Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 4

January 4:

• 1698 - Most of the Palace of Whitehall (pictured) in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, was destroyed by fire.

• 1884 - The Fabian Society, a socialist intellectual movement, was founded in London.

• 1936 - Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade.

• 1948 - Thakin Nu of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League presided over the independence of Burma (now Myanmar) from the British Empire.

• 2004 - The NASA Mars Rover Spirit landed successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.

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• December 31
• January 1
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