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This is a list of selected January 4 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

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January 4: Independence Day in Burma (1948)

1698 – Most of London's Palace of Whitehall, the main residence of the English monarchs dating from 1530, was destroyed by fire (pictured).

1854 – Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang discovered the McDonald Islands, uninhabited, barren islands located in the Southern Ocean about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica.

1884 – The Fabian Society, an intellectual movement whose purpose is to advance the socialist cause by gradualist and reformist methods rather than revolutionary means, was founded in London.

1989 – In the Second Gulf of Sidra incident over the Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean Sea, two American F-14A Tomcats shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Flogger Es that appeared to be attempting to engage them.

2004 – Spirit, the first of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission, landed successfully on Mars at 04:35 Ground UTC.

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 {{*mp}} [[1698]] – Most of [[London]]'s '''[[Palace of Whitehall]]''', the main residence of the [[List of English monarchs|English monarchs]] dating from [[1530]], was destroyed by fire ''(pictured)''.
-{{*mp}} [[1854]] – Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang'' discovered the '''[[Heard Island and McDonald Islands|McDonald Islands]]''', an uninhabited, barren island located in the [[Southern Ocean]] about two-thirds of the way from [[Madagascar]] to [[Antarctica]].
+{{*mp}} [[1854]] – Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang'' discovered the '''[[Heard Island and McDonald Islands|McDonald Islands]]''', uninhabited, barren islands located in the [[Southern Ocean]] about two-thirds of the way from [[Madagascar]] to [[Antarctica]].
 {{*mp}} [[1884]] – The '''[[Fabian Society]]''', an intellectual movement whose purpose is to advance the [[socialist]] cause by [[Gradualism|gradualist]] and [[Reformism|reformist]] methods rather than [[revolution]]ary means, was founded in [[London]].
 {{*mp}} [[1989]] – In the '''[[Gulf of Sidra incident (1989)|Second Gulf of Sidra incident]]''' over the [[Gulf of Sidra]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]], two [[United States|American]] [[F-14 Tomcat|F-14A Tomcats]] shot down two [[Libya]]n [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23|MiG-23 Flogger Es]] that appeared to be attempting to engage them.