January 4th, 1875

Born on January 4th, 1875

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 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 (pictured), a member of the Nimrod Expedition, escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.

January 4th, 1853

Solomon Northup 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.

January 4th, 1698

Most of London's Palace of Whitehall, the main residence of English monarchs since 1530, was destroyed by fire.

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

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

57

Carl Humann

German architect, engineer and archeologist (1839-1896)

*January 4th, 1839, Steele †April 12th, 1896, İzmir

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

60

Li Lingwei

Chinese badminton player

*January 4th, 1964, Lishui

31

Manu Gavassi

Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress

*January 4th, 1993, São Paulo

43

Zhang Jiewen

Chinese badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

38

Cheng Shao-Chieh

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 4th, 1986, Taipei

61

Josef Suk

Czech composer and violinist (1874-1935)

*January 4th, 1874, Křečovice †May 29th, 1935, Benešov

34

Toni Kroos

German association football player

*January 4th, 1990, Greifswald

81

Pierre Laborie

French historian (1936–2017)

*January 4th, 1936, Bagnac-sur-Célé †May 16th, 2017, Cahors

74

George Adee

American football player and tennis official (1874-1948)

*January 4th, 1874, Stonington †July 31st, 1948, New York City

17

Pitchamon Opatniputh

Badminton player

*January 4th, 2007, Chiang Mai

84

Gao Xingjian

Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )

*January 4th, 1940, Ganxian District

82

Josephine McKim

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1910-1992)

*January 4th, 1910, Oil City, Cambria County, Pennsylvania †December 10th, 1992, Woodstock

87

Gianni Vattimo

Italian philosopher and politician

*January 4th, 1936, Turin †September 19th, 2023, Turin

59

Yvan Attal

Israeli-born French actor and director

*January 4th, 1965, Tel Aviv

66

Marsden Hartley

American artist (1877-1943)

*January 4th, 1877, Lewiston †September 2nd, 1943, Ellsworth

52

Rudolf Koppitz

Austrian photographer

*January 4th, 1884, Skrbovice †July 8th, 1936, Perchtoldsdorf

101

Meg Mundy

British-born American actress (1915-2016)

*January 4th, 1915, London †January 12th, 2016, United States of America

47

David Millar

Scottish cyclist (born 1977)

*January 4th, 1977, Mtarfa

24

Max Aarons

English association football player

*January 4th, 2000, London

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101

Ole Mørk Sandvik

Norwegian musicologist and educator

*May 9th, 1875, Ringsaker Municipality †August 5th, 1976, Oslo

80

Thomas Mann

German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)

*June 6th, 1875, Lübeck †August 12th, 1955, Zürich

90

Albert Schweitzer

French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher

*January 14th, 1875, Gunsbach †September 4th, 1965, Lambaréné

65

Walter Chrysler

American automotive industry executive

*April 2nd, 1875, Wamego †August 18th, 1940, Kings Point

60

Alice Dunbar Nelson

American writer, activist (1875-1935)

*July 19th, 1875, New Orleans †September 18th, 1935, Philadelphia

85

Carl Jung

Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)

*July 26th, 1875, Kesswil †June 6th, 1961, Küsnacht

69

Malin Craig

American politician (1875-1945)

*August 5th, 1875, St. Joseph †July 25th, 1945, Washington, D.C.

63

Friedrich Opel

German entrepreneur

*April 30th, 1875, Rüsselsheim am Main †August 30th, 1938, Vienna

85

Charles Bernard

Belgian journalist (1875-1961)

*December 28th, 1875, Antwerp †October 24th, 1961, Brussels metropolitan area

87

Christie MacDonald

Canadian opera singer and stage actor

*February 28th, 1875, Pictou †July 25th, 1962, Fairfield

60

Pattie Ruffner Jacobs

American suffragist

*October 2nd, 1875, West Virginia †December 22nd, 1935

56

Edgar Wallace

British crime writer, journalist and playwright

*April 1st, 1875, Greenwich †February 10th, 1932, Beverly Hills

58

Albert I of Belgium

King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934

*April 8th, 1875, Palace of the Count of Flanders †February 17th, 1934, Marche-les-Dames

75

Ferdinand Porsche

Austrian-German automotive engineer, inventor and Nazi who founded the Porsche car company

*September 3rd, 1875, Vratislavice nad Nisou †January 30th, 1951, Stuttgart

51

Rainer Maria Rilke

Austrian poet and writer (1875–1926)

*December 4th, 1875, Prague †December 29th, 1926, Montreux

74

Edgar Rice Burroughs

American writer (1875-1950)

*September 1st, 1875, Chicago †March 19th, 1950, Encino

91

Paul Löbe

German politician (1875-1967)

*December 14th, 1875, Legnica †August 3rd, 1967, Bonn

72

Aleister Crowley

English poet, mountaineer, and occultist

*October 12th, 1875, Royal Leamington Spa †December 1st, 1947, Hastings

85

Maurice de Broglie

French physicist (1875-1960)

*April 27th, 1875, Paris †July 14th, 1960, Neuilly-sur-Seine

62

Maurice Ravel

French composer (1875-1937)

*March 7th, 1875, Ciboure †December 28th, 1937, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1875 is a normal year and no leap year.

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January 1875