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'''[[January 4]]''' is the [[4 (number)|4th]] day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. 361 days (362 in [[leap year]]s) remain in the year after this day.
== Events ==
*[[871]] - [[Battle of Reading (871)|Battle of Reading]] - [[Ethelred of Wessex]] fights a [[Denmark|Danish]] invasion army.
*[[1493]] - [[Christopher Columbus]] leaves the [[New World]], ending his first journey.
*[[1642]] - [[English Civil War]]: King [[Charles I of England]] attacks [[Parliament]].
*[[1698]] - Most of the [[Palace of Whitehall]] in [[London]], the main residence of the [[British monarchy|English monarchs]], is destroyed by fire.
*[[1717]] - The [[Netherlands]], [[England]] and [[France]] sign the [[Triple Alliance (1717)|Triple Alliance]].
*[[1762]] - [[England]] declares war on [[Spain]] and [[Naples]].
*[[1847]] - [[Samuel Colt]] sells his first [[revolver]] pistol to the [[United States]] government.
*[[1850]] - The first American [[ice-skating]] club is formed ([[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]).
*[[1854]] - The [[Heard Island and McDonald Islands|McDonald Islands]] are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''.
*[[1884]] - The [[Fabian Society]] is founded in [[London]]
*[[1885]] - The first successful [[appendectomy]] is performed by Dr. [[William W. Grant]] on Mary Gartside.
*[[1896]] - [[Utah]] is admitted as the 45th [[U.S. state]].
*[[1912]] - [[The Scout Association]] is incorporated throughout the [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]] by [[Royal Charter]].
*[[1936]] - ''[[Mickey's Polo Team]]'', a short [[animated film]] featuring [[Charlie Chaplin]], [[Oliver Hardy]], [[Stan Laurel]] and [[Harpo Marx]] in a [[polo]] match against various [[List of Disney characters|Disney characters]], is first released.
*[[1936]] - [[Billboard magazine]] publishes its first [[pop music]] charts.
*[[1944]] - [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of Monte Cassino]] begins.
*[[1948]] - [[Burma]] gains its independence from the [[United Kingdom]].
*[[1951]] - [[Korean War]]: Chinese and [[North Korea]]n forces capture [[Seoul]].
*[[1957]] - After 69 years the last issue of ''[[Collier's Weekly]]'' magazine is published.
*[[1958]] - [[Sputnik 1]] falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on [[October 4]], [[1957]]).
*[[1959]] - [[Luna 1]] becomes the first [[spacecraft]] to reach the vicinity of the [[Moon]].
*[[1962]] - [[New York City]] introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board.
*[[1965]] - [[United States President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] proclaims his "Great Society" during his [[State of the Union address]].
*[[1967]] - [[Donald Campbell]] dies as his jet-powered ''Bluebird K7'' crashes during an attempt to break the [[water speed record]].
*[[1972]] - [[Rose Heilbron]] becomes the first woman judge to sit at the [[Old Bailey]] in [[London]].
*[[1974]] - United States President [[Richard Nixon]] refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] Committee.
*[[1987]] - An [[Amtrak]] train en route to [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] from [[Washington, DC]] collides with [[Conrail]] engines, killing 16.
*[[1989]] - A pair of Lybian [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23|MiG-23 "Floggers"]] are shot down by a pair of [[US Navy]] [[F-14 Tomcat]]s during an air-to-air confrontation.
*[[1998]] - [[Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998|Wilaya of Relizane massacres]] in [[Algeria]]; over 170 are killed in three remote villages.
*[[1999]] - Gunmen open fire on [[Shiite]] Muslims worshipping in an [[Islamabad]] mosque killing 16 people injuring 25.
*[[2004]] - Dr. [[Mikhail Saakashvili]] is elected the [[President of Georgia|President]] of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].
*[[2004]] - [[MER-A|Spirit]], a [[NASA]] [[Mars Rover]], lands successfully on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] at 04:35 UTC.
