January 4 – History, Events, Births, Deaths, Holidays and Observances On This Day

January 4 in History 46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1649 – English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial. 1717 – The Netherlands, Great Britain, and…

A History of Civilian Plane Crashes in Pakistan

May 20, 1965: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 707 crashes on its inaugural flight while attempting to land at Cairo airport, killing 124 people. August 6, 1970: A PIA Fokker F27 turboprop aircraft crashes while attempting to take off…