October 4
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October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). There are 88 days remaining.
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Events
- 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, skipping over 10 days.
- 1777 - Battle of Germantown - Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe
- 1824 - Mexico becomes a republic
- 1830 - Creation of the state of Belgium after separation from The Netherlands
- 1883 - First run of the Orient Express
- 1910 - Portugal becomes a republic. King Manuel II flees to Great Britain.
- 1957 - Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth
- 1958 - Fifth Republic of France established
- 1966 - Lesotho becomes independent
- 1988 - Jim Bakker indicted for fraud
- 1992 - An El Al Boeing 747 crashes into a block of flats in Amsterdam, killing 43. See Bijlmerramp
- 1993 - Doom press-release version is made available to journalists for review.
- 1998 - Leafie Mason of Hughes Spring, Texas is murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz. She is Angel's second victim in his second incident.
Births
- 1814 - Jean-Francois Millet, French painter
- 1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States († 1893)
- 1861 - Frederic Remington, painter († 1909)
- 1858 - Michael Pupin, telephone pioneer, Pulitzer Prize winning author
- 1880 - Damon Runyon, writer († 1946)
- 1892 - Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician
- 1895 - Buster Keaton, American comedian, actor († 1966)
- 1903 - John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer
- 1903 - Ernst Kaltenbrunner German military officer († 1946)
- 1917 - Jan Murray, comedian
- 1924 - Charlton Heston, American actor, NRA president
- 1928 - Alvin Toffler, futurist, author
- 1939 - Jackie Collins, author
- 1941 - Anne Rice, American horror/fantasy writer
- 1943 - H. Rap Brown (Jamil Al-Amin), civil rights activist
- 1946 - Susan Sarandon, American actress
- 1947 - Ann Widdecombe, British Member of Parliament
- 1949 - Armand Assante, actor
- 1953 - [[Tch�ky Karyo]], actor
- 1960 - Afrika Bambaataa, musician
- 1961 - Jon Secada, singer
- 1963 - A.C. Green, basketball star
- 1967 - Liev Schreiber, actor
- 1976 - Alicia Silverstone, American actress
- 1979 - Rachael Leigh Cook, actress
Deaths
- 1582 - Saint Teresa of Avila
- 1880 - Jacques Offenbach, composer
- 1904 - [[Fr�d�ric Bartholdi]], sculptor of the Statue of Liberty
- 1944 - Al Smith, candidate for President of the United States, Governor of New York
- 1946 - Barney Oldfield, automobile pioneer
- 1947 - Max Planck, German physicist
- 1967 - Woody Guthrie, folk music singer
- 1970 - Janis Joplin, American singer
- 1982 - Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist
- 1989 - Graham Chapman, British comedian
- 1998 - Leafie Mason, 81-Year old senior citizen
Holidays
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
October 3 - October 5 - September 4 - November 4 - more historical anniversaries
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "October 4" http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_4 October 4, 2003
