Enlistment Broadside from the Revolutionary War period – Watertown, Massachusetts
– January 4, 1776
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“An educated and healthy people require surroundings in harmony with their hopes. In our urban areas the central problem today is to protect and restore man’s satisfaction in belonging to a community where he can find security and significance. The first step is to break old patterns–to begin to think and work and plan for the development of the entire metropolitan areas. We will take this step with new programs of help for the basic community facilities and for neighborhood centers of health and recreation.New and existing programs will be open to those cities which work together to develop unified long-range policies for metropolitan areas.We must also make some very important changes in our housing programs if we are to pursue these same basic goals.So a Department of Housing and Urban Development will be needed to spearhead this effort in our cities.Every citizen has the right to feel secure in his home and on the streets of his community.To help control crime, we will recommend programs:-to train local law enforcement officers;-to put the best techniques of modern science at their disposal;-to discover the causes of crime and better ways to prevent it.” President Lyndon B. Johnson from his Second State of the Union Address on January 4, 1965 Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

On January 4, 1863, James Plimpton patented an improved “quad skate” that could be used in his soon-opened roller skating rinks or on pavement. Shown in 1918 is Mary Dixon Palmer at age 9, skating the sidewalks of Washington, DC where her father served as Attorney General in President Wilson’s administration.Image from LOC via Wikimedia Commons, public domain in the US.

Olympic Gold Medalist and Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Floyd Patterson, was born on January 4, 1935 in Waco, North CarolinaDuring his boxing career he had 40 wins by knockout. Image via Alamy

On January 4, 1999 US Navy Vietnam War Veteran, pro wrestler and actor Jesse Ventura became the 38th Governor of Minnesota. Image: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA c. 1996 – CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

On January 4, 1967, the Doors released their debut album titled “The Doors.”Tracks included hits such as “Light My Fire,” “Break On Through (To the Other Side),” and “The End.” Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

This is James Bond, the American ornithologist who was born on January 4, 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ian Fleming, the writer of the fictional spy James Bond, used the ornithologist’s name after seeing it in one of his books on birds.Image by Jerry Freilich via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0.

A photograph of American soprano Anna Fitziu who is affectionately holding a small dog on January 4, 1916. The photo is dated only weeks before Anna made her Metropolitan Opera debut where she performed “Goyescas” that was written and composed by Enrique Granados. It was the first Spanish opera perfomed at the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

Lilies in Vase c. 1920By American artist and writer Marsden Hartley who was born on January 4, 1877 in Lewiston, Maine. He said:“I could never be French, I could never become German – I shall always remain American – the essence which is in me is American mysticism just as Davies declared it when he saw those first landscapes.”Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain