January 4

January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . Following are still 361 days (362 days in a leap year ) until the end of the year.

Content

 * 1 Events
 * 2 Birth
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 Celebration / memorial
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium

Events

 * General
 * 1752 - The East Indiaman The Geldermalsen decays with its precious cargo in the South China Sea.
 * 1951 - China and North Korea take the South Korean capital Seoul in.
 * 1957 - Elvis Presley is approved for military service.


 * Art and architecture
 * 2010 - The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, with 828 meters the world's tallest building opens.


 * Economy
 * 2011 - The US car manufacturer Mercury by owner Ford Motor Company discontinued.


 * Media
 * 1964 - In the TV program So it also happens once the Picture Religion component is transmitted. With biblical texts is the addict tube viewer a mirror held up.
 * 1976 - The first episode of Sesame Street is broadcast.
 * 2001 - The Game RuneScape launched by Jagex .


 * Politics
 * 1884 - Creation of the Fabian Society, the forerunner of the British Labour Party .
 * 1896 - Utah ratify the Constitution of the United States and joined the Union as 45th state.
 * 1950 - The Government of Pakistan recognizes the PRC of Mao Zedong .
 * 1960 - Treaty establishing the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) signed in Stockholm .


 * Religion
 * 275 - Pope Eutychian follows Felix I as 27th Pope of Rome .


 * Sport
 * 1997 - Henk Angenent wins 15th Elfstedentocht . Klasina Seinstra wins the women race.
 * 2008 - The race organizers of Dakar Rally announced that the Dakar rally 2008 is canceled. This is the first time in the history of the Dakar rally that it does not go ahead.


 * Science and Technology
 * 1863 - James Leonard Plimpton makes his new vehicle the world: the roller skate . He immediately asks is patent on to.
 * 1958 - Sputnik 1 falls after 92 days in space back to earth.

