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
- 46 BC –Julius Caesar defeats Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
- 1717 –The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance.
- 1762 –Great Britain declares war on Spain and Naples.
- 1884 –The Fabian Society is founded in London.
- 1948 –Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1955 –The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
- 1998 –A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
- 1998 –Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: over 170 are killed in three remote villages.
- 1999 –Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshiping in an Islamabad, Pakistan mosque, killing 16 people and injuring 25.
- 2004 –Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.
Who were born on January 4?
- 1842 –Frederic T. Greenhalge, American politician and 38th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
- 1894 –Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962)
- 1901 –C. L. R. James, Trinidadian writer and journalist (d. 1989)
- 1931 –Sir William Deane, Governor-General of Australia
- 1933 –Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia
- 1940 –Helmut Jahn, German architect
- 1948 –Wolfgang Mulack, German footballer
- 1962 –Robin Guthrie, Scottish guitarist (Cocteau Twins)
- 1971 –Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese artist, sculptor
- 1982 –Richard Logan, English footballer
Who died on January 4?
- 1931 –Art Acord, American actor (b. 1890)
- 1941 –Henri Bergson, French philosopher, Nobel laureate (b. 1859)
- 1969 –Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins (b. 1908)
- 1985 –Brian Horrocks, British general (b. 1895)
- 1993 –Charles Bridgford, Australian politician (b. 1910)
- 2001 –Les Brown, American bandleader (b. 1912)
- 2004 –Brian Gibson, English film director (b. 1944)
- 2007 –Gren, Welsh newspaper cartoonist (b. 1934)
- 2007 –Sandro Salvadore, Italian footballer (b. 1939)
- 2009 –Gert Jonke, Austrian poet, playwright and novelist (b. 1946)
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