May 4th, 1174

Born on May 4th, 1174

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 503 days, exactly on October 29th, 2025, people who were born on May 4th, 1174 will be 311,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 4th?

May 4th, 2015

The Parliament of Malta moved from the Grandmaster's Palace to the purpose-built Parliament House (pictured).

May 4th, 2000

Ken Livingstone took office as the first mayor of London.

May 4th, 1982

Falklands War: HMS Sheffield was struck by an Exocet missile, killing 20 sailors and leading to its sinking six days later—the first Royal Navy ship sunk in action since World War II.

May 4th, 1979

Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom.

May 4th, 1974

An all-female Japanese team reached the summit of Manaslu in the Himalayas, becoming the first women to climb a peak higher than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level.

May 4th, 1942

World War II: Aircraft from Imperial Japanese Navy vessels attacked Allied naval forces, beginning the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval action in which the participating ships never sighted or fired directly at each other.

May 4th, 1776

American Revolution: The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations became the first of the Thirteen Colonies to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown.

May 4th, 1677

Trunajaya rebellion: Dutch East India Company forces under Cornelis Speelman began an attack on Surabaya, on the island of Java.

May 4th, 1493

Pope Alexander VI (pictured) issued the papal bull Inter caetera, establishing a line of demarcation dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal.

May 4th, 1738

The Imperial Theatrical School, the first ballet school in Russia, is founded.

May 4th, 2019

The inaugural all-female motorsport series, W Series, takes place at Hockenheimring. The race was won by Jamie Chadwick, who would go on to become the inaugural season's champion.

May 4th, 2007

Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.

May 4th, 2002

One hundred three people are killed and 51 are injured in a plane crash near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria.

May 4th, 2000

Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London).

May 4th, 1998

A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 4th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 4th?

41

Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen

Member of the Danish parliament

*May 4th, 1983, Brovst

62

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

26

Clara Azurmendi

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1998, San Sebastián

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

*May 4th, 1929, Rue Keyenveld - Keienveldstraat †January 20th, 1993, Tolochenaz

49

Jim Ronny Andersen

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1975, Songdalen Municipality

68

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

91

Hosni Mubarak

President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011

*May 4th, 1928, Kafr el-Muṣīlḥa †February 25th, 2020, Cairo

43

Benjamin Schüßler

German association football player and manager

*May 4th, 1981, Magdeburg

40

Sarah Meier

Swiss figure skater

*May 4th, 1984, Bülach

89

Ed Cassidy

American drummer (1923–2012)

*May 4th, 1923, Chicago †December 6th, 2012, San Jose

37

Cesc Fàbregas

Spanish professional footballer

*May 4th, 1987, Arenys de Mar

71

Fritz von Opel

German engineer

*May 4th, 1899, Rüsselsheim am Main †April 8th, 1971, Samedan

51

Katrin Apel

German biathlete

*May 4th, 1973, Erfurt

64

Werner Faymann

Austrian politician who was Chancellor of Austria and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria

*May 4th, 1960, Vienna

31

Keith Haring

American artist and social activist (1958–1990)

*May 4th, 1958, Reading †February 16th, 1990, Manhattan

70

Liz Robertson

British actress

*May 4th, 1954, Ilford

39

Fernandinho

Brazilian association football player, born May 1985

*May 4th, 1985, Londrina

38

David Gove

American ice hockey player

*May 4th, 1978, Centerville †April 5th, 2017, Pittsburgh

75

Erwin Kruk

Polish author (1941-2017)

*May 4th, 1941, Dobrzyń, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship †March 31st, 2017, Olsztyn

44

Franziska Weisz

Austrian actress

*May 4th, 1980, Vienna

43

Alexandr Kolobnev

Road bicycle racer

*May 4th, 1981, Vyksa

85

Hartmut Hoffmann

German medievalist

*May 4th, 1930, Berlin †April 16th, 2016, Göttingen

77

Alice Spencer

English countess, viscountess and baroness

*May 4th, 1559, Althorp †January 23rd, 1637, Harefield

35

Dániel Gyurta

Hungarian breaststroke swimmer

*May 4th, 1989, Budapest

52

Henry I of France

King of the Franks from 1031 to 1060

*May 4th, 1008, Reims †August 4th, 1060, Vitry-aux-Loges

68

Juan de Valdés Leal

Spanish artist (1622-1690)

*May 4th, 1622, Seville †October 15th, 1690, Seville

72

Vera Lengsfeld

German politician

*May 4th, 1952, Sondershausen

57

Michael Kauch

German politician

*May 4th, 1967, Dortmund

94

Katherine Jackson

Matriarch of the Jackson musical family

*May 4th, 1930, Barbour County

54

Will Arnett

Canadian actor (born 1970)

*May 4th, 1970, Toronto

50

Matthieu Gourdain

French fencer

*May 4th, 1974, Vernon

41

Rubén Olivera

Uruguayan footballer

*May 4th, 1983, Montevideo

79

Amos Oz

Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual (1939–2018)

*May 4th, 1939, Jerusalem †December 28th, 2018, Tel Aviv

52

Mike Dirnt

American rock musician, member of Green Day

*May 4th, 1972, Berkeley

41

Michael Rösch

German biathlete

*May 4th, 1983, Pirna

78

Francis Spellman

American Catholic cardinal

*May 4th, 1889, Whitman †December 2nd, 1967, New York City

37

John Hanning Speke

British military officer and explorer

*May 4th, 1827, Bideford †September 15th, 1864, Corsham

80

Dave

Dutch pop/chanson singer and musician

*May 4th, 1944, Amsterdam

43

Ruth Negga

Irish actress

*May 4th, 1981, Addis Ababa

36

Radja Nainggolan

Belgian association football player

*May 4th, 1988, Antwerp

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 4th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, May Fourth Movement commemorations) which are celebrated on May 4th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1174 is a normal year and no leap year.

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