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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1717 –The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance.
- 1854 –The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
- 1865 –The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York, New York.
- 1878 –Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman rule.
- 1912 –The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal charter.
- 1948 –Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 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.
- 1972 –Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England, United Kingdom.
- 1976 –The Reavey and O'Dowd killings take place (part of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
- 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 –Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: over 170 are killed in three remote villages.
- 1999 –Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshiping in an Islamabad, Pakistan mosque, killing 16 people and injuring 25.
- 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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