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, 480,000 hours 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
- 1853 –Crimean War: The Ottoman Empire declares war on Russia.
- 1883 –First meeting of the Boys’ Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
- 1943 –World War II: U.S. captures Solomon Islands.
- 1957 –Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario.
- 1957 –Space Race: Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
- 1963 –Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.
- 1997 –The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. An FBI investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million in cash which had been taken.
- 2001 –NATO confirms invocation of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
- 2003 –Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel: 21 Israelis, Jews and Arabs, are killed, and 51 others wounded.
- 2010 –The Ajka plant accident in western Hungary releases about a million cubic metres (35 million cubic feet) of liquid alumina sludge. Nine people are killed and 122 injured, and the Marcal and Danube rivers are severly contaminated.
Who were born on October 4?
- 1841 –Maria Sophie of Bavaria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1925)
- 1861 –Frederic Remington, American painter (d. 1909)
- 1884 –Subramaniya Siva, Indian revolutionary figure (d. 1925)
- 1931 –Sir Terence Conran, English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer
- 1950 –Meg Bennett, American writer and actress
- 1957 –Russell Simmons, American entrepreneur
- 1968 –Richard Hancox, English footballer
- 1968 –Tim Wise, American writer and activist
- 1971 –Darren Middleton, Australian guitarist
- 1983 –Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player
Who died on October 4?
- 1305 –Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)
- 1582 –Teresa of Avila, Spanish saint (b. 1515)
- 1660 –Francesco Albani, Italian painter (b. 1578)
- 1661 –Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (b. 1625)
- 1946 –Barney Oldfield, American automobile pioneer (b. 1878)
- 1951 –Henrietta Lacks, HeLa cells derived from her cervical cancer (b. 1920)
- 1969 –Natalino Otto, Italian singer (b. 1912)
- 1999 –Art Farmer, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1928)
- 2002 –Alphonse Chapanis, founder of ergonomics (b. 1917)
- 2009 –Günther Rall, German fighter ace (b. 1918)
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