January 04 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | January 04 Calendar
January 4th Daily Holidays include:
- Dimpled Chad Day
- Earth at Perihelion – January 4, 2023 @ 11:17am EST (closest to the Sun)
- Free Flower Basket Day
- I Am a Mentor Day
- National Spaghetti Day
- Pop Music Chart Day
- Tom Thumb Day
- Trivia Day
- World Braille Day
- World Hypnotism Day
January 04: Famous Birthdays
- January 04, 1785 – Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, folklorist and editor of the famous “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” (d. 1863)
- January 04, 1809 -Louis Braille, Coupvray France, was the developer of the Braille reading system for the blind. World Braille Day is celebrated today!
January 04: Historical Events
- January, 04 1717 – Netherlands, England & France sign Triple Alliance.
- January, 04 1762 – Great Britain declares war on Spain and Naples.
- January, 04 1847 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the US government.
- January, 04 1896 – Utah is admitted as the 45th US State.
- January, 04 1958 – Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up.
- January, 04 1974 – US President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee.
- January, 04 1982 – Golden Gate Bridge, in San Francisco closed for the 3rd time due to a storm.
- January, 04 1989 – US F-14s Tomcats shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters during an air to air confrontation.
- January, 04 2004 – Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars.
- January, 04 2010 – The Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building is officially opened in Dubai. 160 floors and 2,717 feet tall.
- January, 04 2018 – A passenger train in Free State, South Africa collides with a truck. The accident kills 20 and injures 260.
January 04: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for January 4 is a Capricorn.
January Birthstone:
The Birthstone for January is Garnet, which comes in a rainbow of colors. It is considered a great gift to symbolize friendship and trust.
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