October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years A leap year is a year containing one or more extra days (or, in the case of lunisolar calendars, an extra month) in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. For example, in the Gregorian calendar, February in a leap year has 29 days instead of the usual 28 so the year lasts 366 days instead of the usual 3) in the Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, on 24 February 1582 by the papal bull Inter gravissimas. There are 88 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 610 – Heraclius Flavius Heraclius was a Byzantine Emperor of Armenian origin, who ruled the East Roman Empire for over thirty years, from October 5, 610 to February 11, 641. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, the viceregal Exarch of Africa, successfully led a revolt against the unpopular usurper Phocas. Heraclius' reign was marked by several arrives by ship from Africa The Roman province of Africa was established after the Romans defeated Carthage in the Third Punic War. It roughly comprised the territory of present-day northern Tunisia, north-eastern Algeria and the Mediterranean coast of modern-day western Libya along the Syrtis Minor. The Arabs later named roughly the same region as the original province at Constantinople Constantinople was the imperial capital (Gr: Βασιλεύουσα, Basileúousa) of the Roman Empire (330–395), the Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire (395–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922). Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe, overthrows Byzantine The Byzantine Empire or Eastern Roman Empire, known to its inhabitants as the Roman Empire, the Empire of the Romans and also as Romania (Ῥωμανία, Rhōmanía), was the continuation of the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople, and ruled by Emperors in direct succession to the ancient Roman Emperors Emperor Phocas Flavius Phocas Augustus, , usurped the Byzantine throne from the Emperor Maurice, and was himself overthrown by Heraclius after losing a civil war and becomes Emperor.
• 1209 – Otto IV Otto IV of Brunswick was one of two rival kings of the Holy Roman Empire from 1198 on, sole king from 1208 on, and emperor from 1209 on. The only king of the Welf dynasty, he was deposed in 1215 is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire (HRE; German: Heiliges Römisches Reich , Latin: Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI)) was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period under a Holy Roman Emperor. The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was Otto I, crowned in 962. The last was Francis II, who abdicated and dissolved by Pope Innocent III Pope Innocent III was pope from January 8, 1198 until his death. He was born with the name Lotario de Conti.
• 1227 – Assassination of Caliph al-Adil Abu Mohammed Abdallah al-Adil was selected as sultan of Morocco following the 1223 strangulation of the previous Almohad sultan, Abdul-Wahid I. Abdullah's vizier was Abû Zayd Abî Muhammad ben Abî Hafs, who had previously served his father, Muhammad an-Nasir, and his brother,Yusuf II, as governor of Ifriqiya.
• 1363 Year 1363 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar – End of the Battle of Lake Poyang The naval battle of Lake Poyang took place 30 August – 4 October 1363 and was one of the final battles fought in the fall of China's Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. There were at this time a number of rebel groups who sought to topple the reigning dynasty; the three most powerful were the Ming, the Han, and the Wu; the Chinese rebel forces The Red Turban Rebellion was an uprising much influenced by the White Lotus Society members that targeted the ruling Yuan Dynasty of Zhu Yuanzhang The Hongwu Emperor , known variably by his given name Zhu Yuanzhang (Chinese: 朱元璋; Wade-Giles: Chu Yuan-chang) and by the temple name Taizu of the Ming (Chinese: 明太祖) was the founder and first emperor (1368–98) of the Ming Dynasty of China. His era name, Hongwu, means "great military power" defeat that of his rival, Chen Youliang Chen Youliang (1320 – August 23, 1363) was the founder of the rebel Dahan (大漢 Great Han) regime in late Yuan Dynasty in China, in one of the largest naval battles in history The title of "largest naval battle in history" may be conferred according to criteria which might include the numbers of personnel and/or vessels involved in the battle, the total tonnage of the vessels involved, the damage sustained, or the casualties inflicted. There are three other related – but not identical – titles which might.
