On this day: January 4

POSTED: 03:04 PM PST Jan 03, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 03, 2013 

Billboard publishes its first music chart, Sputnik falls to Earth, The Beatles record together for the last time, and Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the House, all on this day.

OTD January 4 - Great Society
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1965: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address. The effort included legislation that upheld civil rights, public broadcasting, Medicare, Medicaid, environmental protection, aid to education and Johnson's "War on Poverty."

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