Today's Holidays in January 4

✡️ Religious Observances

• Islamic: Urs of Sayyidina Jāfar as-Sādiq (ق) major
• Islamic: Urs of Zaynab bint Ali (ر) major

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2013 — A gunman kills eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines. ↗
• 2007 — The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history. ↗
• 2006 — Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime... ↗
• 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. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1999 — Nico Hischier, Swiss hockey player
• 1996 — Jackson Hastings, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 — Kris Bryant, American baseball player
• 1990 — Iago Falque, Spanish footballer
• 1990 — Toni Kroos, German footballer