What are the important events that happened on October 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 4: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 4 is the 278th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 88 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 21, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,800,000 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaheptacontaoctagon’ day.
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 117 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,305 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 4 Historical Events
- 1535 –The first complete English-language Bible (the Coverdale 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.
- 1693 –Battle of Marsaglia: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.
- 1883 –First run of the Orient Express.
- 1895 –The first U.S. Open Men’s Golf Championship administered by the United States Golf Association is played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.
- 1960 –Eastern Air Lines Flight 375, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashes after a bird strike on takeoff from Boston’s Logan International Airport, killing 62 of 72 on board.
- 1967 –Omar Ali Saifuddin III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
- 1976 –Official launch of the Intercity 125 High Speed Train (HST).
- 1991 –The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
- 1992 –The Rome General Peace Accords ends a 16 year civil war in Mozambique.
Who were born on October 4?
- 1626 –Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1712)
- 1862 –Edward Stratemeyer, American author (d. 1930)
- 1903 –John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer (d. 1995)
- 1910 –Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player (d. 2002)
- 1928 –Torben Ulrich, Danish musician and filmmaker
- 1946 –Michael Mullen, American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- 1948 –Linda McMahon, CEO of WWE
- 1979 –Bjorn Phau, German tennis player
- 1983 –Risa Kudo, Japanese gravure idol
- 1988 –Derrick Rose, American basketball player
Who died on October 4?
- 1052 –Vladimir of Novgorod (b. 1020)
- 1646 –Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (b. 1586)
- 1680 –Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer
- 1859 –Karl Baedeker, German publisher (b. 1801)
- 1935 –Jean Béraud, French painter (b. 1849)
- 1951 –Willie Moretti, American gangster (b. 1894)
- 1975 –Joan Whitney Payson, American heiress (b. 1903)
- 1981 –Freddie Lindstrom, Major League Baseball Hall of famer (b. 1905)
- 2001 –Blaise Alexander, American race car driver (b. 1976)
- 2010 –Sir Norman Wisdom, English comedian, singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1915)
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