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
- 1812 –U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
- 1818 –The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20).
- 1850 –The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances.
- 1873 –The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
- 1887 –Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
- 1905 –In India, the 1905 Kangra earthquake hits the Kangra valley, kills 20,000, and destroys most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala
- 1913 –The Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
- 1949 –Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- 1968 –Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
- 1973 –The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
Who were born on April 4?
- 1802 –Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)
- 1842 –Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (d. 1891)
- 1876 –Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (d. 1958)
- 1950 –Christine Lahti, American actress
- 1958 –Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. 1990)
- 1962 –Craig Adams, English musician (The Sisters of Mercy, Mission UK)
- 1964 –David Cross, American actor and comedian
- 1971 –Yanic Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 –Stephan Bonnar, American mixed martial artist
- 1985 –Rudy Fernández, Spanish basketball player
Who died on April 4?
- 1643 –Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (b. 1583)
- 1807 –Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande, French astronomer (b. 1732)
- 1841 –William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (b. 1773)
- 1919 –Sir William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)
- 1951 –George Albert Smith, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) (b. 1870)
- 1972 –Stefan Wolpe, German composer (b. 1902)
- 1976 –Harry Nyquist, Swedish contributor to information theory (b. 1889)
- 1991 –Forrest Towns, American hurdler (b. 1914)
- 1993 –Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and inventor of Scrabble (b. 1899)
- 2005 –Edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1924)
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