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, 1,743,724,800 seconds 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
- 1814 –Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
- 1887 –Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
- 1930 –The Communist Party of Panama is founded.
- 1944 –World War II: First bombardment of Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
- 1945 –World War II: Soviet Army takes control of Hungary.
- 1958 –The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London.
- 1975 –Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 1979 –President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
- 1983 –Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
- 1984 –President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
Who were born on April 4?
- 1819 –Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
- 1906 –John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (d. 1995)
- 1920 –Éric Rohmer, French film director (d. 2010)
- 1932 –Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet film director (d. 1986)
- 1932 –Richard Lugar, American politician
- 1944 –Magda Aelvoet, Belgian politician
- 1963 –Jane McDonald, British singer, actress and media personality
- 1975 –Roy Padrick, American journalist
- 1975 –Thobias Fredriksson, Swedish cross-country skier
- 1978 –Sam Moran, Australian entertainer
Who died on April 4?
- 1292 –Pope Nicholas IV (b. 1227)
- 1929 –Karl Benz, German engine designer, inventor, and automobile engineer (b. 1844)
- 1931 –André Michelin, French industrialist (b. 1853)
- 1951 –George Albert Smith, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) (b. 1870)
- 1979 –Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903)
- 1996 –Boone Guyton, American test pilot (b. 1913)
- 2001 –Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, American custom car designer (b. 1932)
- 2003 –Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916)
- 2005 –Edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1924)
- 2011 –Scott Columbus, American drummer (Manowar) (b. 1956)
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