Born

 * 1341 - Wat Tyler, leader of the Peasants' Revolt in 1381 (deceased in 1381 )
 * 1580 - James Ussher, Irish Anglican archbishop (deceased in 1656 )
 * 1643 - Isaac Newton, British physicist, philosopher, mathematician and alchemist (deceased 1727 )
 * 1710 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (deceased in 1736 )
 * 1720 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer (deceased in 1774 )
 * 1766 - Arnold van Gennep, Dutch politician (deceased in 1846 )
 * 1785 - Jacob Grimm, German linguist (deceased in 1863 )
 * 1809 - Louis Braille, French inventor (deceased in 1852 )
 * 1813 - Louis Lucien Bonaparte, French linguist and politician (deceased in 1891 )
 * 1844 - Thomas H. Rollinson, American composer, conductor and cornet (deceased in 1928 )
 * 1862 - Eduard Study, German mathematician (deceased in 1930 )
 * 1866 - Ernest Mangnall, English football coach (deceased in 1932 )
 * 1872 - Albert Tyler, American pole vaulter (deceased in 1945 )
 * 1874 - Josef Suk, Bohemian composer (deceased in 1935 )
 * 1879 - Piet Dickentman, Dutch cyclist (deceased in 1950 )
 * 1881 - Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German expressionist artist (deceased in 1919 )
 * 1889 - Albert Dalsum, Dutch actor, theater director and painter (deceased in 1971 )
 * 1890 - Pierre Nijs, Belgian water polo player (deceased in 1939 )
 * 1893 - Yone Minagawa, Japanese (in life) oldest person in the world (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1893 - Manuel Palau Boix, Spanish composer and conductor (deceased in 1967 )
 * 1896 - André Masson, French painter (deceased in 1987 )
 * 1896 - Hendrik Mulderije, Dutch politician (deceased 1970 )
 * 1901 - Marian Spoida, Polish footballer (deceased in 1940 )
 * 1905 - Lü Zhengcao, Chinese military (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1906 - Margel Hinder, American-Australian sculptor (deceased in 1995 )
 * 1907 - Walter Donaldson, Scottish snooker player (deceased in 1973 )
 * 1913 - Fred Degazon, first president of Dominica
 * 1913 - Malietoa Tanumafili II, Head of State of Samoa (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1915 - Meg Mundy, British-American actress
 * 1918 - Jan Potharst, Dutch football player and sports director (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1922 - Luigi de Filippis, Italian racing driver
 * 1922 - Mart Port, Estonian architect (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1923 - Ricardo Puno sr., Filipino lawyer and politician
 * 1925 - Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish biathlete and cross-country skiers (deceased in 2003 )
 * 1925 - Jaap Hofland, Dutch musician and arranger (deceased in 1986 )
 * 1925 - Roger Lenaers, Belgian Jesuit
 * 1926 - Margareta Niculescu, Romanian puppeteer, director and theater critic
 * 1929 - Wilhelm Herman Daniel Quarles van Ufford, Dutch mayor
 * 1930 - Menato Boffa, Italian racing driver (deceased in 1996 )
 * 1932 - Carlos Saura, Spanish film director
 * 1933 - Fernand Handtpoorter, Flemish poet (drama) writer (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1934 - Rudolf Schuster, Slovak President
 * 1935 - Floyd Patterson, American boxer (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1935 - Toru Terasawa, Japanese athlete
 * 1937 - Dyan Cannon, American actress, director, producer, screenwriter and film editor
 * 1940 - Helmut Jahn, American architect
 * 1940 - Brian Josephson, British physicist and Nobel Prize winner
 * 1940 - Ramón Sáez, Spanish cyclist
 * 1940 - Léon Semmeling, Belgian footballer
 * 1941 - Bernard Adams, Belgian cyclist
 * 1941 - Thijs Libregts, Dutch football coach
 * 1942 - Ypke Gietema, Dutch politician (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1945 - Jean Bessems, Dutch billiard
 * 1945 - Richard R. Schrock, American chemist and Nobel Prize winner
 * 1949 - Mick Mills, English footballer
