4th October - Definition and Overview

October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). There are 88 days remaining.

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1 Events

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 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.

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.

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

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