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Povijesni događaji na datum: 4. siječanj 2025
Povijesni događaji na datum: 4. siječanj 2025
- 46 BC: Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
- 871: Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army.
- 1642: English Civil War: King Charles I, accompanied by 400 soldiers, attempts to arrest five members of Parliament for treason, only to discover the men had been tipped off and fled.
- 1649: English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.
- 1717: The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance.
- 1762: Great Britain declares war on Spain, which meant the entry of Spain into the Seven Years' War.
- 1798: Constantine Hangerli arrives in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire.
- 1844: The first issue of the Swedish-languaged Saima newspaper founded by J. V. Snellman is published in Kuopio, Finland.
- 1853: After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.
- 1854: The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
- 1863: The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
- 1878: Russo-Turkish War (1877-78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule.
- 1884: The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
- 1885: Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
- 1896: Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
- 1903: Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
- 1909: Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.
- 1912: The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
- 1918: The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.
- 1944: World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
- 1946: The first day of a three-day “disastrous” tornado outbreak across the south-central United States leaves 41 people dead and at least 412 others injured.
- 1948: Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic.
- 1951: Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time.
- 1956: The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
- 1958: Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.
- 1959: Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
- 1972: Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK.
- 1975: This date overflowed the 12-bit field that had been used in TOPS-10. There were numerous problems and crashes related to this bug while an alternative format was developed.
- 1976: The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
- 1987: The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
- 1989: Second Gulf of Sidra incident: A pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
- 1990: In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.
- 1998: A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
- 1999: Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States.
- 2000: A Norwegian passenger train departing from Trondheim, collides with a local train coming from Hamar in Åsta, Åmot; 19 people are killed and 68 injured in the accident.
- 2004: Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
- 2004: Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.
- 2006: Ehud Olmert becomes acting Prime Minister of Israel after the incumbent, Ariel Sharon, suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke.
- 2007: The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
- 2008: A Let L-410 Turbolet crashes in the Los Roques Archipelago in Venezuela, killing 14 people.
- 2010: The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai.
- 2013: A gunman kills eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines.
- 2018: Hennenman-Kroonstad train crash: A passenger train operated by Shosholoza Meyl collides with a truck on a level crossing at Geneva Station between Hennenman and Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa. Twenty people are killed and 260 injured.
Rođeni na datum: 4. siječanj 2025
Rođeni na datum: 4. siječanj 2025
- 659: Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (d.680)
- 1077: Emperor Zhezong of China (d. 1100)
- 1334: Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (d. 1383)
- 1467: Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (d. 1538)
- 1581: James Ussher, Irish archbishop and historian (d. 1656)
- 1643 (NS): Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1726/27)
- 1654: Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (d. 1742)
- 1672: Hugh Boulter, English-Irish archbishop (d. 1742)
- 1710: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, violinist, and organist (d. 1736)
- 1720: Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (d. 1774)
- 1731: Karl Abraham Zedlitz, Prussian minister of education (d. 1793)
- 1785: Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (d. 1863)
- 1809: Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (d. 1852)
- 1813: Isaac Pitman, English linguist and educator (d. 1897)
- 1832: George Tryon, English admiral (d. 1893)
- 1838: General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (d. 1883)
- 1839: Carl Humann, German archaeologist, architect, and engineer (d. 1896)
- 1848: Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)
- 1858: Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1946)
