The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai. Date: January 4, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)
A gunman kills eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines. Date: January 4, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)
Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash: A passenger train operated by Shosholoza Meyl collides with a truck on a level crossing at Geneva Station between Hennenman and Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa. Twenty people are killed and 260 injured. Date: January 4, 2018 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this…
A fire in an escape room in Koszalin, Poland, kills five teenagers through carbon monoxide poisoning. Date: January 4, 2019 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this day in 2019 📅 On This Day (Today)
A gun battle in the East End of London leaves two dead. It sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill. Date: January 3, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅 On This Day (Today)
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan. Date: January 3, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅 On This Day (Today)
First Balkan War: Greece completes its capture of the eastern Aegean island of Chios, as the last Ottoman forces on the island surrender. Date: January 3, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)
An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading (955.0 mb (28.20 inHg)) for a non-tropical system in the continental United States. Date: January 3, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)
Over 640 are killed after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes the Mexican states Puebla and Veracruz. Date: January 3, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)
Minnie D. Craig becomes the first woman elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first woman to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States. Date: January 3, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This…