May 4th, 1906

Born on May 4th, 1906

Age in days, weeks and months
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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 (pictured) 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, Java.

May 4th, 1493

Pope Alexander VI 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, now known as Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, was founded under the reign of Empress Anna. It is the first ballet school in Russia and second in the world.

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

Born on May 4th, 1906

38

Louis Le Bastard

French resistance fighter

*May 4th, 1906, Lignol †January 23rd, 1945, réserve naturelle régionale du Ried de Sélestat, l'Ill*Wald

80

Gustav Bergmann

Austrian-American philosopher (1906-1987)

*May 4th, 1906, Vienna †April 21st, 1987, Iowa City

69

Leopold Arnsperger

German merchant (1906-1975)

*May 4th, 1906, Bruchsal †November 27th, 1975

80

Esmond Knight

British actor

*May 4th, 1906, East Sheen †February 23rd, 1987, London

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

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

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

48

Jim Ronny Andersen

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1975, Songdalen Municipality

67

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

25

Clara Azurmendi

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1998, San Sebastián

61

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

91

Hosni Mubarak

President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011

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

71

Fritz von Opel

German engineer

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

40

Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen

Member of the Danish parliament

*May 4th, 1983, Brovst

89

Ed Cassidy

American drummer (1923–2012)

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

78

Al Dexter

American singer-songwriter

*May 4th, 1905, Jacksonville †January 28th, 1984, Denton

42

Benjamin Schüßler

German association football player and manager

*May 4th, 1981, Magdeburg

39

Sarah Meier

Swiss figure skater

*May 4th, 1984, Bülach

36

Cesc Fàbregas

Spanish professional footballer

*May 4th, 1987, Arenys de Mar

28

Keith Birlem

Player of American football (1915-1943)

*May 4th, 1915, San Jose †May 7th, 1943, Polebrook

50

Katrin Apel

German biathlete

*May 4th, 1973, Erfurt

85

Hartmut Hoffmann

German medievalist

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

81

Luther Adler

American actor (1903–1984)

*May 4th, 1903, New York City †December 8th, 1984, Kutztown

80

Betty Mitchell

Canadian theatre director

*May 4th, 1896, Sandusky †September 10th, 1976, Calgary

80

Bernhard Winkelheide

German politician (1908-1988)

*May 4th, 1908, Recklinghausen †November 25th, 1988, Waltrop

63

Werner Faymann

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

*May 4th, 1960, Vienna

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Born in 1906

92

Joan Hickson

British actress

*August 5th, 1906, Kingsthorpe †October 17th, 1998, Wivenhoe

75

Friedrich Karl Kaul

German screenwriter

*February 21st, 1906, Poznań †April 16th, 1981, East Berlin

78

Gian Töndury

(1906-1985)

*March 17th, 1906, Samedan †March 15th, 1985, Zürich

73

Hans von Aulock

German private banker, coin collector and numismatist

*November 27th, 1906, Oława †November 23rd, 1980, Ankara

67

Bernhard Rösler

German entrepreneur

*June 9th, 1906, Essen †December 2nd, 1973, Düsseldorf

75

Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)

*December 19th, 1906, Kamyanske †November 10th, 1982, Zareche

53

Jacques Becker

French screenwriter and film director (1906-1960)

*September 15th, 1906, 1st arrondissement of Paris †February 21st, 1960, 16th arrondissement of Paris

98

Hans Bethe

German-American nuclear physicist

*July 2nd, 1906, Strasbourg †March 6th, 2005, Ithaca

69

Hannah Arendt

German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

*October 14th, 1906, Lindener Marktplatz 2, Hannover †December 4th, 1975, Upper West Side

58

Diana Wynyard

English actress (1906-1964)

*January 16th, 1906, London †May 13th, 1964, London

95

Léopold Sédar Senghor

First president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)

*October 9th, 1906, Joal-Fadiouth †December 20th, 2001, Verson

71

Kurt Gödel

Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906-1978)

*April 28th, 1906, Brno †January 14th, 1978, Princeton

68

Josephine Baker

American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)

*June 3rd, 1906, St. Louis †April 12th, 1975, Paris

100

Bruce Bennett

American actor (1906–2007)

*May 19th, 1906, Tacoma †February 24th, 2007, Los Angeles

30

Matthias Auckenthaler

Austrian mountaineer

*January 27th, 1906, Mutters †June 21st, 1936, Leutasch

79

Hermione Baddeley

British character actress of theatre, film and television (1906-1986)

*November 13th, 1906, Broseley †August 19th, 1986, Los Angeles

91

Henny Youngman

American comedian (1906-1998)

*March 16th, 1906, Liverpool †February 24th, 1998, Manhattan

61

Puyi

Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)

*February 7th, 1906, Prince Chun Mansion †October 17th, 1967, Peking Union Medical College Hospital

83

Alberto Lleras Camargo

Colombian journalist and politician (1906-1990)

*July 3rd, 1906, Bogotá †January 4th, 1990, Bogotá

81

Hans Ils

German politician (1906-1988)

*May 12th, 1906, Weißenhorn †March 25th, 1988, Freiburg im Breisgau

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Public holidays on May 4th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1906 is a normal year and no leap year.

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