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 95th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 271 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 22, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,536,480 minutes 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 ‘enneacontapentagon’ day.
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 300 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 4,122 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 4 Historical Events
- 1081 –Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Byzantine emperor at Constantinople, bringing the Komnenian dynasty to full power.
- 1660 –Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England.
- 1812 –U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
- 1960 –France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
- 1965 –The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft plane is unveiled.
- 1968 –AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
- 1968 –Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
- 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.
- 1983 –Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
- 2007 –15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.
Who were born on April 4?
- 188 –Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)
- 1688 –Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)
- 1718 –Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)
- 1819 –Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
- 1826 –Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)
- 1974 –Dave Mirra, American athlete
- 1976 –Emerson, Brazilian footballer
- 1976 –James Roday, American actor
- 1977 –Stephan Bonnar, American mixed martial artist
- 1983 –Fabian Geiser, Swiss footballer
Who died on April 4?
- 1878 –Richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850)
- 1890 –Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Quebec politician (b. 1820)
- 1923 –John Venn, British mathematician (b. 1834)
- 1958 –Johnny Stompanato, American organized crime figure (b. 1925)
- 1967 –Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
- 1970 –Byron Foulger, American actor (b. 1899)
- 1980 –Red Sovine, American country music singer (b. 1917)
- 1985 –Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (b. 1891)
- 1991 –Forrest Towns, American hurdler (b. 1914)
- 1997 –Leo Picard, Israeli geologist (b. 1900)
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