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

  • 46 BC –
    Julius Caesar defeats Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
  • 871 –
    Battle of Reading: Ethelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army.
  • 1490 –
    Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of Lese-majesty.
  • 1649 –
    English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.
  • 1847 –
    Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
  • 1854 –
    The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
  • 1863 –
    The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
  • 1865 –
    The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York, New York.
  • 1884 –
    The Fabian Society is founded in London.
  • 1885 –
    The first successful appendectomy is performed by William W. Grant on Mary Gartside.
  • 1896 –
    Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
  • 1912 –
    The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal charter.
  • 1948 –
    Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 1955 –
    The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
  • 1959 –
    Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
  • 1966 –
    A military coup takes place in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution.
  • 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.
  • 1989 –
    Second Gulf of Sidra incident: a pair of Libyan MiG-23 “Floggers” are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
  • 1999 –
    Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
  • 2010 –
    The Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building is officially opened.

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