
October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). There are 88 days remaining. ==Events== * 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, otherthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. *1535 - The first complete English language 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, skipping over 10 days. *1777 - Battle of Germantown - Troops under George Washington are repelled by Great Britain 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 *1883 - First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland. *1895 - The first US Open (golf) run by the United States Golf Association was played on a nine-hole course in Newport, Rhode Island. *1910 - Portugal becomes a republic. King Manuel II of Portugal flees to United Kingdom. *1957 - Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. *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. *1963 - Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 mph, driving Thrust 2 at the Black Rock Desert, Nevada. *1966 - Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho. *1988 - 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 2 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 - At the climax of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, President of Russia Boris Yeltsin orders army tanks to begin the storming of the Russian parliament building. *1998 - Leafie Mason of Hughes Springs, Texas is murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz. She is Angel's second victim in his second incident. *2001 - A Sibir Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian SA-5 Gammon missile. 78 people are killed. *2003 - Maxim restaurant suicide bombing: A female Palestinian suicide bomber, Hanadi Jaradat, exploded inside the Maxim restaurant in Haifa. 21 Israelis, Jews and Arabs, were killed, and 51 others were wounded. *2004 - SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight ==Births== *1289 - King Louis X of France (d. 1316) *1379 - King Henry III of Castile (d. 1406) *1550 - King Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611) *1687 - Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (d. 1768) *1814 - Jean-Francois Millet, French painter (d. 1875) *1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893) *1858 - Michael Pupin, telephone pioneer, Pulitzer Prize winning author *1861 - Frederic Remington, painter (d. 1909) *1862 - Edward Stratemeyer, American author (d. 1930) *1877 - Razor Smith, English cricketer (d. 1946) *1880 - Damon Runyon, writer (d. 1946) *1881 - Walther von Brauchitsch, German Commander-in-Chief (d. 1948) *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) *1917 - Jan Murray, comedian *1924 - Charlton Heston, American actor *1928 - Alvin Toffler, futurist, author *1938 - Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate *1939 - Jackie Collins, author *1941 - Anne Rice, American 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 - Tchéky Karyo, actor *1959 - Tony Meo, English snooker player *1960 - Afrika Bambaataa, musician *1961 - Jon Secada, singer *1961 - Kazuki Takahashi, author and artist *1963 - A.C. Green, basketball star *1967 - Liev Schreiber, actor *1967 - Marcus Bentley, British voice actor *1976 - Alicia Silverstone, American actress *1983 - Hooters restaurant first opened in Clearwater, Florida *1984 - Elena Sergeyevna Katina, Russian musician (t.A.T.u.) ==Deaths== * 1226 - Saint Francis of Assisi * 1250 - Herman VI, Margrave of Baden * 1305 - Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249) *1582 - Saint Teresa of Avila (b. 1515) *1597 - Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia *1669 - Rembrandt Dutch painter (b. 1606) *1821 - John_Rennie (engineer), engineer (b. 1761) *1859 - Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher (b. 1801) *1880 - Jacques Offenbach, composer (b. 1819) *1904 - Frédéric Bartholdi, sculptor of the Statue of Liberty (b. 1834) *1935 - Jean Beraud, French impressionist painter (b. 1849) *1944 - Al Smith, candidate for President of the United States, Governor of New York (b. 1873) *1946 - Barney Oldfield, automobile pioneer (b. 1878) *1947 - Max Planck, Germany physics (b. 1858) *1951 - Willie Moretti, Mafiosi (b. 1894) *1969 - Natalino Otto, Italian singer *1970 - Janis Joplin, United States singer (b. 1943) *1982 - Glenn Gould, Canada pianist (b. 1932) *1989 - Graham Chapman, United Kingdom comedian (b. 1941) * 1989 - Secretariat (racehorse), Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing-winning race horse (b. 1970) *1997 - Gunpei Yokoi, Japan game developer (b. 1941) *2002 - Alphonse Chapanis, a founder of ergonomics *2003 - Sid McMath, former governor of Arkansas *2003 - Fred Tuttle, subject of 1996 indie film Man With A Plan (b. 1919) *2004 - Gordon Cooper, astronaut (b. 1927) ==Holidays== * Australian Labour Day (ACT, NSW, & SA). * Lesotho's Independence Day * Feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi in the Roman Catholic Church. * Feast day of Saint Amun in the Roman Catholic Church. == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/4 BBC: On This Day] ---- October 3 - October 5 - September 4 - November 4 - more historical anniversaries fo:4. oktober
--User:Maveric149 00:27, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC) Template:October 4 selected anniversaries - Template talk:October 4 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:October_4_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- *1998 - Leafie Mason, 81-Year old senior citizen. What was this doing in the deaths section is it surposed to be there or is it vandalism User:G-Man 23:55, 6 Oct 2003 (UTC) :He/she is a victim of Angel Maturino Resendiz, a serial killer. I'm not sure if that warrants a mention in either the October 4 or 1998 article, but that's why it's there right now. User:Adam Bishop 00:00, 7 Oct 2003 (UTC) I dont think it does warrant a mention here User:G-Man 00:04, 7 Oct 2003 (UTC)
