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
- 1660 –Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England.
- 1859 –Bryant’s Minstrels debut “Dixie” in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
- 1866 –Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev.
- 1887 –Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
- 1945 –World War II: Soviet Army takes control of Hungary.
- 1949 –Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- 1968 –AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
- 1973 –The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
- 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.
Who were born on April 4?
- 1572 –William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)
- 1875 –Pierre Monteux, French conductor (d. 1964)
- 1947 –Wiranto, Indonesian general
- 1952 –Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and car racer (d. 1995)
- 1964 –Dang Than, Vietnamese poet and writer
- 1975 –Kevin Weekes, Canadian ice-hockey player
- 1977 –Stephen Mulhern, British magician and TV presenter
- 1979 –Andy McKee, American musician
- 1980 –Johnny Borrell, English singer (Razorlight)
- 1988 –Frank Fielding, English footballer
Who died on April 4?
- 1536 –Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460)
- 1792 –James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)
- 1863 –Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. 1790)
- 1874 –Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)
- 1923 –John Venn, British mathematician (b. 1834)
- 1970 –Byron Foulger, American actor (b. 1899)
- 1979 –Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, President (1971–1973) and Prime Minister of Pakistan (1973–1977) (b. 1928)
- 1991 –Max Frisch, Swiss writer (b. 1911)
- 1992 –Arthur Russell, American cellist (b. 1951)
- 2003 –Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916)
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