January 4

The 38th Annual Fiesta Bowl will be played on this day in Glendale, Arizona as the champion of the Big 12 Conference will be decided. http://www.fiestabowl.org/index.php/tostitos/about/ The 14th season of the The Bachelor will premier on the ABC Network and This Emotional Life will premier on PBS.

In the United Arab Eremites, the worlds largest skyscraper, the Burj Dubai is scheduled to open.http://www.burjdubai.com/

• 2006: Israel prime minister, Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke and his power was transferred to his deputy, Ehud Olmert.

• 1994: With Newt Gingrich as Speaker of the House, the 104th congress convened and with the first Republican majority since Dwight D. Eisenhower was President.

• 1974: President Richard Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.

• 1958: Sir Edmund Hillary became the first overland explorer to reach the South Pole since 1912.
• 1951: Korean War: Seoul, South Korea is captured by North Korea and Chinese troops.

• 1896: Utah was admitted to the Union as the 45th state.

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