Today in history: January 4
Today is Sunday, January 4, the 4th day of 2009. There are 361 days left in the year.
On this day in 1932, British Indian government introduced emergency powers as Indian National Congress was declared illegal and Mahatma Gandhi was arrested.
Other highlights in history on this date:
In 1762, Britain declared war against Spain and Naples.
In 1797, Napoleon Bonaparte defeated Austrians at Rivoli, Italy.
In 1967, Britain's proposal for an international peace conference to end the war in Vietnam was rejected by North Vietnam and by the National Liberation Front.
In 1974, US President Richard Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
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