 * 1950 - Wout Pennings, Dutch guitarist (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1951 - Bob Black, American anarchist and lawyer
 * 1954 - Juha Helin, Finnish footballer
 * 1956 - Corina Casanova, Swiss Federal Chancellor
 * 1957 - Eric Goyvaerts, Belgian weatherman
 * 1957 - Rafael Nantes, Filipino politician (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1958 - Werner Luginbühl, Swiss politician
 * 1959 - Dick Van Gelder, Belgian live DJ
 * 1960 - Fred Delfgaauw, Dutch theater and voice actor
 * 1960 - Michael Stipe, American singer
 * 1962 - Heinz Imboden, Swiss cyclist
 * 1962 - Jacques Monasch, Dutch politician
 * 1962 - André Rouvoet, Dutch politician
 * 1963 - Philip Dick Mansfield, Belgian bishop of the Brazilian Miracema do Tocantins
 * 1963 - Dave Foley, Canadian-American actor
 * 1963 - Till Lindemann, German singer
 * 1963 - Théo Scholten, Luxembourg footballer
 * 1964 - David Bowe, American actor
 * 1965 - Kleber Fajardo, Ecuadorian footballer
 * 1965 - Guy Forget, French tennis player
 * 1965 - Beth Gibbons, English singer
 * 1967 - Erik Schoefs, Belgian cyclist
 * 1968 - Michihiro Tsuruta, Japanese footballer
 * 1969 - Kees of Miracles, Dutch footballer
 * 1970 - Chris Kanyon, American professional wrestler (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1970 - Raúl Noriega, Ecuadorian footballer
 * 1971 - Richie Hearn, American race car driver
 * 1971 - Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese sculptor and flower arranger
 * 1971 - Alan McLaren, Scottish footballer
 * 1971 - Ioannis Nikolaidis, Greek chess
 * 1971 - Peter Post, Dutch actor
 * 1972 - Marinus Dijkhuizen, Dutch footballer and football coach
 * 1972 - Roch Gérard, Belgian footballer
 * 1973 - Frank Høj, Danish cyclist
 * 1974 - Danilo Hondo, German cyclist
 * 1974 - Roel C. Verburg, Dutch cabaret, stand-up comedian and singer / songwriter
 * 1974 - Armin Zöggeler, Italian luger
 * 1975 - Sandra Kiriasis, German bobsleigh star
 * 1976 - August Diehl, German film actor
 * 1976 - Virpi Kuitunen, Finnish cross-country star
 * 1976 - Yuriy Metlushenko, Ukrainian cyclist
 * 1977 - Jonathan Cochet, French racing driver
 * 1977 - David Millar, Scottish cyclist
 * 1977 - Gladys Willems, Belgian archer
 * 1978 - Dominik Hrbatý, Slovak tennis player
 * 1978 - Karine Ruby, French snowboarder (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1979 - Tristan Gommendy, French racing driver
 * 1979 - Salvatore Scam Bombardella, Italian cyclist
 * 1980 - Bobbi Eden, Dutch porn actress
 * 1980 - Yaroslav Popovych, Ukrainian cyclist
 * 1981 - Arya Babbar, American actor
 * 1981 - Silvy De Bie, Belgian singer
 * 1982 - Mélanie Cohl, Walloon singer
 * 1982 - Bernhard Kohl, Austrian cyclist
 * 1982 - Tomislav Mikulić, Croatian footballer
 * 1983 - Vít Valenta, Czech footballer
 * 1984 - Francisco Martos, Spanish footballer
 * 1985 - Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Norwegian handball keep star
 * 1985 - Rever, Brazilian footballer
 * 1986 - Birsen Basar, Dutch Turkish writer
 * 1986 - Eva Ganizate, French opera singer (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1986 - Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwanese tennis
 * 1986 - Andrei Krauchanka, Belarusian athlete
 * 1986 - Maria Lamb, American long track speed skater
 * 1986 - James Milner, English footballer
 * 1987 - Przemysław Tytoń, Polish footballer
 * 1987 - Danny Simpson, English footballer
 * 1988 - Maksym Pashayev, Ukrainian footballer (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1988 - Toto Tamuz, Israeli-Nigerian footballer
 * 1989 - Labrinth, British rapper
 * 1989 - Wiljan Plume, Dutch footballer
 * 1989 - Graham Rahal, American race car driver
 * 1990 - Renan Boufleur, Brazilian footballer
 * 1990 - Toni Kroos, German footballer
 * 1990 - Alberto Paloschi, Italian footballer
 * 1991 - Pascal Bodmer, German ski jumper
 * 1993 - Wessel Broekhuis, Dutch writer and singer
 * 1995 - Maddie Hasson, American actress
 * 1995 - María Isabel, Spanish singer

