January 4th, 1916

Born on January 4th, 1916

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 39,000 days old!

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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

Born on January 4th, 1916

26

Fedor Weinschenk

Polish sportsperson and alpine skier (1916-1942)

*January 4th, 1916, Bielsko-Biała †June 22nd, 1942, São Paulo

75

Slim Gaillard

American musician

*January 4th, 1916, Detroit †February 26th, 1991, London

79

Robert Parrish

American film director

*January 4th, 1916, Columbus †December 4th, 1995, Southampton

86

Willy Mattes

Austrian composer and conductor

*January 4th, 1916, Vienna †July 30th, 2002, Salzburg

86

Jan Kotik

Czech painter (1916-2002)

*January 4th, 1916, Turnov †March 23rd, 2002, Berlin

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Who's birthday is on January 4th?

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

60

Li Lingwei

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1964, Lishui

101

Meg Mundy

British-born American actress (1915-2016)

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

31

Manu Gavassi

Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress

*January 4th, 1993, São Paulo

57

Carl Humann

German architect, engineer and archeologist (1839-1896)

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

43

Zhang Jiewen

Chinese badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

38

Cheng Shao-Chieh

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 4th, 1986, Taipei

81

Pierre Laborie

French historian (1936–2017)

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

80

Jesse White

American actor

*January 4th, 1917, Buffalo †January 9th, 1997, Los Angeles

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

34

Toni Kroos

German association football player

*January 4th, 1990, Greifswald

84

Gao Xingjian

Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )

*January 4th, 1940, Ganxian District

87

Gianni Vattimo

Italian philosopher and politician

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

17

Pitchamon Opatniputh

Badminton player

*January 4th, 2007, Chiang Mai

59

Yvan Attal

Israeli-born French actor and director

*January 4th, 1965, Tel Aviv

93

Maurice Rheims

French art historian and auctioneer (1910-2003)

*January 4th, 1910, Versailles †March 6th, 2003, 8th arrondissement of Paris

91

Carlos Saura

Spanish photographer and film director

*January 4th, 1932, Huesca †February 10th, 2023, Collado Mediano

90

Georg Kahn-Ackermann

German politician (1918-2008)

*January 4th, 1918, Charlottenburg †September 6th, 2008, Ammerland (Münsing)

47

David Millar

Scottish cyclist (born 1977)

*January 4th, 1977, Mtarfa

94

Malietoa Tanumafili II

Malietoa in Samoa (1913-2007)

*January 4th, 1913, Samoa †May 11th, 2007, Apia

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89

Phil Brown

American actor (1916–2006)

*April 30th, 1916, Cambridge †February 9th, 2006, Woodland Hills

100

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter

*July 8th, 1916, St. Louis †March 24th, 2017, Dover

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

*August 21st, 1916, Wallingford †November 3rd, 2005, Northwood

101

Harry Huskey

American computer design pioneer (1916-2017)

*January 19th, 1916, Whittier †April 9th, 2017, Santa Cruz

79

François Mitterrand

21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995

*October 26th, 1916, Jarnac †January 8th, 1996, 7th arrondissement of Paris

71

Jackie Gleason

American comedian and actor (1916-1987)

*February 26th, 1916, Brooklyn †June 24th, 1987, Fort Lauderdale

103

Kirk Douglas

American stage and film actor (1916–2020)

*December 9th, 1916, Amsterdam †February 5th, 2020, Beverly Hills

101

Jacque Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

*March 13th, 1916, Brooklyn †May 18th, 2017, Sebring

88

Francis Crick

British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

*June 8th, 1916, Northampton †July 28th, 2004, La Jolla

107

Friedrich Grade

German engineer and naval officer

*March 29th, 1916, Büdelsdorf †October 13th, 2023, Bornheim

101

Bernard Lewis

British-American historian (1916–2018)

*May 31st, 1916, London †May 19th, 2018, Voorhees Township

79

Harold Wilson

British politician

*March 11th, 1916, Huddersfield †May 24th, 1995, London

104

Olivia de Havilland

English and American actress (1916–2020)

*July 1st, 1916, Tokyo †July 26th, 2020, 16th arrondissement of Paris

93

Vitaly Ginzburg

Russian physicist

*September 21st, 1916, Moscow †November 8th, 2009, Moscow

84

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) from 1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000

*April 17th, 1916, Baḷangoḍa †October 10th, 2000, Colombo

87

Maurice Wilkins

New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist

*December 15th, 1916, Pongaroa †October 5th, 2004, Blackheath

101

Sam Beazley

British actor

*March 29th, 1916, Kensington †June 12th, 2017, London

100

João Havelange

Brazilian businessman and athlete (1916-2016)

*May 8th, 1916, Rio de Janeiro †August 16th, 2016, Rio de Janeiro

89

Edward Heath

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974

*July 9th, 1916, Broadstairs †July 17th, 2005, Salisbury

77

Mark Stevens

American actor (1916–1994)

*December 13th, 1916, Cleveland †September 15th, 1994, Spain

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 4th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1916 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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