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
- 1776 –Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
- 1814 –Emperor Napoleon I of France arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile.
- 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.
- 1910 –The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
- 1932 –In Atlanta, Georgia, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.
- 1953 –Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
- 1982 –Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.
- 1988 –The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of space shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
- 1994 –Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord regarding Palestinian autonomy granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
Who were born on May 4?
- 1008 –King Henry I of France (d. 1060)
- 1825 –Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (d. 1895)
- 1907 –Lincoln Kirstein, American impresario (d. 1996)
- 1923 –Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and author
- 1925 –Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman
- 1940 –Robin Cook, American novelist
- 1955 –Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer
- 1972 –Manny Aybar, Dominican baseball player
- 1976 –Jason Michaels, American baseball player
- 1984 –Montell Owens, American football player
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