January 4

January 4 is known as these holidays according to Checkiday.com and Daysoftheyear.com:

C: "Dimpled Chad Day", "Free Flower Basket Day" and "Tom Thumb Day"

Both: "National Spaghetti Day", "National Trivia Day", "Pop Music Chart Day", "World Braille Day" and "World Hypnotism Day"

Births

 * 1785 - Jacob Grimm (writer)
 * 1905
 * Sterling Holloway (actor and voice actor)
 * Arthur Gould-Porter (actor)
 * 1918 - Buddy Baker (composer)
 * 1920 - Rosalie Crutchley (English Actress)
 * 1958 - Matt Frewer (actor, comedian, and screenwriter)
 * 1960 - April Winchell (actress, voice actress, comedian, writer, talk radio host, and commentator)
 * 1961 - Graham McTavish (actor and voice actor)
 * 1963 - Dave Foley (actor, voice actor, stand-up comedian, director, producer, and writer)
 * 1964 - David Bowe
 * 1976 - Seth Grahame-Smith (novelist, film director, film producer, and screenwriter)
 * 1980 - Greg Cipes (actor, voice actor, singer, musician, and composer)
 * 1981 - Aaron Schwartz (actor)
 * 1983 - Kerry Condon (actress)
 * 1986 - Charlyne Yi (actress, comedian, musician, writer)
 * 1998 - Coco Jones (actress, singer, rapper, and dancer)

Deaths

 * 1998 - Mae Questel (actress and vocal artist)
 * 2015 - Stuart Scott (sportscaster and actor)
 * 2016 - Robert Stigwood (music entrepreneur, film producer, and impresario)

Shorts

 * 1936 - Mickey's Polo Team
 * 1952 - Father's Lion

Theme park happenings

 * 1989 - If You Could Fly closes at the Magic Kingdom to be transformed into Delta Dreamflight.
 * 2005 - The Wonders of Life pavilion at Epcot becomes a seasonal attraction.
 * 2010 - Honey, I Shrunk the Audience closes at Disneyland to prepare for the return of Captain EO.

Television

 * 2002 - The Even Stevens episode "Ren-Gate" and The Proud Family episode "The Party" premiere on Disney Channel.

Events

 * 2011 - The Disney Dream cruise ship arrives at Port Canaveral for its maiden voyage.