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October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap Year s) in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 88 days remaining.
Events
- 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople , overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor.
- 1537 - The first complete English-language Bible (the Matthew Bible ) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale .
- 1582 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar . In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15 .
- are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe
- 1795 - Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence with a "Whiff of Grapeshot", using canon to suppress armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the French Legislature ( National Convention ).
- 1824 - Mexico adopts a New Constitution and becomes a federal republic.
- 1830 - Creation of the state of Belgium after separation from The Netherlands
- 1883 - First run of the '' Orient Express .''
- 1883 - First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow , Scotland .
- 1895 - The first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship run by the United States Golf Association was played on a nine-hole course in Newport, Rhode Island .
- 1931 - Debut appearance of the Dick Tracy Comic Strip , created by Cartoonist Chester Gould .
- 1957 - Launch of '' Sputnik I , ''the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, and first Avro Arrow rolled out of main plant.
- 1957 - CBS television show Leave It To Beaver debuts starring Jerry Mathers as Beaver Cleaver and Hugh Beaumont as Ward Cleaver.
- 1958 - Fifth Republic of France established.
- 1960 - An Eastern Airlines Lockheed L-188 Electra flying from Boston crashes, killing 62 people after a Bird Strike .
- 1966 - Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho .
- 1983 - Hooters restaurant first opened in Clearwater, Florida , United States .
- 1983 - Richard Noble sets a new Land Speed Record of 633.468 Mph , driving Thrust 2 at the Black Rock Desert , Nevada , United States .
- 1988 - U.S. Televangelist Jim Bakker indicted for fraud.
- 1991 - The Protocol On Environmental Protection To The Antarctic Treaty was opened for Signature .
- 1992 - An El Al Boeing 747 -200F crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam , killing 43 including 38 on the ground. See Bijlmerramp
- 1993 - '' Doom '' press-release version is made available to journalists for review.
- 1993 - Boris Yeltsin orders tanks to storm the Russian parliament building.
- 1998 - Leafie Mason of Hughes Springs, Texas , is murdered by Ángel Maturino Reséndiz . She is the serial killer's second victim.
- 1999 - The Welcome To Fabulous Las Vegas sign goes dark as its new owner doesn't pay the power bill.
- 2001 - A Sibir Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile. 78 people are killed.
- s, Jew s and Arab s, were killed, and 51 others were wounded.
- 2004 - '' SpaceShipOne '' wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.
Births
- 1160 - Alys, Countess Of The Vexin , daughter of Louis VII Of France
- 1289 - King Louis X Of France (d. 1316 )
- 1379 - King Henry III Of Castile (d. 1406 )
- 1515 - Lucas Cranach The Younger , German painter (d. 1586 )
- 1542 - Robert Bellarmine , Italian saint (d. 1621 )
- 1550 - King Charles IX Of Sweden (d. 1611 )
- 1562 - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus , Danish astronomer (d. 1647 )
- 1570 - Péter Pázmány , Hungarian cardinal and statesman (d. 1637 )
- 1625 - Jacqueline Pascal , French child prodigy and sister of Blaise Pascal (d. 1661 )
- 1626 - Richard Cromwell , Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1712 )
- 1720 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi , Italian artist (d. 1778 )
- 1723 - Nikolaus Poda Von Neuhaus , German entomologist (d. 1798 )
- 1814 - Jean-François Millet , French painter (d. 1875 )
- 1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes , 19th President Of The United States (d. 1893 )
- 1841 - Prudente José De Morais Barros , President of Brazil (d. 1912 )
- 1858 - Michael Pupin , Serbian-born telephone pioneer and author (d. 1935 )
- 1861 - Frederic Remington , American painter (d. 1909 )
- 1862 - Edward Stratemeyer , American author (d. 1930 )
- 1877 - Razor Smith , English cricketer (d. 1946 )
- 1880 - Damon Runyon , American writer (d. 1946 )
- 1881 - Walther Von Brauchitsch , German Commander-in-Chief (d. 1948 )
- 1886 - Luis Alberni , Spanish character actor (d. 1962 )
- 1888 - Oscar Mathisen , Norwegian speed skater (d. 1954 )
- 1892 - Engelbert Dollfuss , Austrian politician (d. 1934 )
- 1895 - Buster Keaton , American comedian, actor (d. 1966 )
- 1903 - John Vincent Atanasoff , American computer pioneer (d. 1995 )
- 1903 - Ernst Kaltenbrunner , German military officer (d. 1946 )