• 1511 Year 1511 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar – Formation of the Holy League The War of the League of Cambrai, sometimes known as the War of the Holy League and by several other names, was a major conflict in the Italian Wars. The principal participants of the war, which was fought from 1508 to 1516, were France, the Papal States, and the Republic of Venice; they were joined, at various times, by nearly every significant of Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand the Catholic was King of Aragon (1479–1516), Sicily (1468–1516), Naples (1504–1516), Valencia, Sardinia, and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, de jure uxoris King of Castile (1474-1504) and then Regent (and true ruler) of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of his mentally unstable daughter Joanna the Mad, the Papal States The Papal States, State of the Church or Pontifical States (Italian: Stato Ecclesiastico,Stato Pontificio, Stato della Chiesa, Stati della Chiesa or Stati Pontificii; Latin: Status Pontificius) were one of the major historical states of Italy from roughly the 6th century until the Italian peninsula was unified in 1861 by the Kingdom of Piedmont- and the Republic of Venice The Most Serene Republic of Venice (Venetian: Repùblica Vèneta or Repùblica de Venesia, Italian: Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia) or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice in Northeastern Italy. It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century AD until the year 1797. It is often referred to as La against France France (pronounced /ˈfræns/ or /ˈfrɑːns/; French: [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, pronounced: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the.
• 1537 Year 1537 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar – The first complete English-language English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries and of the United States since the mid 20th century, it has become the lingua franca in many parts of the world. It is Bible Modern Judaism generally recognizes a single set of canonical books known as the Tanakh, or Hebrew or Jewish Bible. It comprises three parts: the Torah , the Prophets, and the Writings. It was primarily written in Hebrew with some small portions in Aramaic.[citation needed] In Christian religions, the Tanakh is known as the Old Testament (the Matthew Bible The Matthew Bible, also known as Matthew's Bible, was first published in 1537 under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew". It combined Coverdale's work with the maximum of Tyndale's, and thus began the main sequence of English Bible translations) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale William Tyndale (c. 1494 – 1536) was a 16th-century Protestant reformer and scholar who, influenced by the work of Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther, translated the Bible into the Early Modern English of his day. While a number of partial and complete Old English translations had been made from the seventh century onward, and Middle English and Miles Coverdale Myles Coverdale (c. 1488 – 20 January 1569) was a 16th-century Bible translator who produced the first complete printed translation of the Bible into English.
• 1582 Gregorian Calendar switch: Year 1582 involved conversion to the Gregorian calendar, and, as a result, had only 355 days. Year 1582 began as a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, and continued as normal through Thursday, October 4. However, the next day became Friday, October 15 (like a – Pope Gregory XIII He was born in the city of Bologna, where he studied law and graduated in 1530. Afterwards, he taught jurisprudence for some years; his students included notable figures such as Alexander Farnese, Reginald Pole and Charles Borromeo implements the Gregorian Calendar The Gregorian calendar is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, on 24 February 1582 by the papal bull Inter gravissimas. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15 October 15 is the 288th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 77 days remaining until the end of the year.
• 1636 Year 1636 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar) – The Swedish Army The Swedish Army is the army branch of the Swedish Armed Forces, the military of Sweden defeats the armies of Saxony The Free State of Saxony is a federal state of Germany, located in the southeastern part of present-day Germany. It is the tenth-largest German state in area (18,413 km²) and the sixth largest in population (4.3 million), of Germany's sixteen states and the Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire (HRE; German: Heiliges Römisches Reich , Latin: Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI)) was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period under a Holy Roman Emperor. The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was Otto I, crowned in 962. The last was Francis II, who abdicated and dissolved at the Battle of Wittstock The Battle of Wittstock was fought on 24 September or 4 October (Gregorian calendar) 1636, between a Protestant Swedish army and an alliance of the Holy Roman Empire and Saxony.
• 1693 Year 1693 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar) – Battle of Marsaglia The Battle of Marsaglia was a battle in the Nine Years' War, fought in Italy on 4 October 1693 between the French army of Marshal Nicolas Catinat and the Allied army of Duke Victor Amadeus II of Savoy: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.
