What are the important events that happened on April 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 4: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 4 is the 94th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 271 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 22, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 484,368 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘enneacontatetragon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 319 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,487 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 4 Historical Events
- 1147 –First historical record of Moscow.
- 1581 –Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
- 1850 –Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
- 1905 –In India, the 1905 Kangra earthquake hits the Kangra valley, kills 20,000, and destroys most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala
- 1930 –The Communist Party of Panama is founded.
- 1958 –The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London.
- 1969 –Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
- 1975 –Vietnam War: Operation Baby Lift – A United States Air Force C-5A Galaxy crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, transporting orphans – 172 die.
- 1996 –Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
- 2002 –The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
Who were born on April 4?
- 1718 –Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)
- 1826 –Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)
- 1902 –Louise Leveque de Vilmorin, French writer (d. 1969)
- 1908 –Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American memoirist (Cheaper by the Dozen) (d. 2006)
- 1952 –Rosemarie Ackermann, German athlete
- 1964 –Dang Than, Vietnamese poet and writer
- 1971 –Mark Chapman, English radio sports newsreader and DJ
- 1975 –Kevin Weekes, Canadian ice-hockey player
- 1986 –Aiden McGeady, Irish footballer
- 1992 –Christina Metaxa, Cypriot singer
Who died on April 4?
- 1284 –King Alfonso X of Castile (b. 1221)
- 1817 –André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling and Marshal of France (b. 1758)
- 1976 –Harry Nyquist, Swedish contributor to information theory (b. 1889)
- 1993 –Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and inventor of Scrabble (b. 1899)
- 1995 –Kenny Everett, British radio DJ and television entertainer (b. 1944)
- 1995 –Priscilla Lane, American singer and actress (b. 1915)
- 1997 –Leo Picard, Israeli geologist (b. 1900)
- 2001 –Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, American custom car designer (b. 1932)
- 2003 –Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916)
- 2008 –Francis Tucker, South African rally driver (b. 1923)
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