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2021

South Korea, which already has the world’s lowest birth rate, has recorded more deaths than births for the first time.

The first Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines are administered to the general public.

2010

In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Burj Khalifa, standing 163 stories tall or 828 meters, is inaugurated.

1983

Eurythmics releases its second studio album, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).”

1971

Ottawa withdraws its troops from Montreal and other regions of Quebec in the wake of the October Crisis of 1970.

1959

Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes the first spacecraft to escape Earth’s gravity.

1954

Elvis Presley records his first demos for Sun Records at their Memphis studio: “It Wouldn’t Be The Same Without You” and “I’ll Never Stand In Your Way.”

1953

The first artificial turf is invented by Barwick Mills.

1936

For the first time, Billboard magazine publishes a chart based on song sales.

1935

Bob Hope is heard on the radio for the first time as part of “The Intimate Revue.”

1847

Samuel Colt sells his first pistol to the U.S. government.

It happened on… January 4

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