January 4th, 2023.

On this day.

What happened on January 4th, 2023?

• West Ham co-chairman David Gold passes away at the age of 86.
• Amazon announces plans to cut more than 18,000 jobs globally.
• Quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger is extradited back to Idaho.

Basic facts.

Basic facts and information about this date.

• 23 days have passed since January 4th, 2023.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 01 of 2023.
• Leap Year: 2023 is NOT a leap year.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 1672790400.

Around this time.

Notable events that happened close to January 4th, 2023.

• December 5th, 2022: Actress Kirstie Alley dies from cancer at the age of 71.
• December 6th, 2022: The Democrats gain an outright US Senate majority after Raphael Warnock wins the Georgia election runoff against Herschel Walker.
• December 6th, 2022: Former President Trump's company is found guilty of criminal tax fraud.
• December 7th, 2022: China announces a nationwide loosening of Covid restrictions following protests against its hardline strategy.
• December 7th, 2022: The President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, is ousted and arrested after he attempts to stage a coup.
• December 7th, 2022: The German authorities arrest 25 members of a suspected coup d'état.
• December 8th, 2022: US basketball player Brittney Griner is released from a Russian prison in a prisoner swap.
• December 8th, 2022: The documentary series "Harry & Meghan" is released on Netflix.
• December 9th, 2022: US journalist Grant Wahl dies while covering the World Cup in Qatar.
• December 10th, 2022: Ten people are killed in a suspected gas explosion at a block of flats in St Helier, Jersey.
• December 11th, 2022: Four boys die after falling into a frozen lake in Solihull, England.
• December 12th, 2022: FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is arrested in the Bahamas.
• December 16th, 2022: James Cameron's film "Avatar: The Way of Water" is released.
• December 16th, 2022: Twitter suspends several high-profile journalists who were covering the company's banning of private jet trackers.
• December 16th, 2022: Jeremy Clarkson's controversial column about Meghan Markle is published in The Sun newspaper.
• December 18th, 2022: Argentina win the 2022 FIFA World Cup after defeating France on penalties.
• December 18th, 2022: Twitter announces that it will be banning users from posting links to other social media platforms.
• December 18th, 2022: Elon Musk holds a Twitter poll asking users if he should step down.
• December 19th, 2022: The House January 6 panel recommends criminal charges against Donald Trump.
• December 19th, 2022: Elon Musk indicates that policy-related polls will only be open for Twitter Blue subscribers.
• December 19th, 2022: Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein is found guilty of rape in his second sex crime trial.
• December 19th, 2022: The New York Times reports that American politician George Santos lied about many aspects of his life and career.
• December 21st, 2022: An extratropical bomb cyclone named "Winter Storm Elliott" begins to form over the Northern Plains in North America.
• December 23rd, 2022: Faithless singer Maxi Jazz passes away at the age of 65.
• December 27th, 2022: The death toll from "Winter Storm Elliott" in North America rises to 50.
• December 29th, 2022: Brazilian soccer legend Pele dies at the age of 82.
• December 29th, 2022: Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood dies at the age of 81.
• December 29th, 2022: Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are arrested in Romania on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organized crime group.
• December 30th, 2022: TV personality Barbara Walters passes away at the age of 93.
• December 30th, 2022: Bryan Kohberger is arrested in connection with the murders of four college students in Moscow, Idaho.
• December 30th, 2022: It is announced that Cristiano Ronaldo has agreed to join Saudi club Al Nassr.
• December 31st, 2022: Former Pope Benedict XVI (Ratzinger) dies at the age of 95.
• December 31st, 2022: Singer Anita Pointer passes away at the age of 74.
• January 1st, 2023: Croatia officially adopts the Euro currency.
• January 1st, 2023: Actor Jeremy Renner is critically injured in a snow plowing accident.
• January 2nd, 2023: Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffers a cardiac arrest during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
• January 3rd, 2023: The Republican Party fails to elect a new House speaker.
• This date: January 4th, 2023
• January 5th, 2023: The US House of Representatives fails to elect a speaker after 11 rounds of voting.
• January 5th, 2023: El Chapo's son, Ovidio Guzmán López, is arrested in Mexico.
• January 5th, 2023: Stranger Things actor Noah Schnapp comes out as gay in a TikTok video.
• January 6th, 2023: Former soccer player Gianluca Vialli passes away at the age of 58.
