4 January

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



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[hide] *1 Events  ==Events[ Edit] == ==Born[ Edit] == Isaac Newton born 4 January 1643Jacob Grimm (right) (born 4 January 1785) with his brother WilhelmAndré Rouvoet born in 1962Bobbi Eden born in 1980*1341 - Wat Tyler, leader of the English peasants ' revolt of 1381 (d. 1381) ==D.[ Edit] == Statue of Anthony Winkler Prins, died in 1908Statue of Phil Lynott, deceased in 1986Statue of Coen Moulijn, died in 2011*1066 - Edward the Confessor (62), the penultimate Saxon King of England ==Holidays and observances[ Edit] == ==Weather Extremes<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Netherlands<span class="mw-editsection" len="355" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Dagrecords<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-KNMI-Bilt_1-0" len="171" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1]
 * Born 2
 * 3 D.
 * 4 holidays and observances
 * 5 weather extremes
 * Netherlands 5.1
 * 5.2 Belgium
 * General
 * 1752 -The v.o.c.-ship Geldermalsen perishes with his precious cargo in the South China Sea.
 * 1951 - China and North Korea, the South Korean capital Seoul in.
 * 1957 - Elvis Presley is approved for military service.
 * Construction art and architecture
 * 2010 -The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, with 828 metres the tallest building in the world, is opened.
 * Economy
 * 2011 -the American car brand is Mercury by owner Ford Motor Company raised.
 * Media
 * 1964 -In the tv program so it is coincidentally also the component Image religion broadcast. With Bible texts is the addict CRT mirror held up to a viewer.
 * 1976 – the first episode of Sesame Street is broadcast in the Netherlands
 * 2001 -the game RuneScape is launched by Jagex.
 * Politics
 * 1884 -founding of the Fabian Society, precursor of the British Labour Party.
 * 1896 - Utah ratifies the Constitution of the United States and becomes a party to the Union as the 45th State.
 * 1950 -the Government of Pakistan recognizes the people's Republic of China by Mao Zedong.
 * 1960 -Convention establishing the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) signed in Stockholm.
 * Religion
 * 275 - Pope Eutychian succeeds Felix I Pope as 27th of Rome.
 * Sports
 * 1997 - Henk Angenent wins the 15th elfstedentocht. Klasina Seinstra wins the women's competition.
 * 2008 -the contest organization of Dakar rally announced that the 2008 Dakar rally is canceled. This is the first time in the history of the Dakar rally that it does not continue.
 * Science and technology
 * 1863 - James l. Plimpton makes his new getting there and getting around the world: the roller skate. He asks it immediately patent on to.
 * 1958 - Sputnik 1 falls back on Earth after 91 days in space.
 * 1580 - James Ussher, Irish Anglican Archbishop (d. 1656)
 * 1643 - Sir Isaac Newton, English scientist, philosopher, mathematician and alchemist (d. 1727)
 * 1710 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (d. 1736)
 * 1720 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer (d. 1774)
 * 1766 - Arnoldus van Gennep, Dutch politician (d. 1846)
 * 1785 – Jacob Grimm, German philologist (d. 1863)
 * 1809 - Louis Braille, French inventor (d. 1852)
 * 1813 - Louis Lucien Bonaparte, French linguist and politician (d. 1891)
 * 1844 - Thomas h. Rollinson, American composer, conductor and educator (d. 1928)
 * 1862 - Eduard Study, German mathematician (d. 1930)
 * 1866 - Ernest Mangnall, English football manager (d. 1932)
 * 1872 - Albert Tyler, American pole vaulter (d. 1945)
 * 1874 - Josef Suk, Czech composer (d. 1935)
 * 1879 - Piet Dickentman, Dutch cyclist (d. 1950)
 * 1881 - Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German expressionist artist (d. 1919)
 * 1889 - Albert van Dalsum, Dutch actor, theatre director and painter (d. 1971)
 * 1890 - Pierre Nijs, Belgian water polo player (d. 1939)
