January 4 - The Day in History - What happend

January 4 : General Interest 1999: The euro debuts On this day in 1999, for the first time since Charlemagne's reign in the ninth century, Europe is united with a common currency when the "euro" debuts as a financial unit in corporate and investment markets... read more American Revolution 1796 : Congress accepts Colors of the French Republict http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-accepts-colors-of-the-french-republic Automotive 1996 : GM announces its electric car http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gm-announces-its-electric-car Civil War 1863 : Confederate General Roger Hanson dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/confederate-general-roger-hanson-dies Cold War 1950 : The God That Failed published http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-god-that-failed-published Crime 1964 : Boston Strangler strikes again http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/boston-strangler-strikes-again Disaster 1990 : Trains collide in Pakistan http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/trains-collide-in-pakistan General Interest 1896 : Utah enters the Union http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/utah-enters-the-union 1974 : President Nixon refuses to hand over tapes http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-nixon-refuses-to-hand-over-tapes 1987 : Segovia begins final U.S. tour http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/segovia-begins-final-us-tour 1995 : 104th Congress under Republican control http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/104th-congress-under-republican-control Hollywood 2003 : National Society of Film Critics honors The Pianist http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/national-society-of-film-critics-honors-the-pianist Literary 1785 : Jacob Grimm is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jacob-grimm-is-born 1965 : Poet T.S. Eliot dies in London http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/poet-ts-eliot-dies-in-london Music 1964 : Bobby Vinton tops the pop charts with the last #1 single of the pre-Beatles era http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bobby-vinton-tops-the-pop-charts-with-the-last-351-single-of-the-pre-beatles-era Old West 1847 : Colt sells his first revolvers to the U.S. government http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/colt-sells-his-first-revolvers-to-the-us-government Presidential 1965 : L.B.J. envisions a Great Society in his State of the Union address http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lbj-envisions-a-great-society-in-his-state-of-the-union-address Sports 2006 : Vince Young leads Texas over USC in the Rose Bowl http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/vince-young-leads-texas-over-usc-in-the-rose-bowl Vietnam War 1965 : Johnson reaffirms commitment to South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-reaffirms-commitment-to-south-vietnam 1974 : Thieu announces war has resumed http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thieu-announces-war-has-resumed World War I 1913 : Alfred von Schlieffen dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/alfred-von-schlieffen-dies World War II 1944 : United States begins supplying guerrilla forces http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-begins-supplying-guerrilla-forces