Deceased

 * 1066 - Edward the Confessor (62), the last Saxon King of England
 * 1857 - Jean-François Wyns the Raucourt (77), Belgian politician
 * 1872 - Robert Dennis Chantrell (78), British architect
 * 1891 - Charles Keene (67), English illustrator and caricaturist
 * 1894 - Johan Joseph Faict (80) Belgian bishop of Bruges
 * 1908 - Anthony Winkler Prins (90), Dutch writer, poet and clergyman
 * 1935 - Paul François Hamel Roos (84), Dutch chemist
 * 1941 - Henri Bergson (83), French philosopher
 * 1942 - Mel Sheppard (58), American athlete
 * 1943 - Martin Monnickendam (68) Dutch painter and draftsman
 * 1952 - Permeke (65), Flemish expressionist painter
 * 1960 - Albert Camus (46), French philosopher and writer
 * 1965 - TS Eliot (76), American-British poet and critic
 * 1966 - Inga Artamonova (29) Soviet-Russian long track speed skater
 * 1968 - Bouke Benenga (79), Dutch swimmer and water polo player
 * 1968 - Joseph Pholien (83), Belgian politician
 * 1969 - Montague Phillips (73), British composer
 * 1971 - Conrado Benitez (81), Filipino writer, journalist and university administrator
 * 1983 - Jan Boer (83), Groningen poet
 * 1985 - Lovro von Matačić (85), Yugoslavian composer and conductor
 * 1985 - Wim Bos Verschuur (80), Surinamese politician, writer and artist
 * 1986 - Christopher Isherwood (81), British-American writer
 * 1986 - Phil Lynott (36), Irish singer
 * 1986 - Alfred Schlemm (91), German General
 * 1986 - Frits Schutte (88), Dutch swimmer
 * 1990 - Harold Eugene Edgerton (86), American professor and inventor
 * 1990 - Alberto Lleras Camargo (83), Colombian politician and diplomat
 * 1990 - Frans van Schaik (82), Dutch singer
 * 1990 - Wim Volkers (90), Dutch footballer
 * 1998 - Francisco Rodrigo (83), Filipino lawyer, politician and writer
 * 2004 - John Toland (91), American historian and author
 * 2005 - Robert Heilbroner (85), American economist
 * 2005 - Jan Lavies (102) Dutch graphic designer
 * 2006 - Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (62), Emir of Dubai
 * 2006 - Nel van Vliet (79), Dutch swimmer
 * 2007 - Walter Goddijn (85), Dutch theologian
 * 2007 - Steve Krantz (83), American (television) film producer and writer
 * 2007 - Sandro Salvadore (67), Italian footballer
 * 2007 - Jan Schröder (65), Dutch professional cyclist
 * 2007 - Marais Viljoen (91), South African politician
 * 2007 - Osman Waqialla (81), Sudanese artist
 * 2008 - Anton P. de Graaff (79), Dutch writer
 * 2008 - Stefaan Van Bossele (45), Flemish police inspector and crime writer
 * 2009 - Jacques Bastin (96), Belgian footballer
 * 2009 - Lei Clijsters (52), Belgian footballer
 * 2009 - Gert Jonke (62), Austrian poet and playwright
 * 2010 - Sandro de América (64), Argentine singer
 * 2010 - Tony Clarke (68), British musician and record producer (The Moody Blues)
 * 2010 - Donal Donnelly (78), Irish actor
 * 2010 - Johan Ferrier (99), first president Suriname
 * 2010 - Tsutomu Yamaguchi (93), Japanese atomic bomb survivor of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki
 * 2011 - Mick Karn (52), bassist
 * 2011 - Coen Moulijn (73), Dutch footballer
 * 2011 - Gerry Rafferty (63), Scottish singer and songwriter
 * 2012 - Eve Arnold (99), American press photographer
 * 2012 - Kerry McGregor (37), Scottish singer, songwriter and actress
 * 2013 - George Falconer (66), Scottish footballer
 * 2013 - Derek Kevan (77), English footballer
 * 2013 - Tony Lip (82), American actor
 * 2014 - Pouwel Fox (63), Dutch march leader
 * 2015 - Pino Daniele (59), Italian musician, composer and singer
 * 2015 - Lieven Santen (81), Belgian mayor and entrepreneur

Celebration / commemoration

 * Myanmar - Independence Day ( 1948 )
 * Roman Catholic Church :
 * Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton († 1821 )
 * Holy Pharaildis († c. 740 ), Virgin
 * Holy Rigobert (Reims) († c. 750 )
 * Blessed Angela of Foligno († 1309 )
 * Horn : Monument to the Great Church in memory of five prisoners from Amsterdam who is here on January 4, 1945, the occupying forces have shot.

Netherlands
Record counts
 * 1979 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -7.6 ° C
 * 1948 - Highest mean daily temperature is 10.6 ° C
 * 1908 - Lowest minimum temperature -13.7 ° C
 * 1999 - Highest maximum temperature 13 ° C
 * 1998 - Highest hourly average wind speed 14 m / s
 * 1940 - Longest sunshine duration 7 hours
 * 1963 - Longest rainfall duration 16.8 hours
 * 1983 - Top etmaalsom of precipitation 12 mm
 * 2002 - Lowest mean daily relative humidity 58%

Belgium
Record counts
 * 1894 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -10.2 ° C
 * 1948 - Highest mean daily temperature is 10.6 ° C
 * 1871 - Lowest minimum temperature -12.7 ° C
 * 1999 - Highest maximum temperature 13.5 ° C
 * 1903 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 24.9 mm