 * 1893 - Yone Minagawa, Japanese (at life) oldest person in the world (d. 2007)
 * 1893- Manuel Palau Boix, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1967)
 * 1896 - André Masson, French artist (d. 1987)
 * 1901 - Marian Spoida, Polish footballer (d. 1940)
 * 1905 - Lü Zhengcao, Chinese General (d. 2009)
 * 1906 - Baker Nuisance, American-Australian sculptor (d. 1995)
 * 1907 - Walter Donaldson, British snooker player (d. 1973)
 * 1913 - Malietoa Tanumafili II, head of State of Samoa (d. 2007)
 * 1918 - Elsie Palmer, Dutch footballer and sports Executive (d. 2008)
 * 1922 - Luigi de Filippis, Italian race car driver
 * 1922- Mart Port, Estonian architect (d. 2012)
 * 1923 - Ricardo Puno SR., Filipino jurist and politician
 * 1925 - Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish biathlete and cross-country skier (d. 2003)
 * 1925- Jaap Hofland, Dutch musician and arranger (d. 1986)
 * 1925- Roger Lenaers, Belgian Jesuit
 * 1926- Margareta Niculescu, Romanian puppeteer, Director and theatre critic
 * 1929 - Wilhelm Herman Daniel Quarles van Ufford, Dutch Mayor
 * 1930 - Menato Boffa, Italian race car driver (d. 1996)
 * 1933 - Fernand Handtpoorter, Flemish poet and playwright (d. 2007)
 * 1934 -Slovak president Rudolf Schuster,
 * 1935 - Floyd Patterson, American boxer (d. 2006)
 * 1935- Toru Terasawa, Japanese athlete
 * 1937 - Dyan Cannon, American actress, Director, producer, screenwriter, and editor
 * 1940 - Helmut Jahn, American architect
 * 1940 – Brian David Josephson, Welsh physicist, Nobel Laureate
 * 1940- Ramón Sáez, Spanish cyclist
 * 1940- Léon Semmeling, Belgian footballer
 * Bernard Adams- 1941, Belgian cyclist
 * 1941 – Thijs Libregts, Dutch football manager
 * 1942 - Kavous Galal, Dutch politician (d. 2013)
 * 1945 - Jean Badsha, Dutch player
 * 1945 – Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
 * 1949 - Mick Mills, English footballer
 * 1950 - Wout Pennings, Dutch footballer (d. 2014)
 * 1951 - Bob Black, American anarchist and lawyer
 * 1954 - Juha Helin, Finnish footballer
 * 1956 -Chancellor Corina Casanova, Swiss
 * 1957 - Eric Gamble, Belgian Weatherman
 * 1957- Rafael Nantes, Filipino politician (d. 2010)
 * 1958 - Werner Luginbühl, Swiss politician
 * 1959 - Dick Van Gelder, Belgian live-dj
 * 1960 - Fred Delfgaauw, Dutch theatre-maker and voice actor
 * 1960 – Michael Stipe, American singer
 * 1962 - Heinz Imboden, Swiss cyclist
 * 1962 – André Rouvoet, Dutch politician
 * 1963 - Philip Dick mans, Belgian Bishop of the Brazilian Miracema do Tocantins
 * 1963 – Dave Foley, Canadian actor
 * 1963 – Till Lindemann, German singer
 * 1963- Théo Scholten, Luxembourgian footballer
 * 1965 - Kléber Fajardo, Ecuadorian footballer
 * 1965 – Guy Forget, French tennis player
 * 1965 – Beth Gibbons, English singer
 * 1967 - Erik S., Belgian cyclist
 * 1968 - Michihiro Tsuruta, Japanese footballer
 * 1969 - Kees van Wonders, Dutch footballer
 * 1970 - Chris Kanyon, American professional wrestler (d. 2010)
 * 1970- Raúl Noriega, Ecuadorian footballer
 * 1971 - Richie Hearn, American race car driver
 * 1971 – Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese sculptor
 * 1971- Alan McLaren, Scottish footballer
 * 1971- Ionnis Nikolaidis, Greek chess Grandmaster
 * 1972 - Marinus dijkhuizen, Dutch football player and Manager
 * 1972- Roch Gérard, Belgian footballer
 * 1973 – Frank Høj, Danish cyclist
 * 1974 - Danilo Hondo, German cyclist
 * 1974- Roel c. Verburg, Dutch cabaret artist, stand-up comedian and singer/songwriter
 * 1974 – Armin Zöggeler, Italian Luger
 * 1975 - Sandra Kiriasis, German bobsledder
 * 1976 - August Diehl, German film actor
 * Virpi Kuitunen-1976, Finnish cross country skier
 * 1976- Yuri Metloesjenko, Ukrainian cyclist
 * 1977 - Jonathan Cochet, French race car driver
 * 1977- David Millar, Scottish cyclist
 * 1977- Gladys Willems, Belgian Archer
 * 1978 - Dominik Hrbatý, Slovakian tennis player
 * 1978 – Karine Ruby, French snowboarder (d. 2009)
