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May 4th

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Star Wars Day

Informal commemoration on May 4 celebrating the Star Wars franchise, referencing the phrase "May the Force be with you."

cultural Observed May 4 each year.

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578 Notable birthdays

David Guterson

Novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and essayist.

Born May 4th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Seattle.

Sibelle Hu

Taiwanese actress and singer.

Born May 4th, 1958 (age 68 years) in Taipei.

Tatiana Nikolayeva

Russian soviet pianist, composer and teacher.

Born May 4th, 1924 in Bezhitsa.

Died November 22nd, 1993 at 69 years old in San Francisco (stroke).

Tatiana Samoilova

Soviet and russian actress (1934–2014).

Born May 4th, 1934 in Saint Petersburg.

Died May 4th, 2014 at 80 years old in Moscow (coronary artery disease).

Masashi Ebara

Japanese voice actor and actor.

Born May 4th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Kanagawa Prefecture.

John Madden

Canadian ice hockey player.

Born May 4th, 1973 (age 53 years) in Barrie.

Derrick Caracter

American basketball player.

Born May 4th, 1988 (age 38 years) in Fanwood.

Nathalie Björn

Swedish association football player.

Born May 4th, 1997 (age 29 years) in Uppsala.

Ole Werner

German association football player and manager.

Born May 4th, 1988 (age 38 years) in Preetz.

Rolf de Heer

Film director, writer, producer.

Born May 4th, 1951 (age 75 years) in Heemskerk.

Charles S. Deneen

American politician (1863-1940).

Born May 4th, 1863 in Edwardsville.

Died February 5th, 1940 at 76 years old in Chicago. [ref]

Robert J. Lang

American physicist, mathematician and origami expert.

Born May 4th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Dayton.

Momoko Kikuchi

Japanese singer, idol and actress (1968-).

Born May 4th, 1968 (age 58 years) in Shinagawa.

Thomas Adams

American scientist and inventor (1818-1905).

Born May 4th, 1818 in New York City. [ref]

Died February 7th, 1905 at 86 years old [ref]

Howard da Silva

American actor (1909–1986).

Born May 4th, 1909 in Cleveland.

Died February 16th, 1986 at 76 years old in Ossining (lymphoma).

Fritz von Opel

German engineer (1899–1971).

Born May 4th, 1899 in Rüsselsheim am Main. [ref]

Died April 8th, 1971 at 71 years old in Samedan. [ref]

Hatice Sultan

Ottoman princess, daughter of murad v.

Born May 4th, 1870 in Istanbul.

Died March 13th, 1938 at 67 years old in Beirut.

Irina Falconi

Ecuadorian-born american tennis player.

Born May 4th, 1990 (age 36 years) in Portoviejo.

Brianne Jenner

Canadian ice hockey player.

Born May 4th, 1991 (age 35 years) in Oakville.

Nicolas Seiwald

Austrian association football player.

Born May 4th, 2001 (age 25 years) in Austria.

Dalip Kaur Tiwana

Indian writer.

Born May 4th, 1935 in Ludhiana.

Died January 31st, 2020 at 84 years old in Punjab (lung disease).

Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Russian conductor and composer (1931-2018).

Born May 4th, 1931 in Moscow.

Died June 16th, 2018 at 87 years old in Moscow.

Ed Clark

American lawyer and politician in california.

Born May 4th, 1930 in Middleborough.

Died June 18th, 2025 at 95 years old [ref]

Darius Thompson

Italian-american basketball player.

Born May 4th, 1995 (age 31 years) in Murfreesboro.

Kristin Harmel

American journalist.

Born May 4th, 1979 (age 47 years) in Newton.

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