Today In History
Today is Thursday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2018. There are 361 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1943: For the second time, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin made the cover of TIME as the magazine’s 1942 “Man of the Year.”
ON THIS DATE
› 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.)
› 1951: During the Korean War, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces recaptured the city of Seoul.
› 1967: “The Doors,” the self-titled debut album of the rock group featuring the song “Light My Fire,” was released by Elektra Records.
› 1974: President Richard Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
› 1995: The 104th Congress convened, the first entirely under Republican control since the Eisenhower era.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actress Barbara Rush is 91. Football Hall of Fame coach Don Shula is 88. Opera singer Grace Bumbry is 81. Actress Dyan Cannon is 79. Author-historian Doris Kearns Goodwin is 75. Country singer Kathy Forester (The Forester Sisters) is 63. Actress Ann Magnuson is 62. Rock musician Bernard Sumner (New Order, Joy Division) is 62. Country singer Patty Loveless is 61. Actor Julian Sands is
60. Rock singer Michael Stipe is 58. Actor Patrick Cassidy is 56. Actor Dave Foley is 55. Actress Dot Jones is
54. Actor Rick Hearst is 53. Singer-musician Cait O’Riordan is 53. Actress Julia Ormond is 53. Tennis player Guy Forget is 53. Country singer Deana Carter is
52. Rock musician Benjamin Darvill (Crash Test Dummies) is 51. Actor Josh Stamberg is
48. Actor Jeremy Licht is 47. Actor Damon Gupton is 45. Actress-singer Jill Marie Jones is
43. Alt-country singer Justin Townes Earle is 36. Christian rock singer Spencer Chamberlain (Underoath) is 35. Actress Lenora Crichlow is 33. Comedian-actress Charlyne Yi is 32. Actress-singer Coco Jones is 20.