January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 361 days remaining (362 in leap years).
Events
Births
- 1710 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, composer (+ 1736)
- 1785 - Jakob Grimm, philologist, one half of the Brothers Grimm (+ 1863)
- 1809 - Louis Braille, teacher, developed writing system for the blind (+ 1852)
- 1822 - Georg Büchmann[?], philologist (+ 1884)
- 1838 - Charles Stratton ("General Tom Thumb"), circus performer, entertainer (+ 1883)
- 1881 - Wilhelm Lehmbruck[?], sculptor (+ 1919)
- 1896 - Everett Dirksen, American politician (+ 1969)
- 1914 - Jane Wyman, actress
- 1930 - Don Shula[?], American football coach
- 1932 - Carlos Saura[?], director
- 1935 - Floyd Patterson, boxing champion
- 1937 - Dyan Cannon, actress
- 1943 - Doris Kearns Goodwin[?], writer
- 1960 - Michael Stipe, singer for R.E.M.
Deaths
- 1821 - Elizabeth Ann Seton[?], American saint
- 1831 - James Monroe, President of the United States
- 1877 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, entrepreneur
- 1941 - Henri Bergson, writer
- 1960 - Albert Camus, philosopher and writer (car crash)
- 1961 - Erwin Schrödinger, physicist
- 1965 - T. S. Eliot, poet
- 1969 - Violet[?] and Daisy Hilton[?], conjoined twins, actresses
- 1998 - Mae Questel[?], actress
- 1999 - Iron Eyes Cody[?], actor
- 2000 - Tom Fears[?], American football star
- 2002 - Esquivel, musician
- 2002 - Antonio Todde[?] (112) - oldest man in the world at the time (from Thiana[?], Sardinia - Italy)
Holidays and observances
See Also:
January 3 - January 5 - December 4 - February 4 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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