The 4t o Januar is the 4t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 361 days ti come (362 in lowp years).
Events
1880: Chimborazo, Ecuador
2004: Mars Spirit rover
2010: The Burj Khalifa in Dubai (centre), the warld's tawest biggin.Births
Sir Isaac Newton- 1643 - Sir Isaac Newton, Inglis scientist (d. 1727)
- 1785 - Jacob Grimm, German philologist an meethologist (d. 1863)
- 1809 - Louis Braille, French inventor o Braille (d. 1852)
- 1848 - Katsura Taro, Prime meenister o Japan (d. 1913)
- 1913 - Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan Heid o State (d. 2007)
- 1929 - Günter Schabowski, German politeecian (d. 2015)
- 1940 - Gao Xingjian, Cheenese-French writer
- 1940 - Brian Josephson, Welsh pheesicist
- 1941 - Maureen Reagan, dochter o Ronald Reagan an Jane Wyman (d. 2001)
- 1945 - Richard R. Schrock, American chemist
- 1960 - Michael Stipe, American sangster (R.E.M.)
- 1963 - May-Britt Moser, Norse neurologist
- 1966 - Christian Kern, umwhile Chancellor o Austrick
- 1977 - David Millar, Scots cyclist
- 1986 - James Milner, Inglis fitbawer
- 1990 - Toni Kroos, German fitbawer
Daiths
- 1825 - Ferdinand I o the Twa Sicilies (b. 1751)
- 1941 - Henri Bergson, French philosopher (b. 1859)
- 1960 - Albert Camus, French writer (b. 1913)
- 1961 - Erwin Schrödinger, Austrick pheesicist (b. 1887)
- 1965 - T. S. Eliot, American-Inglis writer (b. 1888)
- 2010 - Johan Ferrier, 1st Preses o Suriname (b. 1910)
- 2011 - Mohamed Bouazizi, Tunisian fruit seller (b. 1984)
- 2011 - Gerry Rafferty, Scots muisicker (b. 1947)
- 2015 - Stuart Scott, American sportscaster (b. 1965)
- 2018 - Brendan Byrne, American politeecian, 47t Govrenor o New Jersey (b. 1924)
- 2021 - Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch theoretical pheesicist (b. 1931)
Halidays
Louis Braille in Braille
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