- 1910 - Frankie Crosetti , American baseball player (d. 2002 )
- 1914 - Jim Cairns , Australian politician (d. 2003 )
- 1916 - Vitaly Ginzburg , Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1918 - Kenichi Fukui , Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998 )
- 1922 - Malcolm Baldrige , 26th United States Secretary Of Commerce (d. 1987 )
- 1924 - Charlton Heston , American actor
- 1928 - Alvin Toffler , American author
- 1934 - Sam Huff , American football player
- 1937 - Jackie Collins , British author
- 1938 - Kurt Wüthrich , Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1940 - Silvio Marzolini , Argentine footballer
- 1941 - Anne Rice , American writer
- 1942 - Karl W. Richter , American aviator
- 1943 - H. Rap Brown , American civil rights activist
- 1944 - Tony La Russa , American baseball manager
- 1945 - Clifton Davis , American actor
- 1946 - Chuck Hagel , United States Senator from Nebraska
- 1946 - Susan Sarandon , American actress
- 1947 - Ann Widdecombe , British politician
- 1949 - Armand Assante , American actor
- 1949 - Stephen Gyllenhaal , Director, Producer, Father of two
- 1953 - Tchéky Karyo , Turkish-born actor
- 1957 - Alexander Tkachev , Soviet gymnast
- 1957 - Bill Fagerbakke , American actor
- 1959 - Chris Lowe , British singer ( Pet Shop Boys )
- 1959 - Tony Meo , English snooker player
- 1960 - Afrika Bambaataa , American musician
- 1961 - Jon Secada , Cuban-born singer
- 1961 - Kazuki Takahashi , Japanese author and artist
- 1963 - A.C. Green , American basketball player
- 1967 - Marcus Bentley , British voice actor
- 1967 - Liev Schreiber , American actor
- 1971 - Tammi Ann , American porn actress
- 1971 - Friderika Bayer , Hungarian singer
- 1973 - Chris Parks , American professional wrestler who uses the stage name "Abyss"
- 1975 - Cristiano Lucarelli , Italian football player
- 1976 - Alicia Silverstone , American actress
- 1976 - Mauro Camoranesi , Argentine-Italian footballer
- 1979 - Rachael Leigh Cook , American actress
- 1980 - Me'Lisa Barber , American athlete
- 1980 - Sarah Fisher , American race car driver
- 1981 - Justin Williams , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 - Risa Kudo , Japanese gravure idol
- 1984 - Elena Katina , Russian musician ( T.A.T.u. )
Deaths
- 1052 - Prince Vladimir Of Novgorod (b. 1020 )
- 1221 - William III Talvas , Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179 )
- 1226 - Saint Francis Of Assisi (b. 1181 )
- 1250 - Herman VI, Margrave Of Baden
- 1305 - Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249 )
- 1582 - Teresa Of Avila , Spanish saint and poet (b. 1515 )
- 1597 - Sarsa Dengel , Emperor Of Ethiopia (b. 1550 )
- 1646 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl Of Arundel , English statesman (b. 1586 )
- 1660 - Francesco Albani , Italian painter (b. 1578 )
- 1669 - Rembrandt , Dutch painter (b. 1606 )
- 1680 - Pierre-Paul Riquet , French engineer and canal builder
- 1743 - John Campbell, 2nd Duke Of Argyll , Scottish soldier (b. 1678 )
- 1749 - Franz Freiherr Von Der Trenck , Austrian soldier (b. 1711 )
- 1754 - Tanacharison , Catawba Indian chief
- 1785 - David Brearly , delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention (b. 1703 )
- 1821 - John Rennie , Scottish engineer (b. 1761 )
- 1851 - Manuel De Godoy , Spanish statesman (b. 1767 )
- 1859 - Karl Baedeker , German author and publisher (b. 1801 )
- 1880 - Jacques Offenbach , German-born composer (b. 1819 )
- 1890 - Catherine Booth , the Mother of The Salvation Army (b. 1829 )
- 1903 - Otto Weininger , Austrian philosopher (b. 1880 )
- 1904 - Frédéric Bartholdi , French sculptor (b. 1834 )
- 1904 - Karl Bayer , Austrian chemist (b. 1847 )
- 1935 - Jean Béraud , French painter (b. 1849 )
- 1944 - Al Smith , Presidential candidate and Governor of New York (b. 1873 )
- 1946 - Barney Oldfield , American automobile pioneer (b. 1878 )
- 1947 - Max Planck , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858 )
- 1951 - Willie Moretti , American gangster (b. 1894 )
- 1969 - Natalino Otto , Italian singer (b. 1912 )
- 1970 - Janis Joplin , American singer (b. 1943 )
- 1974 - Anne Sexton , American poet (b. 1928 )
- 1982 - Glenn Gould , Canadian pianist (b. 1932 )
- 1989 - Graham Chapman , British comedian (b. 1941 )
- 1989 - Secretariat , American race horse (b. 1970 )
- 1992 - Denny Hulme , 1967 Formula One World Champion (b. 1936 )
- 1997 - Gunpei Yokoi , Japanese game developer (b. 1941 )
- 2000 - Michael Smith , English-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932 )
- 2002 - Alphonse Chapanis , founder of ergonomics
- 2003 - Sid McMath , Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912 )
- 2004 - Gordon Cooper , astronaut (b. 1927 )
- 2005 - Stanley K. Hathaway , U.S. politician (b. 1924 )
Holidays
External links
October 3 - October 5 - September 4 - November 4 – more Historical Anniversaries
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