 * 1979 - Tristan Gommendy, French racing driver
 * 1979- Salvatore Scamardella, 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 professional road bicycle racer
 * 1982- Tomislav Mikulić, Croatian footballer
 * 1983 - Vít Valenta, Czech footballer
 * 1984 - Francisco Martos, Spanish footballer
 * Kari Aalvik Grimsbø- 1985, Norwegian handball goalkeeper
 * 1985- Réver, Brazilian footballer
 * 1986 - Eva Ganizate, French opera singer (d. 2014)
 * 1986- Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwanese tennis player
 * 1986 – Andrei Krawtsjanka, Belarusian athlete
 * 1986- Maria Lamb, American speed skater
 * 1986 – James Milner, English footballer
 * Przemysław Tytoń- 1987, Polish footballer
 * 1987- Danny Simpson, English footballer
 * 1988 - Maksim Pasjajev, Ukrainian footballer (d. 2008)
 * 1989 - Wiljan Pluim, Dutch footballer
 * 1989 – Graham Rahal, American race car driver
 * Renan Felipe Boufleur 1990 -, Brazilian footballer
 * 1990 – Toni Kroos, German footballer
 * 1990 – Alberto Paloschi, Italian footballer
 * 1991 - Pascal Bodmer, German ski jumper
 * 1995 - María Isabel, Spanish singer
 * 1857 - François-Jean Wyns de Raucourt (77), Belgian politician
 * 1872 - Robert Dennis Jeni (78), British architect
 * 1891 - Charles Samuel 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's Rose (84), Dutch chemist
 * 1941 - Henri Bergson, French philosopher (83)
 * 1942 - Mel Sheppard (58), American athlete
 * 1943 - Martin Monnickendam, Dutch painter and draughtsman (b.)
 * 1952 - Constant Permeke (65), Flemish painter
 * 1960 - Albert Camus (46), French philosopher and writer
 * 1965 - T. S. Eliot (76), American-British poet and critic
 * 1966 - Inga Artamonova (29), Soviet Russian speed skater
 * Bouke Benenga 1968 -(79), Dutch freestyle swimmer and water polo player
 * 1968 - Joseph Pagan (83), Belgian politician
 * 1969 - Montague Phil Lambert (73), British composer
 * 1971 - Conrado Benitez (81), Filipino writer, journalist and University driver
 * 1983 - Jan Boer (83), Gion-poet
 * Lovro von Matačić - 1985 (85), Serbian composer and conductor
 * Wim Bos Verschuur 1985-(80), Surinamese politician, writer and artist
 * 1986 - Christopher Isherwood (81), English-born American writer
 * 1986 – Phil Lynott (36), Irish singer
 * 1986- Frits Sable (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 writer
 * 2005 - Robert Heilbroner, American economist (85)
 * 2005- Jan Lavies (102), Dutch graphic designer
 * 2006 -Sheikh bin Rashid Al Maktoem Maktoem III (62), emir of Dubai
 * 2006- Nel van Vliet (79), Dutch swimmer
 * 2007 - Walter Goddijn (85), Dutch theologian
 * 2007- Steve Krantz (83), American (TV) 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, Sudanese artist (81)
 * 2008 - Anton p. de Graaff (79), Dutch writer
 * 2008- Michael Valdez (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 of 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 - 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 - Pama Fox (63), mars Dutch leader
 * Myanmar -independence day (1948)
 * Roman-Catholic Church:
 * Holy Elizabeth Ann Seton († 1821)
 * Saint pharaildis († c. 740), Virgin
 * Saint Rigobert (of Reims) († c. 750)
 * Blissful Angela of Foligno († 1309)
 * Horn: monument to the great Church in memory of five prisoners from Amsterdam who are executed by the occupying forces on 4 January 1945.

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 * 1979 -best online daily mean temperature-7.6 ° c
 * 1948 -highest daily mean temperature 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 -highest daily precipitation amount of the precipitation 12 mm
 * 2002 -best online daily mean relative humidity 58%


 * 1894 -Lowest daily mean temperature-10.2 ° c
 * 1948 -highest daily mean temperature 10.6 ° c
 * 1871 -Lowest minimum temperature-12.7 ° c
 * 1999 -highest maximum temperature 13.5 ° c
 * 1903 -highest daily precipitation amount of rainfall 24.9 mm