What happened this day in history October 4

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

  • 1227
    Assassination of Caliph al-Adil.
  • 1636
    The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
  • 1779
    The Fort Wilson Riot takes place.
  • 1876
    Texas A&M University opens as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, becoming the first public institution of higher education in Texas.
  • 1957
    Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario.
  • 1963
    Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.
  • 1966
    Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
  • 1976
    Official launch of the Intercity 125 High Speed Train (HST).
  • 1993
    Russian Constitutional Crisis: In Moscow, tanks bombard the White House, a government building that housed the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Boris Yeltsin rally outside.
  • 2001
    Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: 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.

Who were born on October 4?

  • 1289
    King Louis X of France (d. 1316)
  • 1876
    Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (d. 1958)
  • 1890
    Dr. Alan L. Hart, American transsexual, radiologist, and novelist (d. 1962)
  • 1911
    Sir Michael Hordern, British actor (d. 1995)
  • 1943
    Florian Pittiş, Romanian artist (d. 2007)
  • 1949
    Marion Pruett, American spree killer (d. 1999)
  • 1957
    Russell Simmons, American entrepreneur
  • 1975
    Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian football player
  • 1976
    Alicia Silverstone, American actress
  • 1979
    Bjorn Phau, German tennis player

Who died on October 4?

  • 1221
    William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179)
  • 1250
    Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (b. 1226)
  • 1305
    Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)
  • 1947
    Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1858)
  • 1955
    Alexander Papagos, Greek general and political leader (b. 1883)
  • 1990
    Alyn Ainsworth, British bandleader (b. 1924)
  • 1996
    Larry Gene Bell, American child murderer (executed by electric chair) (b. 1949)
  • 2000
    Michael Smith, biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1932)
  • 2002
    Alphonse Chapanis, founder of ergonomics (b. 1917)
  • 2004
    Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (b. 1927)

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