The Birthday Gazette

Born on May 4

May 4 birthdays & history

If you were born on May 4, you share a birthday with Audrey Hepburn, Hosni Mubarak and Thomas Henry Huxley. May 4 babies are Taurus, with emerald as their birthstone and the lily of the valley as their birth flower. May 4 is the 125th day of the year in leap years (124th in other years).

Famous people born on May 4

  • 1929Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-British actress and humanitarian
  • 1928Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian air marshal and politician, 4th President of Egypt
  • 1825Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, anatomist, and academic
  • 1898Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actress, known as Kawkab al-Sharq, Star of the East
  • 1987Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish footballer and manager
  • 1939Amos Oz, Israeli journalist and author
  • 1985Fernandinho, Brazilian footballer
  • 1958Keith Haring, American painter
  • 1972Mike Dirnt, American bass player and songwriter
  • 1988Radja Nainggolan, Belgian footballer

What happened on May 4

  • 1493Pope Alexander VI issued the papal bull Inter caetera, establishing a line of demarcation dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal.
  • 1626Having been appointed the director-general of New Netherland, Peter Minuit arrived in Manhattan.
  • 1776American Revolution: The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations became the first of the Thirteen Colonies to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown.
  • 1789The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, part of a cultural project initiated by engraver John Boydell, opened in London.
  • 1814King Ferdinand VII abolishes the Spanish Constitution of 1812, returning Spain to absolutism.
  • 1836Formation of Ancient Order of Hibernians.
  • 1859The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking Devon and Cornwall in England.
  • 1919The May Fourth Movement began in China with large-scale student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, Beijing.
  • 1974An all-female Japanese team reached the summit of Manaslu in the Himalayas, becoming the first women to climb a peak higher than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level.
  • 1979Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom.
  • 2000Ken Livingstone took office as the first mayor of London.
  • 2019The inaugural race of the W Series took place at Hockenheimring, Germany, and was won by Jamie Chadwick, who later became the season's champion.

Also observed on May 4

  • Anti-Bullying Day (United Nations)
  • Bird Day (United States)
  • Cassinga Day (Namibia)
  • Coal Miners Day (India)
  • Dave Brubeck Day (United States)
  • Greenery Day (Japan)

Questions, answered

What star sign is May 4?

People born on May 4 are Taurus. Their birthstone is emerald and their birth flower is the lily of the valley.

Which famous people were born on May 4?

Audrey Hepburn (1929), Hosni Mubarak (1928), Thomas Henry Huxley (1825), Umm Kulthum (1898), Cesc Fàbregas (1987), Amos Oz (1939) were all born on May 4.

What happened on May 4 in history?

Among other things: in 1979, Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom; in 2000, Ken Livingstone took office as the first mayor of London; in 2019, The inaugural race of the W Series took place at Hockenheimring, Germany, and was won by Jamie Chadwick, who later became the season's champion.

Can I get a newspaper front page from May 4?

Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any May 4 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.

Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “May 4”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.