== Births ==
===1077 to 1899===
*[[1077]] - [[Emperor Zhezong]] of China (d. [[1100]])
*[[1334]] - [[Amadeus VI of Savoy]] (d. [[1383]])
*[[1581]] - [[James Ussher]], Irish Catholic archbishop (d. [[1656]])
*[[1643]] - [[Isaac Newton]], English scientist and philosopher (d. [[1727]])
*[[1664]] - [[Lars Roberg]], Swedish physician (d. [[1742]])
*[[1672]] - [[Hugh Boulter]], Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. [[1742]])
*[[1710]] - [[Giovanni Battista Pergolesi]], Italian composer (d. [[1736]])
*[[1720]] - [[Johann Friedrich Agricola]], German composer (d. [[1774]])
*[[1785]] - [[Jakob Grimm]], German philologist and folklorist (d. [[1863]])
*[[1809]] - [[Louis Braille]], French teacher of the blind (d. [[1852]])
*[[1832]] - [[George Tryon]], British admiral (d. 1893)
*[[1838]] - [[Charles Stratton]], American circus performer (d. [[1883]])
*[[1848]] - [[Katsura Taro]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. [[1913]])
*[[1869]] - [[Tommy Corcoran]], baseball player (d. [[1960]])
*[[1874]] - [[Josef Suk (composer)|Josef Suk]], Czech composer and violinist (d. [[1935]])
*[[1881]] - [[Wilhelm Lehmbruck]], German sculptor (d. [[1919]])
*[[1883]] - [[Max Eastman]], American writer (d. [[1969]])
*[[1894]] - [[Manuel de Abreu]], Brazilian physician (d. [[1962]])
*[[1896]] - [[Everett Dirksen]], American politician (d. [[1969]])
*[[1896]] - [[André Masson]], French artist (d. [[1987]])
===1900 to 1999===
*[[1900]] - [[James Bond (ornithologist)|James Bond]], American ornithologist (d. [[1989]])
*[[1901]] - [[C. L. R. James]], writer and journalist (d. 1989)
*[[1905]] - [[Sterling Holloway]], American actor (d. [[1992]])
*[[1914]] - [[Jane Wyman]], American actress
*[[1920]] - [[William Colby]], American Central Intelligence Agency director (d. [[1996]])
*[[1930]] - [[Sorrell Booke]], American actor (d. [[1994]])
*1930 - [[Don Shula]], American football coach
*[[1931]] - [[Lala Mara|Adi Lady Lala Mara]], First Lady of Fiji
*[[1935]] - [[Floyd Patterson]], American boxer
*[[1937]] - [[Grace Bumbry]], American singer
*1937 - [[Dyan Cannon]], American actress
*[[1940]] - [[Helmut Jahn]], German architect
*1940 - [[Brian David Josephson]], Welsh physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*1940 - [[Gao Xingjian]], Chinese-born writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1941]] - [[Maureen Reagan]], American political activist (d. [[2001]])
*[[1943]] - [[Doris Kearns Goodwin]], American writer
*[[1945]] - [[Richard R. Schrock]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1953]] - [[Norberto Alonso]], Argentine footballer
*[[1956]] - [[Bernard Sumner]], English musician ([[New Order]])
*[[1957]] - [[Patty Loveless]], American singer
*[[1958]] - [[Matt Frewer]], American actor
*1958 - [[Gary Jones]], Welsh-born actor
*[[1960]] - [[Michael Stipe]], American singer ([[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]])
*[[1962]] - [[Peter Steele]], American singer and bassist ([[Type O Negative]])
*1962 - [[Robin Guthrie]], Scottish guitarist
*[[1963]] - [[Dave Foley]], Canadian comedian and actor
*1963 - [[Till Lindemann]], German singer ([[Rammstein]])
*[[1965]] - [[Julia Ormond]], English actress
*[[1966]] - [[Deana Carter]], American singer
*[[1978]] - [[Dwight Freeney]], American football player
*1978 - [[Dominik Hrbatý]], Slovakian tennis player
*[[1979]] - [[Jeph Howard]], American musician ([[The Used]])
*[[1986]] - [[James Milner]], English footballer
<!-- Do not add yourself, or anyone else who does not already have a Wikipedia article, to this list. Duplicate instances of years should not be links. -->
==Deaths==
===1248 to 1899===
*[[1248]] - King [[Sancho II of Portugal]] (b. [[1207]])
