January 871
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Reading_%28871%29

The Battle of Ruspina was fought on January 4, 46 BC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ruspina



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The first observation by the Airy Transit Circle was taken on 4 January 1851
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47081870/airys-transit-circle/

The Burj Khalifa skyscraper was officially opened on 4 January 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa

The Carnegie Institution was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1902

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Maiden voyage of the Charlotte Dundas, the world's "first practical steamboat", in 1803
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Dundas



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Sputnik 1 reentered Earth's atmosphere on 4 January 1958
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1

Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 25 was launched in 1963
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_25

Spirit Rover landed successfully on Mars at 04:35 (Ground) UTC on January 4, 2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_rover



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Christopher John Cassidy (born January 4, 1970) is a NASA astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Cassidy

Kenneth Money (born 4 January 1935) is the Senior Scientist in Toronto.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Money

Wilhelm Wolff Beer (4 January 1797 - 27 March 1850) was a banker and astronomer 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Beer

Joel Hastings Metcalf (January 4, 1866 - February 23, 1925) was an American astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hastings_Metcalf

Brian David Josephson (born 4 January 1940; Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh physicist. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47081852/brian-david-josephson/

Topsy (circa 1867 - January 4, 1903) was a circus elephant killed by electrocution on January 4, 1903.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topsy_(elephant)



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The Moomins was first broadcast in the UK in 1983 

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NGC 1981 was discovered by John Herschel on the 4th January 1827.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56139144/ngc-1981/

NGC 2115 was discovered by John Herschel on the 4th January 1837
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t60054367/ngc-2115/

NGC 2313 was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 4th January 1862.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56139196/ngc-2313/

Messier 80 was discovered by Charles Messier on the 4th January 1781.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t61319221/messier-80/

NGC 4125 was discovered by John Russell Hind on the 4th January 1850
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t41556544/ngc-4125/



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Kepler-4b was announced to the public on January 4, 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-4b

S/2006 S 1 was discovered from observations taken between January 4 and April 30, 2006.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/2006_S_1

Asteroid 4179 Toutatis was rediscovered on January 4, 1989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4179_Toutatis

Asteroid 158 Koronis was discovered by Russian astronomer Viktor Knorre on January 4, 1876
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/158_Koronis

Asteroid 86 Semele was discovered by German astronomer Friedrich Tietjen on January 4, 1866
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_Semele

Supernova 2012C was discovered in galaxy NGC 2926 in Leo on January 4, 2012
http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/002900/CBET002979.txt

654 Zelinda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered on January 4, 1908 by German astronomer August Kopff. On favourable oppositions, it can be as bright as magnitude 10.0, as on January 30, 2016.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/654_Zelinda

An All-Sky Camera for Auroral Photography
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1961JRASC..55..203P

On the 4th Jan 2007, a metallic object crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t9777614/new-jersey-meteorite/



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Meteorites

The Villalbeto de la Peņa (L6) meteorite fell in Castilla y Leon, Spain, on the 4th January 2004.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56134474/villalbeto-de-la-pea-meteorite/

The Lost City (H5) meteorite fell in Oklahoma, USA, on the 4th January, 1970.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t33193755/lost-city-meteorite/



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