2010 – Burj Khalifa is opened
Burj Khalifa in Dubai is currently the world's tallest building, at 829.8 m (2,722 ft).
1958 – Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit
The Soviet Union was the first nation to send an artificial Earth satellite into space.
1948 – Burma gains independence from the United Kingdom
Burma (Myanmar) came under British rule on January 1, 1886.
1896 – Utah becomes the 45th state of the U.S.A.
One condition for statehood was that a ban on polygamy had to be written into the state constitution.
1847 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver
Captain Samuel Walker of the Texas Rangers placed an order for 1000 revolver pistols after having witnessed their devastating effect.
1986 – James Milner
English footballer
1965 – Guy Forget
French tennis player
1942 – John McLaughlin
English guitarist, songwriter
1832 – George Tryon
English Admiral
1809 – Louis Braille
French educator, invented Braille
2011 – Gerry Rafferty
Scottish singer-songwriter
1965 – T. S. Eliot
American/English publisher, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate
1961 – Erwin Schrödinger
Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1960 – Albert Camus
French author, journalist, philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Henri Bergson
French philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
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