Jan. 4, Isaac Newton born

Damascus, SANA –

1717-Signing the treaty of the “Triple Alliance” between the Dutch Republic, France and Great Britain.

1896- Utah becomes the 45th state of the US.

1948 – Burma declares independence from UK.

1959 – Luna 1 becomes the 1st craft to leave Earth’s gravity.

1962 – 1st automated (unmanned) subway train in New York City.

1989- US warplanes shoot down two Libyan warplanes inside the Libyan territorial water in the Mediterranean.

2004 – Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars.

2007 – The United States Congress elects Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.

2010 – Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building, is officially opened.

Born Today:

1643- Isaac Newton, British scientist who developed the laws of gravity and planetary relations.

1809-Louis Braille, developer of a reading system for the blind.

Passed away:

1960- French Nobel Prize laureate author Albert Camus.

1965- British poet TS Eliot.

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