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

  • 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.
  • 1717 –
    The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance.
  • 1878 –
    Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman rule.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1948 –
    Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 1959 –
    Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • 1998 –
    A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
  • 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 –
    Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.

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