About January 4

January 4, 2024 is the 4th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 362 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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Capricorn is the sun 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 37 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On January 4

  • 871 –
    Battle of Reading: Ethelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army.
  • 1642 –
    King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England’s slide into civil war.
  • 1649 –
    English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.
  • 1762 –
    Great Britain declares war on Spain and Naples.
  • 1847 –
    Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
  • 1884 –
    The Fabian Society is founded in London.
  • 1896 –
    Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
  • 1903 –
    Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign.
  • 1944 –
    World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
  • 1955 –
    The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
  • 1965 –
    United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his “Great Society” during his State of the Union address.
  • 1972 –
    Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England, United Kingdom.
  • 1974 –
    United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
  • 1976 –
    The Reavey and O'Dowd killings take place (part of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
  • 1998 –
    A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
  • 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.
  • 2006 –
    Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
  • 2007 –
    The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
  • 2010 –
    The Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building is officially opened.

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