January 4th, 1239

Born on January 4th, 1239

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 287,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 4th?

January 4th, 2020

Sembawang Hot Spring Park in Singapore reopened after being redeveloped by the National Parks Board.

January 4th, 2018

A passenger train collided with a truck and derailed in the Free State, South Africa, killing 21 people and injuring 254 others.

January 4th, 2010

The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest structure, officially opened in Dubai.

January 4th, 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.

January 4th, 1970

A magnitude-7.1 earthquake occurred in Tonghai County, China, killing at least 15,000 people.

January 4th, 2004

Spirit (artist's impression depicted), the first of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, successfully landed on Mars.

January 4th, 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.

January 4th, 1973

Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running sitcom in the world, premiered as an episode of the BBC's Comedy Playhouse.

January 4th, 1972

Rose Heilbron (pictured) became the first female judge to sit at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.

January 4th, 1951

Korean War: Chinese and North Korean troops captured Seoul from United Nations forces.

January 4th, 1936

Billboard published its first music hit parade.

January 4th, 1912

The Boy Scouts Association was incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.

January 4th, 1909

British explorer Aeneas Mackintosh, a member of the Nimrod Expedition, escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.

January 4th, 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.

January 4th, 1847

American gun inventor Samuel Colt sold the first thousand of his Colt Walker revolvers to the Texas Rangers.

Public holidays on January 4th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 4th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1239 is a normal year and no leap year.

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