- 1864: Clara Emilia Smitt, Swedish doctor and author (d. 1928)
- 1869: Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1960)
- 1874: Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1935)
- 1877: Gibson Gowland, English film actor (d. 1951)
- 1877: Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet (d. 1943)
- 1878: A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer (d. 1957)
- 1878: Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator (d. 1961)
- 1881: Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (d. 1919)
- 1883: Max Eastman, American author and poet (d. 1969)
- 1883: Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic (d. 1961)
- 1884: Guy Pène du Bois, American painter, critic, and educator (d. 1958)
- 1889: M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India (d. 1963)
- 1891: Edward Brooker, English-Australian sergeant and politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948)
- 1895: Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. (d. 1982)
- 1896: Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)
- 1896: André Masson, French painter and illustrator (d. 1987)
- 1897: Chen Cheng, Chinese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China (d. 1965)
- 1900: James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1989)
- 1901: C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and theorist (d. 1989)
- 1902: John A. McCone, American businessman and politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1991)
- 1913: Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (d. 2007)
- 1916: Lionel Newman, American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
- 1916: Robert Parrish, American actor and director (d. 1995)
- 1920: William Colby, American intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1996)
- 1920: Rosalie Crutchley, British actress (d. 1997)
- 1924: Marianne Werner, German shot putter (d. 2023)
- 1925: Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician (d. 2003)
- 1927: Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
- 1927: Barbara Rush, American actress (d. 2024)
- 1929: Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician (d. 2015)
- 1930: Sorrell Booke, American actor and director (d. 1994)
- 1930: Don Shula, American football player and coach (d. 2020)
- 1931: William Deane, Australian judge and politician, 22nd Governor-General of Australia
- 1931: Nora Iuga, Romanian poet, writer and translator
- 1932: Carlos Saura, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2023)
- 1934: Rudolf Schuster, Slovak politician, 2nd President of Slovakia
- 1935: Floyd Patterson, American boxer (d. 2006)
- 1937: Grace Bumbry, American operatic soprano (d. 2023)
- 1937: Dyan Cannon, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1938: Jim Norton, Irish stage, film and television actor
- 1938: Eberhard Wagner, German academic, linguist and author
- 1940: Brian Josephson, Welsh physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1940: Gao Xingjian, Chinese novelist, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1941: George P. Cosmatos, Italian-Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 2005)
- 1941: Kalpnath Rai, Indian politician (d. 1999)
- 1942: Bolaji Akinyemi, Nigerian political scientist, academic, and politician
- 1942: Jim Downing, American race car driver and inventor
- 1942: John McLaughlin, English guitarist and songwriter
- 1943: Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and author
- 1943: Hwang Sok-yong, South Korean author and educator
- 1944: Gary Stevens, Australian rugby league player
- 1944: Alan Sutherland, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2020)
- 1945: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor, musician and comedian (d. 2022)
- 1945: Richard R. Schrock, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1946: Arthur Conley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
- 1947: Chris Cutler, English percussionist, lyricist and music theorist
- 1947: Marie-Thérèse Letablier, French sociologist and academic
- 1948: Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (d. 1992)
- 1948: Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Malian civil servant and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (d. 2021)
- 1949: Mick Mills, English footballer and manager
- 1949: Bwanga Tshimen, Congolese footballer
- 1950: Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (d. 2013)
- 1953: Norberto Alonso, Argentinian footballer
- 1954: Rob Kerin, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of South Australia
- 1954: Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon
- 1956: Tom Borton, American jazz saxophonist, songwriter and composer (d. 2011)
- 1956: Zehava Gal-On, Israeli politician
- 1956: Ann Magnuson, American actress and performance artist
- 1956: Bernard Sumner, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1957: Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1958: Matt Frewer, American-Canadian actor
- 1958: Julian Sands, English actor (d. 2023)
- 1960: Gavin Miller, Australian rugby league player
- 1960: Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1961: Sidney Green, American basketball player and coach
