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 277th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 88 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 21, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,325,600 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 ‘dihectaheptacontaheptagon’ day.
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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 136 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 4,670 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 4 Historical Events
- 610 –Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor.
- 1779 –The Fort Wilson Riot takes place.
- 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 Men’s Golf Championship administered by the United States Golf Association is played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.
- 1927 –Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
- 1957 –Space Race: Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
- 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.
- 1985 –Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, United States.
- 1992 –The Rome General Peace Accords ends a 16 year civil war in Mozambique.
Who were born on October 4?
- 1914 –Brendan Gill, American writer (d. 1997)
- 1931 –Sir Terence Conran, English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer
- 1938 –Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1942 –Johanna Sigurdardottir, Prime Minister of Iceland
- 1943 –Dietmar Mürdter, German footballer
- 1946 –Michael Mullen, American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- 1971 –Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer
- 1978 –Ko Soo, South Korean television and movie actor
- 1978 –Kyle Lohse, American baseball player
- 1985 –Thorsten Wiedemann, German rugby player
Who died on October 4?
- 1052 –Vladimir of Novgorod (b. 1020)
- 1582 –Teresa of Avila, Spanish saint (b. 1515)
- 1646 –Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (b. 1586)
- 1669 –Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter (b. 1606)
- 1852 –James Whitcomb, American politician (b. 1795)
- 1961 –Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov), Orthodox missionary and writer, Exarch of Russian Church in North America (b. 1880)
- 1977 –José Ber Gelbard, Argentine activist and politician (b. 1917).
- 1982 –Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist (b. 1932)
- 1999 –Art Farmer, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1928)
- 2007 –Qassem Al-Nasser, Jordanian General (b. 1925)
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