*[[1564]] - [[Hosokawa Ujitsuna]], Japanese military commander (b. [[1514]])
*[[1695]] - [[François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg]], French general (b. [[1628]])
*[[1752]] - [[Gabriel Cramer]], Swiss mathematician (b. [[1704]])
*[[1761]] - [[Stephen Hales]], English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (b. [[1677]])
*[[1782]] - [[Ange-Jacques Gabriel]], French architect (b. [[1698]])
*[[1804]] - [[Charlotte Lennox]], English author and poet
*[[1821]] - [[Elizabeth Ann Seton]], American saint (b. [[1774]])
*[[1825]] - King [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies]] (b. [[1751]])
*[[1831]] - [[James Monroe]], [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1758]])
*[[1877]] - [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]], American entrepreneur (b. [[1794]])
*[[1896]] - [[Joseph Hubert Reinkens]], German Old Catholic bishop (b. [[1821]])
===1900 to 1999===
*[[1903]] - [[Gulstan Ropert]], Roman Catholic prelate (b. [[1839]])
*[[1940]] - [[Flora Finch]], English-born comedienne and actress (b. [[1869]])
*[[1941]] - [[Henri Bergson]], French philosopher, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (b. [[1859]])
*[[1960]] - [[Albert Camus]], Algerian-born French philosopher and writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (automobile accident) (b. [[1913]])
*[[1961]] - [[Erwin Schrödinger]], Austrian physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1887]])
*[[1965]] - [[T. S. Eliot]], American writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1888]])
*[[1967]] - [[Donald Campbell]], English water speed record setter (b. [[1921]])
*[[1969]] - [[Violet Hilton|Violet]] and [[Daisy Hilton]], English conjoined twin actresses (b. [[1908]])
*[[1970]] - [[Jean-Etienne Valluy]], French general (b. [[1899]])
*[[1985]] - [[Brian Horrocks]], British general (b. [[1895]])
*[[1986]] - [[Christopher Isherwood]], English writer (b. [[1904]])
*[[1986]] - [[Phil Lynott]], Irish musician (b. [[1949]])
*[[1990]] - [[Doc Edgerton]], American electrical engineer (b. [[1903]])
*[[1998]] - [[Mae Questel]], American actress (b. [[1908]])
*[[1999]] - [[Iron Eyes Cody]], American actor (b. [[1904]])
===2000 onwards===
*[[2003]] - [[Conrad Hall]], American cinematographer (b. [[1927]])
*2003 - [[Yfrah Neaman]], Lebanese-born violinist (b. [[1923]])
*[[2004]] - [[Joan Aiken]], English author (b. [[1924]])
*2004 - [[Brian Gibson]], English film director (b. [[1944]])
*2004 - [[Jake Hess]], American singer (b. [[1927]])
*2004 - [[Jeff Nuttall]], English writer, publisher, actor, artist, and jazz trumpeter (b. [[1933]])
*2004 - [[John Toland (author)|John Toland]], American author and historian (b. [[1912]])
*[[2005]] - [[Humphrey Carpenter]], English author and biographer (b. [[1946]])
*2005 - [[Ali al-Haidri]], Iraqi governor of Baghdad (assassinated)
*2005 - [[Frank Harary]], American mathematician (b. [[1921]])
*2005 - [[Robert Heilbroner]], American economist (b. [[1919]])
*2005 - [[Bud Poile]], Canadian hockey player (b. [[1924]])
<!-- Duplicate instances of years should not be links. -->
==Holidays and observances==
*[[Feast day]] of [[Elizabeth Ann Seton|St Elizabeth Ann Seton]]
*The tenth day and eleventh night of [[Christmas]] in Western [[Christianity]]
== External links ==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/4 BBC: On This Day]
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[[January 3]] - [[January 5]] - [[December 4]] - [[February 4]] -- [[Historical anniversaries|listing of all days]]
== Events ==
*[[871]] - [[Battle of Reading (871)|Battle of Reading]] - [[Ethelred of Wessex]] fights a [[Denmark|Danish]] invasion army.