- 1961: Cliff Levingston, American basketball player and coach
- 1961: Graham McTavish, Scottish actor and author
- 1962: Joe Kleine, American basketball player and coach
- 1963: Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and producer
- 1963: Till Lindemann, German singer, songwriter, and poet
- 1963: Martina Proeber, German diver
- 1964: Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player
- 1964: Dot-Marie Jones, American actress and athlete
- 1964: Adrian Shelford, New Zealand rugby league player (d. 2003)
- 1965: Guy Forget, French tennis player
- 1965: Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-English dancer, choreographer, and director
- 1965: Julia Ormond, English actress and producer
- 1966: Deana Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1967: Johnny Nelson, English boxer and sportscaster
- 1967: David Toms, American golfer and philanthropist
- 1967: David Wilson, Australian rugby player
- 1969: Corie Blount, American basketball player
- 1969: Kees van Wonderen, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1970: Josh Stamberg, American actor
- 1971: Shane Walker, Australian rugby league player
- 1971: Colin Ward, Australian rugby league player
- 1973: Frank Høj, Danish cyclist
- 1974: Danilo Hondo, German cyclist
- 1975: Shane Carwin, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
- 1975: Paul Watson, English footballer and physiotherapist
- 1976: Ted Lilly, American baseball player
- 1978: Dominik Hrbatý, Slovak tennis player
- 1979: Shergo Biran, German footballer
- 1979: Tristan Gommendy, French racing driver
- 1980: D'Arcy Carden, American actress and comedian
- 1980: Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer
- 1980: Justin Ontong, South African cricketer
- 1982: Richard Logan, English footballer
- 1982: Danny Sullivan, Australian rugby league player
- 1983: Will Bynum, American basketball player
- 1983: Richard Rankin, Scottish film, television and theatre actor
- 1984: Jiří Hudler, Czech ice hockey player
- 1985: Lenora Crichlow, British actress
- 1985: Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Norwegian handball player
- 1985: Gökhan Gönül, Turkish footballer
- 1985: Al Jefferson, American basketball player
- 1986: Younès Kaboul, French footballer
- 1986: Andrei Krauchanka, Belarusian decathlete
- 1986: James Milner, English footballer
- 1986: Charlyne Yi, American actor, comedian, musician, and writer
- 1987: Marissa Coleman, American basketball player
- 1987: Kay Voser, Swiss footballer
- 1988: Anestis Argyriou, Greek footballer
- 1988: Maximilian Riedmüller, German footballer
- 1989: Kevin Pillar, American baseball player
- 1989: Graham Rahal, American race car driver
- 1990: Iago Falque, Spanish footballer
- 1990: Raisel Iglesias, Cuban baseball player
- 1990: Toni Kroos, German footballer
- 1990: Alberto Paloschi, Italian footballer
- 1991: Charles Melton, American actor
- 1992: Kris Bryant, American baseball player
- 1993: James Michael McAdoo, American basketball player
- 1993: Mahmoud Metwalli, Egyptian footballer
- 1994: Derrick Henry, American football player
- 1996: Michael Dickson, Australian gridiron football player
- 1996: Jackson Hastings, Australian rugby league player
- 1996: Jasmine Paolini, Italian tennis player
- 1997: Ante Žižić, Croatian basketball player
- 1998: Coco Jones, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1998: Arnoldas Kulboka, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1998: Liza Soberano, Filipina actress
- 1999: Nico Hischier, Swiss ice hockey player
- 1999: Jaeman Salmon, Australian rugby league player
- 1999: Collin Sexton, American basketball player
- 2003: Jaeden Martell, American actor
- 2004: Victor Wembanyama, French basketball player
- 2005: Dafne Keen, British-Spanish actress
- 2005: Rob Dillingham, American basketball player
Preminuli na datum: 4. siječanj 2025
Preminuli na datum: 4. siječanj 2025
- 871: Æthelwulf, Saxon ealdorman
- 874: Hasan al-Askari, eleventh of the Twelve Imams (probable; b. 846)
- 1248: Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1209)
- 1344: Robert de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle, English peer (b. 1288)
- 1399: Nicholas Eymerich, Catalan theologian and inquisitor
- 1424: Muzio Sforza, Italian condottiero (b. 1369)
- 1428: Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1370)
- 1584: Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1539)
- 1604: Ferenc Nádasdy, Hungarian noble (b. 1555)
- 1695: François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (b. 1628)
- 1761: Stephen Hales, English clergyman and physiologist (b. 1677)
- 1782: Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed École Militaire (b. 1698)
- 1786: Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1729)
- 1804: Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet (b. 1730)
- 1821: Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint (b. 1774)
- 1825: Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1751)
- 1863: Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
- 1874: Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
- 1877: Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)
