May 4th, 1980

Born on May 4th, 1980

Age in days, weeks and months
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... 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 (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, 1980

43

Franziska Weisz

Austrian actress

*May 4th, 1980, Vienna

43

Masashi Oguro

Japanese association football player

*May 4th, 1980, Toyonaka

43

Hugo Gélin

French film director, screenwriter and film producer

*May 4th, 1980, Paris

43

Fiona Hefti

Beauty pageant winner

*May 4th, 1980, Zürich

43

Andrew Raycroft

Canadian ice hockey goalie

*May 4th, 1980, Belleville

43

Sam Clancy

American basketball player

*May 4th, 1980, Pittsburgh

43

Olga Sutulova

Russian actress

*May 4th, 1980, Saint Petersburg

43

Sonja Kolačarić

Serbian actress

*May 4th, 1980, Lazarevac

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

40

Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen

Member of the Danish parliament

*May 4th, 1983, Brovst

48

Jim Ronny Andersen

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1975, Songdalen Municipality

42

Benjamin Schüßler

German association football player and manager

*May 4th, 1981, Magdeburg

25

Clara Azurmendi

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1998, San Sebastián

61

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

39

Sarah Meier

Swiss figure skater

*May 4th, 1984, Bülach

42

Alexandr Kolobnev

Road bicycle racer

*May 4th, 1981, Vyksa

67

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

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

38

David Gove

American ice hockey player

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

36

Cesc Fàbregas

Spanish professional footballer

*May 4th, 1987, Arenys de Mar

42

Ruth Negga

Irish actress

*May 4th, 1981, Addis Ababa

50

Katrin Apel

German biathlete

*May 4th, 1973, Erfurt

44

Lance Bass

American singer, dancer, actor, and film and television producer

*May 4th, 1979, Laurel

38

Fernandinho

Brazilian association football player, born May 1985

*May 4th, 1985, Londrina

40

Rubén Olivera

Uruguayan footballer

*May 4th, 1983, Montevideo

40

Michael Rösch

German biathlete

*May 4th, 1983, Pirna

91

Hosni Mubarak

President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011

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

44

Christoph Wenzel

German writer

*May 4th, 1979, Hamm

40

Trisha Krishnan

Indian actress

*May 4th, 1983, Beed

Same year
Born in 1980

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

44

Cai Yun

Chinese badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

44

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

44

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

43

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

38

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

43

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

44

Charlie Hunnam

British actor

*April 10th, 1980, Newcastle upon Tyne

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Leap year

Yes: 1980 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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