Tukuk-OS📅 January 4
16 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on January 4? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2020 — Sembawang Hot Spring Park in Singapore reopened after being redeveloped by the National Parks Board.
- 2019 — A fire in an escape room in Koszalin, Poland, killed five teenagers.
- 2010 — The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest structure, officially opened in Dubai.
- 2007 — Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government.
Nancy PelosiSpeaker of the United States House of RepresentativesFederal government of the United States
- 2004 — Spirit (artist's impression depicted), the first of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, successfully landed on Mars.
- 1989 — Two American F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Floggers that appeared to be attempting to engage them over the Gulf of Sidra.
Grumman F-14 Tomcat1989 air battle near TobrukMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
- 1977 — The English punk-rock band Sex Pistols' lewd and disruptive behaviour at Heathrow Airport prompted the record label EMI to end their contract.
- 1973 — Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running sitcom in the world, premiered as an episode of the BBC's Comedy Playhouse.
- 1972 — Rose Heilbron (pictured) became the first female judge to sit at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.
- 1970 — A magnitude-7.1 earthquake occurred in Tonghai County, China, killing at least 15,000 people.
- 1951 — Korean War: Chinese and North Korean troops captured Seoul from United Nations forces.
- 1936 — Billboard published its first music hit parade.
- 1909 — British explorer Aeneas Mackintosh, a member of the Nimrod Expedition, escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.
- 1853 — Solomon Northup (pictured) regained his freedom after having been sold into slavery in the American South; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later became a bestseller.
Solomon NorthupSlavery in the United StatesTwelve Years a Slave
- 1798 — After his appointment as Prince of Wallachia, Constantine Hangerli arrived in Bucharest to assume the throne.
- 1698 — Most of London's Palace of Whitehall, the main residence of English monarchs since 1530, was destroyed by fire.
Births
- 2006 — Marc Guiu, Spanish footballer
- 2005 — Rob Dillingham, American basketball player
- 2005 — Emil Højlund, Danish footballer
- 2005 — Oscar Højlund, Danish footballer
- 2005 — Dafne Keen, British-Spanish actress
- 2004 — Victor Wembanyama, French basketball player
- 2003 — Jaeden Martell, American actor
- 2003 — Kevin, Brazilian footballer
- 2002 — Vladyslav Vanat, Ukrainian footballer
- 2001 — Odilon Kossounou, Ivorian footballer
- 2001 — Lola Young, English singer and songwriter
- 2000 — Max Aarons, English footballer
Deaths
- 2026 — Michael Reagan, American political commentator (born 1945)
- 2025 — Ana Gligić, Serbian virologist (born 1934)
- 2024 — Glynis Johns, British actress and singer (born 1923)
- 2024 — David Soul, American-British actor and singer (born 1943)
- 2024 — Christian Oliver, German actor (born 1972)
- 2023 — Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier and Olympic champion (born 1950)
- 2021 — Tanya Roberts, American actress (born 1949)
- 2020 — Tom Long, Australian actor (born 1968)
- 2019 — Harold Brown, 14th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1927)
Harold Brown (secretary of defense)United States Secretary of Defense
- 2017 — Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (born 1918)
- 2017 — Georges Prêtre, French orchestral and opera conductor (born 1924)
- 2016 — S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (born 1947)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Angela of Foligno
- Christian feast day: Elizabeth Ann Seton
- Christian feast day: Ferréol of Uzès
- Christian feast day: Mavilus
- Christian feast day: Pharaildis of Ghent
- Christian feast day: Rigobert
- Christian feast day: January 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- The eleventh of the Twelve Days of Christmas. (Western Christianity)
- Independence Day (Myanmar), celebrates the independence of Myanmar from the United Kingdom in 1948.
- Colonial Martyrs Repression Day (Angola)
- Day of the Martyrs (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Ogoni Day (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People)
- Tokyo Dome Show: The annual Wrestle Kingdom event run by New Japan Pro-Wrestling
January 4 Tokyo Dome ShowWrestle KingdomNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
- World Braille Day
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