Today in History, January 4: Two country music stars are born, Utah becomes a state - Tennessean

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Saturday, January 4, 2020

Associated Press

Published 6:00 AM EST Jan 4, 2020

Today is Saturday, Jan. 4. On this date:

1809

Louis Braille, inventor of the Braille raised-dot reading system for the blind, was born in Coupvray, France.

1896

Utah was admitted as the 45th state.

1904

The U.S. Supreme Court, in Gonzalez v. Williams, ruled that Puerto Ricans were not aliens and could enter the United States freely; however, the court stopped short of declaring them citizens. (Puerto Ricans received U.S. citizenship in March 1917.)

1935

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, called for legislation to provide assistance for the jobless, elderly, impoverished children and the handicapped.

1957

Country singer Patty Loveless is born.

1964

Pope Paul VI began a visit to the Holy Land, the first papal pilgrimage of its kind.

1966

Country singer Deana Carter is born.

1974

President Richard Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.

1999

Europe's new currency, the euro, got off to a strong start on its first trading day, rising against the dollar on world currency markets.

Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura took the oath of office as Minnesota's governor.

2002

Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman, a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier, was killed by small-arms fire during an ambush in eastern Afghanistan; he was the first American military death from enemy fire in the war against terrorism.

2006

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a significant stroke; his official powers were transferred to his deputy, Ehud Olmert. (Sharon remained in a coma until his death in Jan. 2014.)

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