January 4

On This Day In History
	1948: Burma granted independence On this day in 1948, the Southeast Asian nation of Burma (Myanmar) formally gained independence, completing the transfer of power negotiated by Burmese leader Aung San and British Prime Minister Clement Attlee in 1947.
Aung San, 1947.
Biography Of The Day
	1643 Isaac Newton, born in England this day in 1643, was a leader of the scientific revolution whose Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (1687) is among the most important single works in the history of modern science.
Sir Isaac Newton dispersing sunlight through a prism, coloured engraving, 19th century.
More Events On This Day In History
	1965 American-English author T.S. Eliot died in London.
	1935 American professional boxer Floyd Patterson was born in Waco, North Carolina.
	1809 French educator Louis Braille, who developed a system of printing and writing that is extensively used by the blind and that was named for him, was born near Paris.