• January 6th, 2023: Republican Kevin McCarthy is elected US House speaker after an historic 15 rounds of voting.
• January 6th, 2023: Vince McMahon returns to the board of the WWE five months after retiring.
• January 8th, 2023: Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro storm Brazil's Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace.
• January 9th, 2023: Soccer: Gareth Bale announces his retirement.
• January 10th, 2023: Stephanie McMahon resigns as the co-CEO of WWE.
• January 10th, 2023: Multiple media outlets report that the WWE has been sold to Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
• January 10th, 2023: Netflix releases the documentary "The Hatched Wielding Hitchhiker".
• January 10th, 2023: Prince Harry releases his memoir "Spare".
• January 11th, 2023: All US flights are grounded due to a computer system glitch.
• January 12th, 2023: Lisa Marie Presley dies at the age of 54.
• January 12th, 2023: Dancer Michael Flatley is diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of cancer.
• January 12th, 2023: NBC News reports that Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland is facing domestic abuse charges.
• January 14th, 2023: The Romanian police seize several luxury cars from social media influencer Andrew Tate.
• January 14th, 2023: At least 44 people are killed after a Russian missile hits an apartment building in Dnipro, Ukraine.
• January 15th, 2023: 72 people are killed after Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashes in Pokhara, Nepal.
• January 16th, 2023: Mafia godfather Matteo Messina Denaro is arrested in Palermo, Sicily.
• January 17th, 2023: Greta Thunberg is arrested by the police during a coal mine protest in Luetzerath, Germany.
• January 18th, 2023: Singer and guitarist David Crosby dies at the age of 81.
• January 18th, 2023: Microsoft announces plans to cut 10,000 jobs.
• January 18th, 2023: Ukrainian Internal Affairs minister Denys Monastyrsky and nine other people are killed in a helicopter crash in Brovary, Ukraine.
• January 19th, 2023: Jacinda Ardern announces that she will be resigning as the Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• January 19th, 2023: Actor Alec Baldwin is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter relating to the Rust shooting incident.
• January 20th, 2023: Google's parent company, Alphabet, announces plans to cut 12,000 jobs.
• January 21st, 2023: Ten people are killed during a mass shooting at a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park, California.
• January 23rd, 2023: Soccer: Everton sack Frank Lampard.
• January 23rd, 2023: Former top FBI official Charles McGonigal is arrested over his ties to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
• January 23rd, 2023: Seven people are killed during a mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, California.
• January 24th, 2023: Adult Swim ends its relationship with Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland following news that he was arrested for domestic abuse in 2020.
• January 25th, 2023: Germany confirms that it will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
• January 25th, 2023: Chris Hipkins becomes the new Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• January 25th, 2023: The United States confirms that it is sending 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
• January 27th, 2023: The video game "Dead Space" (remake) is released.
• February 3rd, 2023: The video game "Dead Island 2" is released.

Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on January 4th, 2023, will have the star sign Capricorn.
• Zodiac Element: Earth.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2023 is the year of the Rabbit (Yin Fire).
• The Life Path Number for this date is 3.
• Native American Zodiac: January 4th, 2023 falls under the Goose.
• Birthstone: A person during the month of January will have the birthstone Garnet.
• Birth flower (January): The Carnation and the Snowdrop.

Personality traits.

Check out our personality summary for people who were born on January 4th, 2023.

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Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• A baby that was born on January 4th, 2023 was most likely conceived around April 13th, 2022.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on January 4th, 2023 is close to September 27th, 2023.

Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about January 4th, 2023.

• A total of 23 days have passed since this date.
• 3 weeks have passed.
• 1,987,200 seconds have passed since the January 4th, 2023.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 2,318,400 times.
• Since January 4th, 2023, the Earth has travelled approximately 1,025,395,200 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 331,200 times.
• If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 170,899 steps. That's about 76 miles!
• Since this date, 23,846 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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