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
- 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.
- 1847 –Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
- 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.
- 1912 –The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal charter.
- 1951 –Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1999 –Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
- 2004 –Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.
- 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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