About January 4

January 4, 2025 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.

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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 25 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.
  • 1649 –
    English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.
  • 1717 –
    The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance.
  • 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.
  • 1903 –
    Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign.
  • 1912 –
    The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal charter.
  • 1951 –
    Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
  • 1959 –
    Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
  • 1965 –
    United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his “Great Society” during his State of the Union address.
  • 1976 –
    The Reavey and O'Dowd killings take place (part of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
  • 1987 –
    The 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston, Massachusetts from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, killing 16 people.
  • 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 –
    Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
  • 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.

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