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 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 88 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 21, 2017 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 25,117,920 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 138 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 1,748 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 4 Historical Events
- 1227 –Assassination of Caliph al-Adil.
- 1777 –Battle of Germantown: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe.
- 1876 –Texas A&M University opens as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, becoming the first public institution of higher education in Texas.
- 1941 –Norman Rockwell’s Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post.
- 1943 –World War II: U.S. captures Solomon Islands.
- 1957 –Leave It To Beaver premieres on CBS.
- 1957 –Sputnik 1 is launched by the Soviet Union.
- 1967 –Omar Ali Saifuddin III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
- 1974 –Founding of the New Democracy party in Greece.
- 1985 –Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, United States.
Who were born on October 4?
- 1276 –Margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany (d. 1311)
- 1903 –Pierre Garbay, French army general and military governor of Paris (d. 1980)
- 1916 –Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2009)
- 1931 –Sir Terence Conran, English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer
- 1942 –Karl W. Richter, American aviator (d. 1967)
- 1943 –Margaret Pemberton, English writer
- 1949 –Armand Assante, American actor
- 1979 –Stefan Booth, British actor
- 1980 –Sarah Fisher, American IndyCar driver and team owner
- 1986 –Yuridia, Mexican singer
Who died on October 4?
- 1582 –Teresa of Avila, Spanish saint (b. 1515)
- 1680 –Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer
- 1864 –Joseph Montferrand, French Canadian logger and strong man (b. 1802)
- 1904 –Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor (b. 1834)
- 1910 –Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma (b. 1850)
- 1982 –The Amazing Criswell, American psychic and actor (b. 1907)
- 1992 –Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver and 1967 Formula One world champion (b. 1936)
- 2001 –Ahron Soloveichik, Orthodox Jewish rabbi (b. 1917)
- 2004 –Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (b. 1927)
- 2009 –Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer (b. 1935)
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