What are the important events that happened on January 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 4: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 4 is the 4th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 361 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 22, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 482,208 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 ‘tetragon’ day.
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Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 25 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 4,397 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 4 Historical Events
- 1490 –Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of Lese-majesty.
- 1649 –English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.
- 1762 –Great Britain declares war on Spain and Naples.
- 1884 –The Fabian Society is founded in London.
- 1885 –The first successful appendectomy is performed by William W. Grant on Mary Gartside.
- 1951 –Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
- 1959 –Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
- 1998 –A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
- 1999 –Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
- 2004 –Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.
Who were born on January 4?
- 1870 –Percy Pitt, English organist and conductor (d. 1932)
- 1893 –Yone Minagawa, Japanese supercentarian (d. 2007)
- 1931 –Adi Lady Lala Mara, First Lady of Fiji (d. 2004)
- 1933 –Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, American author
- 1943 –Doris Kearns Goodwin, American writer
- 1945 –Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1953 –James Warren, American journalist
- 1968 –Mike Wilpolt, American arena football head coach
- 1972 –James Longley, American documentary filmmaker
- 1979 –Jeph Howard, American musician (The Used)
Who died on January 4?
- 1804 –Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet (b. c.1730)
- 1877 –Cornelius Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (b. 1794)
- 1910 –Léon Delagrange, French aviator and sculptor (b. 1873)
- 1969 –Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins (b. 1908)
- 1985 –Lovro von Matacic, Croatian conductor (b. 1899)
- 2006 –Robert Howard White, New Zealander politician (b. 1914)
- 2007 –Ben Gannon, Australian theatre producer (b. 1952)
- 2009 –Giselle Salandy, Trinidadian female boxer (b. 1987)
- 2010 –Casey Johnson, American heiress and socialite (b. 1979)
- 2011 –Dick King-Smith English Author (b. 1922)
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