This is our day guide for Monday January 4th 2021 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
1991 - Screenwriter Richard Maibaum passes away. His films include the James Bond movies From Russia With Love, Dr No, Goldfinger, Thunderball and Licence to Kill.
1990 - The first episode of classic British sitcom One Foot in the Grave is broadcast.
1910 - Leon Delagrange dies in an air crash when his Bleriot XI monoplane crashes.
1878 - Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is emancipated from Ottoman rule.
1838 - Charles Sherwood Stratton aka 'Tom Thumb' is born in Bridgeport, Connecticut.