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October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). There are 88 days remaining.
Events
600-1899
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 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
1895 - The first U.S. Open Mens' Golf Championship run by the United States Golf Association was played on a nine-hole course in Newport, Rhode Island.
1900-1999
1910 - Portugal becomes a republic. King Manuel II flees to Britain.
1957 - Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth
1958 - Fifth Republic of France established
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, Russian President 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.
2000-2099
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.
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
1500-1899
1550 - King Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611)
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)
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)
1900-1999
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, 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 - Tchéky Karyo, actor
1959 - Tony Meo, English snooker player
1960 - Afrika Bambaataa, musician
1961 - Jon Secada, singer
1963 - A.C. Green, basketball star
1967 - Liev Schreiber, actor
1967 - Marcus Bentley, British voice actor
1976 - Alicia Silverstone, American actress
1984 - Lena, half of Russian pop group t.A.T.u.
Deaths
0-1499
1250 - Herman VI, Margrave of Baden
1500-1899
1582 - Saint Teresa of Avila (b. 1515)
1669 - Rembrandt Dutch painter (b. 1606)
1821 - John Rennie, engineer (b. 1761)
1880 - Jacques Offenbach, composer (b. 1819)
1900-1999
1904 - Frédéric Bartholdi, sculptor of the Statue of Liberty (b. 1834)
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, German physicist (b. 1858)
1969 - Natalino Otto, Italian singer
1970 - Janis Joplin, American singer (b. 1943)
1982 - Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist (b. 1932)
1989 - Graham Chapman, British comedian (b. 1941)
1989 - Secretariat, Triple Crown-winning race horse (b. 1970)
1997 - Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese game developer (b. 1941)
2000-2099
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).
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