*[[1493]] - [[Christopher Columbus]] leaves the [[New World]], ending his first journey.
*[[1642]] - [[English Civil War]]: King [[Charles I of England]] attacks [[Parliament]].
*[[1698]] - Most of the [[Palace of Whitehall]] in [[London]], the main residence of the [[British monarchy|English monarchs]], is destroyed by fire.
*[[1717]] - The [[Netherlands]], [[England]] and [[France]] sign the [[Triple Alliance (1717)|Triple Alliance]].
*[[1762]] - [[England]] declares war on [[Spain]] and [[Naples]].
*[[1847]] - [[Samuel Colt]] sells his first [[revolver]] pistol to the [[United States]] government.
*[[1850]] - The first American [[ice-skating]] club is formed ([[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]).
*[[1854]] - The [[Heard Island and McDonald Islands|McDonald Islands]] are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''.
*[[1884]] - The [[Fabian Society]] is founded in [[London]]
*[[1885]] - The first successful [[appendectomy]] is performed by Dr. [[William W. Grant]] on Mary Gartside.
*[[1896]] - [[Utah]] is admitted as the 45th [[U.S. state]].
*[[1912]] - [[The Scout Association]] is incorporated throughout the [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]] by [[Royal Charter]].
*[[1936]] - ''[[Mickey's Polo Team]]'', a short [[animated film]] featuring [[Charlie Chaplin]], [[Oliver Hardy]], [[Stan Laurel]] and [[Harpo Marx]] in a [[polo]] match against various [[List of Disney characters|Disney characters]], is first released.
*[[1936]] - [[Billboard magazine]] publishes its first [[pop music]] charts.
*[[1944]] - [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of Monte Cassino]] begins.
*[[1948]] - [[Burma]] gains its independence from the [[United Kingdom]].
*[[1951]] - [[Korean War]]: Chinese and [[North Korea]]n forces capture [[Seoul]].
*[[1957]] - After 69 years the last issue of ''[[Collier's Weekly]]'' magazine is published.
*[[1958]] - [[Sputnik 1]] falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on [[October 4]], [[1957]]).
*[[1959]] - [[Luna 1]] becomes the first [[spacecraft]] to reach the vicinity of the [[Moon]].
*[[1962]] - [[New York City]] introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board.
*[[1965]] - [[United States President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] proclaims his "Great Society" during his [[State of the Union address]].
*[[1967]] - [[Donald Campbell]] dies as his jet-powered ''Bluebird K7'' crashes during an attempt to break the [[water speed record]].
*[[1972]] - [[Rose Heilbron]] becomes the first woman judge to sit at the [[Old Bailey]] in [[London]].
*[[1974]] - United States President [[Richard Nixon]] refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] Committee.
*[[1987]] - An [[Amtrak]] train en route to [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] from [[Washington, DC]] collides with [[Conrail]] engines, killing 16.
*[[1989]] - A pair of Lybian [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23|MiG-23 "Floggers"]] are shot down by a pair of [[US Navy]] [[F-14 Tomcat]]s during an air-to-air confrontation.
*[[1998]] - [[Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998|Wilaya of Relizane massacres]] in [[Algeria]]; over 170 are killed in three remote villages.
*[[1999]] - Gunmen open fire on [[Shiite]] Muslims worshipping in an [[Islamabad]] mosque killing 16 people injuring 25.
*[[2004]] - Dr. [[Mikhail Saakashvili]] is elected the [[President of Georgia|President]] of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].
*[[2004]] - [[MER-A|Spirit]], a [[NASA]] [[Mars Rover]], lands successfully on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] at 04:35 UTC.
