January 4th (2007) was a Thursday. It's the 3rd day of the year (4th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 362 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 4th January, 2007
» The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the United States House of Representatives or Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
January 4th Famous Deaths for 2007
» Gren, Welsh cartoonist (b. 1934)
» Ben Gannon (producer) known as Ben Gannon, Australian film and television producer (b. 1952)
» Helen Hill, American director and producer (b. 1970)
» Lewis Hodges, English pilot (b. 1918)
» Steve Krantz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
» Gáspár Nagy, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1949)
» Sandro Salvadore, Italian footballer (b. 1939)
» Jan Schröder, Dutch cyclist (b. 1941)
» Marais Viljoen, South African politician, 5th State President of South Africa (b. 1915)
» Osman Waqialla, Sudanese calligrapher (b. 1925)
January 4th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints named Feast Day:
» Elizabeth Ann Seton
» January 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Public holidays in Angola e.g Day of the Fallen against the Colonial Repression (Angola)
» Public holidays in the Democratic Republic of the Congo known as Day of the Martyrs (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
» Independence Day (Burma) e.g Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Burma from the United Kingdom in 1948.
» Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People named Ogoni Day (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People)