January 4
January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 361 days remaining (362 in leap years).
Events:
- 1896 - Utah becomes the 45th of the United States.
Births:
- 1643 - Isaac Newton, English scientist (+ 1727)
- 1785 - Jakob Grimm, German philologist, one half of the Brothers Grimm (+ 1863)
- 1809 - Louis Braille, French teacher, developed writing system for the blind (+ 1852)
- 1822 - Georg Büchmann, German philologist (+ 1884)
- 1881 - Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (+ 1919)
- 1914 - Jane Wyman (actress)
- 1932 - Carlos Saura, Spanish director
- 1960 - Michael Stipe (singer for R.E.M.)
Deaths:
- 1941 - Henri Bergson, French writer
- 1960 - Albert Camus, French philosopher and writer (car crash)
- 1961 - Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist
- 1965 - T. S. Eliot, American/British poet
- 2002 - Esquivel, musician
Holidays and observances:
- Catholicism - Feast Day of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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