Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: May 4
May 4, 2025 is the 124th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 241 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: May 4
- 1471 –Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of Wales.
- 1675 –King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
- 1686 –The Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines.
- 1814 –King Ferdinand VII of Spain signs the Decrete of the 4th of May, returning Spain to absolutism.
- 1871 –The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
- 1886 –Haymarket Square Riot: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, Illinois, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
- 1904 –The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
- 1942 –World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USS Yorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.
- 1970 –Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: the Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the United States’ invasion of Cambodia.
- 2000 –Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London.
Who were born on May 4?
- 1930 –Roberta Peters, American soprano
- 1937 –Dick Dale, American guitarist
- 1938 –Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican writer
- 1951 –Tirso Cruz III, Filipino actor and singer.
- 1959 –Scott Armstrong, American professional wrestling referee
- 1971 –Rudresh Mahanthappa, Indian-American jazz alto saxophonist and composer
- 1977 –Emily Perkins, Canadian actress
- 1978 –Daisuke Ono, Japanese seiyu
- 1980 –Andrew Raycroft, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1989 –Rory McIlroy, Northern Irish golfer
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