January 4th (1940) 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.
Famous Birthdays on January 4 in 1940
» Alexander Chancellor, English journalist
» Gao Xingjian, Chinese-French author and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate
» Helmut Jahn, German-American architect, designed Liberty Place and Messeturm
» Brian David Josephson, Welsh physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate
» Jill Pitkeathley, Baroness Pitkeathley known as Jill Pitkeathley, British politician
January 4th Famous Deaths for 1940
» Flora Finch, English-American actress (b. 1867)
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)