== Births ==
===1077 to 1899===
*[[1077]] - [[Emperor Zhezong]] of China (d. [[1100]])
*[[1334]] - [[Amadeus VI of Savoy]] (d. [[1383]])
*[[1581]] - [[James Ussher]], Irish Catholic archbishop (d. [[1656]])
*[[1643]] - [[Isaac Newton]], English scientist and philosopher (d. [[1727]])
*[[1664]] - [[Lars Roberg]], Swedish physician (d. [[1742]])
*[[1672]] - [[Hugh Boulter]], Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. [[1742]])
*[[1710]] - [[Giovanni Battista Pergolesi]], Italian composer (d. [[1736]])
*[[1720]] - [[Johann Friedrich Agricola]], German composer (d. [[1774]])
*[[1785]] - [[Jakob Grimm]], German philologist and folklorist (d. [[1863]])
*[[1809]] - [[Louis Braille]], French teacher of the blind (d. [[1852]])
*[[1832]] - [[George Tryon]], British admiral (d. 1893)
*[[1838]] - [[Charles Stratton]], American circus performer (d. [[1883]])
*[[1848]] - [[Katsura Taro]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. [[1913]])
*[[1869]] - [[Tommy Corcoran]], baseball player (d. [[1960]])
*[[1874]] - [[Josef Suk (composer)|Josef Suk]], Czech composer and violinist (d. [[1935]])
*[[1881]] - [[Wilhelm Lehmbruck]], German sculptor (d. [[1919]])
*[[1883]] - [[Max Eastman]], American writer (d. [[1969]])
*[[1894]] - [[Manuel de Abreu]], Brazilian physician (d. [[1962]])
*[[1896]] - [[Everett Dirksen]], American politician (d. [[1969]])
*[[1896]] - [[André Masson]], French artist (d. [[1987]])
===1900 to 1999===
*[[1900]] - [[James Bond (ornithologist)|James Bond]], American ornithologist (d. [[1989]])
*[[1901]] - [[C. L. R. James]], writer and journalist (d. 1989)
*[[1905]] - [[Sterling Holloway]], American actor (d. [[1992]])
*[[1914]] - [[Jane Wyman]], American actress
*[[1920]] - [[William Colby]], American Central Intelligence Agency director (d. [[1996]])
*[[1930]] - [[Sorrell Booke]], American actor (d. [[1994]])
*1930 - [[Don Shula]], American football coach
*[[1931]] - [[Lala Mara|Adi Lady Lala Mara]], First Lady of Fiji
*[[1935]] - [[Floyd Patterson]], American boxer
*[[1937]] - [[Grace Bumbry]], American singer
*1937 - [[Dyan Cannon]], American actress
*[[1940]] - [[Helmut Jahn]], German architect
*1940 - [[Brian David Josephson]], Welsh physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*1940 - [[Gao Xingjian]], Chinese-born writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1941]] - [[Maureen Reagan]], American political activist (d. [[2001]])
*[[1943]] - [[Doris Kearns Goodwin]], American writer
*[[1945]] - [[Richard R. Schrock]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1953]] - [[Norberto Alonso]], Argentine footballer
*[[1956]] - [[Bernard Sumner]], English musician ([[New Order]])
*[[1957]] - [[Patty Loveless]], American singer
*[[1958]] - [[Matt Frewer]], American actor
*1958 - [[Gary Jones]], Welsh-born actor
*[[1960]] - [[Michael Stipe]], American singer ([[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]])
*[[1962]] - [[Peter Steele]], American singer and bassist ([[Type O Negative]])
*1962 - [[Robin Guthrie]], Scottish guitarist
*[[1963]] - [[Dave Foley]], Canadian comedian and actor
*1963 - [[Till Lindemann]], German singer ([[Rammstein]])
*[[1965]] - [[Julia Ormond]], English actress
*[[1966]] - [[Deana Carter]], American singer
*[[1978]] - [[Dwight Freeney]], American football player
*1978 - [[Dominik Hrbatý]], Slovakian tennis player
*[[1979]] - [[Jeph Howard]], American musician ([[The Used]])
*[[1986]] - [[James Milner]], English footballer
<!-- Do not add yourself, or anyone else who does not already have a Wikipedia article, to this list. Duplicate instances of years should not be links. -->
==Deaths==
