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January 4
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, (d. 1736)
- 1720 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, composer, (d. 1774)
- 1785 - Jakob Grimm, philologist, one half of the Brothers Grimm, (d. 1863)
- 1809 - Louis Braille, teacher, developed writing system for the blind, (d. 1852)
- 1822 - Georg Büchmann, philologist, (d. 1884)
- 1838 - Charles Stratton ("General Tom Thumb"), circus performer, entertainer, (d. 1883)
- 1881 - Wilhelm Lehmbruck, sculptor, (d. 1919)
- 1896 - Everett Dirksen, American politician, (d. 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
- 1248 - King Sancho II of Portugal, (b. 1207)
- 1821 - Elizabeth Ann Seton, American saint, (b. 1774)
- 1831 - James Monroe, President of the United States, (b. 1758)
- 1877 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, entrepreneur, (b. 1794)
- 1941 - Henri Bergson, writer, (b. 1859)
- 1960 - Albert Camus, philosopher and writer (car crash), (b. 1913)
- 1961 - Erwin Schrödinger, physicist, (b. 1887)
- 1965 - T. S. Eliot, poet, (b. 1888)
- 1967 - Donald Campbell, water speed record setter, (b. 1921)
- 1969 - Violet and Daisy Hilton, conjoined twins, actresses
- 1998 - Mae Questel, actress
- 1999 - Iron Eyes Cody, actor, (b. 1904)
- 2000 - Tom Fears, American football star
- 2002 - Esquivel, musician, (b. 1918)
- 2002 - Antonio Todde (112) - oldest man in the world at the time (from Thiana, Sardinia - Italy), (b. 1889)
- 2003 - Conrad L. Hall, camera operator
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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