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Welcome to your weekend and thank you for spending some of it with us here in the 715 Newsroom.
Just like that, we are off and running in the New Year. For our first full weekend of 2025 we are going to stick with an old favorite: our Saturday morning scroll down memory lane. This is just a simple way to start the day by taking an easy look back at events that happened on this day in history before we head out to make new history today.
So, whether this has been part of your own routine for years or you are NEW in the new year, we welcome you with open arms and thank you for being here! Now, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Today is Saturday, January 4th, the fourth day of the year.
On this day:
In 1896, Utah became the 45th state of the United States.
In 1936, “Billboard” magazine published the first music chart based on record sales.
In 1965, poet T.S. Eliot died at the age of 76.
In 1980, President Carter announced the U.S. would boycott the Moscow Olympics.
In 1986, Thin Lizzy singer, guitarist Phil Lynott died at the age of 34.
In 1995, Newt Gingrich was formally elected Speaker of the House. He became the first Republican to hold the post in 40 years.
In 1996, Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula announced his retirement following 26 seasons with the team.
In 1999, former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura took the oath of office as Minnesota governor.
In 2004, NASA Mars Rover, Spirit lands on Mars.
In 2010, the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, officially opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Standing more than two-thousand-723 feet high, the project cost an estimated one-point-five-billion-dollars.
In 2016, country music singer Craig Strickland was found dead in Oklahoma. The body of the Backroad Anthem singer was found at a lake just northwest of Tulsa. Strickland had been missing since he left for a duck hunting trip on December 26th after his boat capsized during a winter storm.
In 2016, General Motors invested 500-million dollars in Lyft to develop a network of self-driving cars.
In 2018, a cyclone in the Northeast causes the subway system in New York to flood and experience snow.
In 2020, the death toll reaches 23 in Australia as historic wildfires torch the country. Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces the national defense force will be used to help fight the more than 200 fires.
That brings us here to this day. Whatever plans you have on your own 1.04.2025 here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history books.
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