===1248 to 1899===
*[[1248]] - King [[Sancho II of Portugal]] (b. [[1207]])
*[[1564]] - [[Hosokawa Ujitsuna]], Japanese military commander (b. [[1514]])
*[[1695]] - [[François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg]], French general (b. [[1628]])
*[[1752]] - [[Gabriel Cramer]], Swiss mathematician (b. [[1704]])
*[[1761]] - [[Stephen Hales]], English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (b. [[1677]])
*[[1782]] - [[Ange-Jacques Gabriel]], French architect (b. [[1698]])
*[[1804]] - [[Charlotte Lennox]], English author and poet
*[[1821]] - [[Elizabeth Ann Seton]], American saint (b. [[1774]])
*[[1825]] - King [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies]] (b. [[1751]])
*[[1831]] - [[James Monroe]], [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1758]])
*[[1877]] - [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]], American entrepreneur (b. [[1794]])
*[[1896]] - [[Joseph Hubert Reinkens]], German Old Catholic bishop (b. [[1821]])
===1900 to 1999===
*[[1903]] - [[Gulstan Ropert]], Roman Catholic prelate (b. [[1839]])
*[[1940]] - [[Flora Finch]], English-born comedienne and actress (b. [[1869]])
*[[1941]] - [[Henri Bergson]], French philosopher, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (b. [[1859]])
*[[1960]] - [[Albert Camus]], Algerian-born French philosopher and writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (automobile accident) (b. [[1913]])
*[[1961]] - [[Erwin Schrödinger]], Austrian physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1887]])
*[[1965]] - [[T. S. Eliot]], American writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1888]])
*[[1967]] - [[Donald Campbell]], English water speed record setter (b. [[1921]])
*[[1969]] - [[Violet Hilton|Violet]] and [[Daisy Hilton]], English conjoined twin actresses (b. [[1908]])
*[[1970]] - [[Jean-Etienne Valluy]], French general (b. [[1899]])
*[[1985]] - [[Brian Horrocks]], British general (b. [[1895]])
*[[1986]] - [[Christopher Isherwood]], English writer (b. [[1904]])
*[[1986]] - [[Phil Lynott]], Irish musician (b. [[1949]])
*[[1990]] - [[Doc Edgerton]], American electrical engineer (b. [[1903]])
*[[1998]] - [[Mae Questel]], American actress (b. [[1908]])
*[[1999]] - [[Iron Eyes Cody]], American actor (b. [[1904]])
===2000 onwards===
*[[2003]] - [[Conrad Hall]], American cinematographer (b. [[1927]])
*2003 - [[Yfrah Neaman]], Lebanese-born violinist (b. [[1923]])
*[[2004]] - [[Joan Aiken]], English author (b. [[1924]])
*2004 - [[Brian Gibson]], English film director (b. [[1944]])
*2004 - [[Jake Hess]], American singer (b. [[1927]])
*2004 - [[Jeff Nuttall]], English writer, publisher, actor, artist, and jazz trumpeter (b. [[1933]])
*2004 - [[John Toland (author)|John Toland]], American author and historian (b. [[1912]])
*[[2005]] - [[Humphrey Carpenter]], English author and biographer (b. [[1946]])
*2005 - [[Ali al-Haidri]], Iraqi governor of Baghdad (assassinated)
*2005 - [[Frank Harary]], American mathematician (b. [[1921]])
*2005 - [[Robert Heilbroner]], American economist (b. [[1919]])
*2005 - [[Bud Poile]], Canadian hockey player (b. [[1924]])
<!-- Duplicate instances of years should not be links. -->
==Holidays and observances==
*[[Feast day]] of [[Elizabeth Ann Seton|St Elizabeth Ann Seton]]
*The tenth day and eleventh night of [[Christmas]] in Western [[Christianity]]
== External links ==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/4 BBC: On This Day]
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[[January 3]] - [[January 5]] - [[December 4]] - [[February 4]] -- [[Historical anniversaries|listing of all days]]