- 1880: Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)
- 1880: Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)
- 1882: John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
- 1883: Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
- 1891: Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
- 1896: Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
- 1900: Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)
- 1904: Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
- 1910: Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873)
- 1912: Clarence Dutton, American geologist and soldier (b. 1841)
- 1919: Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
- 1920: Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)
- 1924: Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)
- 1925: Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)
- 1927: Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (b. 1870)
- 1931: Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)
- 1931: Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
- 1931: Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Indian Muslim activist (b. 1878)
- 1941: Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
- 1943: Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
- 1943: Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (b. 1912)
- 1944: Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)
- 1960: Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
- 1961: Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
- 1965: T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
- 1967: Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
- 1969: Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)
- 1975: Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)
- 1985: Brian Horrocks, Indian-English general (b. 1895)
- 1986: Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (b. 1904)
- 1986: Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1949)
- 1988: Lily Laskine, French harp player (b. 1893)
- 1990: Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (b. 1903)
- 1990: Henry Bolte, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (b. 1908)
- 1994: R. D. Burman, Indian film composer and music director (b. 1939)
- 1995: Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (b. 1942)
- 1995: Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1907)
- 1997: Harry Helmsley, American businessman (b. 1909)
- 1998: Mae Questel, American actress (b. 1908)
- 1999: Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman (b. 1904)
- 2001: Les Brown, American bandleader and composer (b. 1912)
- 2004: Brian Gibson, English director and screenwriter (b. 1944)
- 2004: Joan Aiken, English author (b. 1924)
- 2004: John Toland, American historian and author (b. 1912)
- 2005: Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1924)
- 2005: Frank Harary, American mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
- 2005: Humphrey Carpenter, English radio host and author (b. 1946)
- 2005: Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian (b. 1919)
- 2006: Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (b. 1912)
- 2006: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emirati politician, 1st Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1946)
- 2006: Milton Himmelfarb, American sociographer, author, and academic (b. 1918)
- 2007: Helen Hill, American director and producer (b. 1970)
- 2007: Marais Viljoen, South African politician, 5th State President of South Africa (b. 1915)
- 2008: Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist (b. 1932)
- 2009: Gert Jonke, Austrian poet, playwright, and author (b. 1946)
- 2010: Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, 1st President of Suriname (b. 1910)
- 2010: Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese engineer (b. 1916)
- 2011: Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (b. 1937)
- 2011: Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
- 2011: Salmaan Taseer, Pakistani businessman and politician, 26th Governor of Punjab, Pakistan (b. 1944)
- 2012: Eve Arnold, American photographer and journalist (b. 1912)
- 2012: Rod Robbie, English-Canadian architect, designed the Canadian Pavilion and Rogers Centre (b. 1928)
- 2013: Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (b. 1931)
- 2013: Zoran Žižić, Montenegrin politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1951)
- 2015: Pino Daniele, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1955)
- 2016: S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (b. 1947)
- 2016: Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea (b. 1939)
- 2017: Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (b. 1918)
- 2017: Georges Prêtre, French orchestral and opera conductor (b. 1924)
- 2019: Harold Brown, 14th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1927)
- 2020: Tom Long, Australian actor (b. 1968)
- 2021: Tanya Roberts, American actress (b. 1949)
- 2023: Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier and Olympic champion (b. 1950)
- 2024: Glynis Johns, British actress and singer (b. 1923)
- 2024: David Soul, American-British actor and singer (b. 1943)
- 2024: Christian Oliver, German actor (b. 1972)