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October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). There are 88 days remaining. ==Events== * 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, otherthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. *1535 - The first complete English language 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, skipping over 10 days. *1777 - Battle of Germantown - Troops under George Washington are repelled by Great Britain 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 *1883 - First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland. *1895 - The first US Open (golf) run by the United States Golf Association was played on a nine-hole course in Newport, Rhode Island. *1910 - Portugal becomes a republic. King Manuel II of Portugal flees to United Kingdom. *1957 - Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. *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. *1963 - Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 mph, driving Thrust 2 at the Black Rock Desert, Nevada. *1966 - Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho. *1988 - 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 2 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 - At the climax of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, President of Russia Boris Yeltsin orders army tanks to begin the storming of the Russian parliament building. *1998 - Leafie Mason of Hughes Springs, Texas is murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz. She is Angel's second victim in his second incident. *2001 - A Sibir Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian SA-5 Gammon missile. 78 people are killed. *2003 - Maxim restaurant suicide bombing: A female Palestinian suicide bomber, Hanadi Jaradat, exploded inside the Maxim restaurant in Haifa. 21 Israelis, Jews and Arabs, were killed, and 51 others were wounded. *2004 - SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight ==Births== *1289 - King Louis X of France (d. 1316) *1379 - King Henry III of Castile (d. 1406) *1550 - King Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611) *1687 - Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (d. 1768) *1814 - Jean-Francois Millet, French painter (d. 1875) *1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893) *1858 - Michael Pupin, telephone pioneer, Pulitzer Prize winning author *1861 - Frederic Remington, painter (d. 1909) *1862 - Edward Stratemeyer, American author (d. 1930) *1877 - Razor Smith, English cricketer (d. 1946) *1880 - Damon Runyon, writer (d. 1946) *1881 - Walther von Brauchitsch, German Commander-in-Chief (d. 1948) *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) *1917 - Jan Murray, comedian *1924 - Charlton Heston, American actor *1928 - Alvin Toffler, futurist, author *1938 - Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate *1939 - Jackie Collins, author *1941 - Anne Rice, American 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 - Tchéky Karyo, actor *1959 - Tony Meo, English snooker player *1960 - Afrika Bambaataa, musician *1961 - Jon Secada, singer *1961 - Kazuki Takahashi, author and artist *1963 - A.C. Green, basketball star *1967 - Liev Schreiber, actor *1967 - Marcus Bentley, British voice actor *1976 - Alicia Silverstone, American actress *1983 - Hooters restaurant first opened in Clearwater, Florida *1984 - Elena Sergeyevna Katina, Russian musician (t.A.T.u.) ==Deaths== * 1226 - Saint Francis of Assisi * 1250 - Herman VI, Margrave of Baden * 1305 - Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249) *1582 - Saint Teresa of Avila (b. 1515) *1597 - Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia *1669 - Rembrandt Dutch painter (b. 1606) *1821 - John_Rennie (engineer), engineer (b. 1761) *1859 - Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher (b. 1801) *1880 - Jacques Offenbach, composer (b. 1819) *1904 - Frédéric Bartholdi, sculptor of the Statue of Liberty (b. 1834) *1935 - Jean Beraud, French impressionist painter (b. 1849) *1944 - Al Smith, candidate for President of the United States, Governor of New York (b. 1873) *1946 - Barney Oldfield, automobile pioneer (b. 1878) *1947 - Max Planck, Germany physics (b. 1858) *1951 - Willie Moretti, Mafiosi (b. 1894) *1969 - Natalino Otto, Italian singer *1970 - Janis Joplin, United States singer (b. 1943) *1982 - Glenn Gould, Canada pianist (b. 1932) *1989 - Graham Chapman, United Kingdom comedian (b. 1941) * 1989 - Secretariat (racehorse), Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing-winning race horse (b. 1970) *1997 - Gunpei Yokoi, Japan game developer (b. 1941) *2002 - Alphonse Chapanis, a founder of ergonomics *2003 - Sid McMath, former governor of Arkansas *2003 - Fred Tuttle, subject of 1996 indie film Man With A Plan (b. 1919) *2004 - Gordon Cooper, astronaut (b. 1927) ==Holidays== * Australian Labour Day (ACT, NSW, & SA). * Lesotho's Independence Day * Feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi in the Roman Catholic Church. * Feast day of Saint Amun in the Roman Catholic Church. == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/4 BBC: On This Day] ---- October 3 - October 5 - September 4 - November 4 - more historical anniversaries fo:4. oktober
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--User:Maveric149 00:27, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC) Template:October 4 selected anniversaries - Template talk:October 4 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:October_4_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- *1998 - Leafie Mason, 81-Year old senior citizen. What was this doing in the deaths section is it surposed to be there or is it vandalism User:G-Man 23:55, 6 Oct 2003 (UTC) :He/she is a victim of Angel Maturino Resendiz, a serial killer. I'm not sure if that warrants a mention in either the October 4 or 1998 article, but that's why it's there right now. User:Adam Bishop 00:00, 7 Oct 2003 (UTC) I dont think it does warrant a mention here User:G-Man 00:04, 7 Oct 2003 (UTC)
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