January 4

• 1959: Alaska entered the Union as the 49th state.
• 1896: Utah enters the Union as the 45th state.
• 1974: President Nixon refuses to hand over tapes, leading to Watergate scandal; he resigned eight months later.
• 1994: For the first time since the Eisenhower era, both houses of Congress are under Republicans control since the Eisenhower era. Republicans gained majority control of congress for the time in 40 years using Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America" as its foundation.
• 1999: Single European currency debuts, first unified currency since Charlemagne.

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