• 1725 Year 1725 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar) – Foundation of Rosario Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located 300 km northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,025,000 residents as of the 2001 census [INDEC]. It's the third most important city in Argentina by its population (908.163 inhabitant - 2001 census) because of the growing and in Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the second largest country in South America and eighth in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico, Colombia and Spain are more populous.
• 1777 Year 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar) – Battle of Germantown The Battle of Germantown, a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War, was fought on October 4, 1777 at Germantown, Pennsylvania. The British victory in this battle ensured that Philadelphia, the capital of the self-proclaimed United States of America, would remain in British hands throughout the winter of 1777-1778: Troops under George Washington The Continental Congress appointed Washington commander-in-chief of the American revolutionary forces in 1775. The following year, he forced the British out of Boston, lost New York City, and crossed the Delaware River in New Jersey, defeating the surprised enemy units later that year. As a result of his strategy, Revolutionary forces captured the are repelled by British Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest in Europe. With a population of approximately 58.9 million people, it is the third most populated island on Earth. Ireland is to its west, and it is surrounded by over 1000 smaller islands and islets troops under Sir William Howe.
• 1779 Year 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar) – The Fort Wilson Riot James Wilson , was a Scottish lawyer, most notable as a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He was twice elected to the Continental Congress, a major force in the drafting of the United States Constitution, a leading legal theoretician and one of the six original justices appointed by George Washington to the Supreme Court of takes place.
• 1795 Year 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar) – Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence with a "Whiff of Grapeshot", using cannon to suppress armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the French Legislature (National Convention).
• 1824 – Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
• 1830 – Creation of the state of Belgium after separation from The Netherlands.
• 1853 – Crimean War: The Ottoman Empire declares war on Russia.
• 1876 – Texas A&M University opens as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas becomes Texas's first public institution of higher education in that state.
• 1883 – First run of the Orient Express.
• 1883 – First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
• 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.
• 1910 – Declaration of the Portuguese Republic. King Manuel II flees to the United Kingdom.
• 1910 – Adoption of the Flag of Bermuda.
• 1918 – An explosion kills more than 100 and destroys the T.A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant in Sayreville, New Jersey. Fires and explosions continue for three days forcing massive evacuations and spreading ordnance over a wide area, pieces of which are still being found in 2007.
• 1921 – Riccardo Zanella becomes first elected president of Free State of Fiume.
• 1927 – Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
• 1940 – Meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini at the Brenner Pass.
• 1943 – World War II: U.S. captures Solomon Islands.
• 1957 – Space Race: Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
• 1957 – Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario.
• 1958 – Fifth Republic of France is established.
• 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.
• 1965 – Becoming the first Pope to ever visit the United States of America and the Western hemisphere, Pope Paul VI arrives in New York.
• 1966 – Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
• 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).
• 1983 – Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 mph (1,019 km/h), driving Thrust 2 at the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.
• 1985 – Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, United States.
• 1988 – U.S. televangelist Jim Bakker is indicted for fraud.
• 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.
• 1992 – El Al Flight 1862: an El Al Boeing 747-258F crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2003 – Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel: 21 Israelis, Jews and Arabs, are killed, and 51 others wounded.
• 2004 – SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight. By being the first private craft to fly into space.

Births

• 1160 – Alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (d. 1220)
• 1276 – Margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany (d. 1311)
• 1289 – King Louis X of France (d. 1316)
• 1331 – James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (d. 1382)
• 1379 – King Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)
• 1515 – Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (d. 1586)
• 1542 – Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (d. 1621)
• 1550 – King Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611)
• 1562 – Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (d. 1647)
• 1570 – Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1637)
• 1585 – Anna of Tyrol, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1618)
• 1625 – Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (d. 1661)
• 1626 – Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1712)
• 1657 – Francesco Solimena, Italian painter (d. 1747)
• 1720 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (d. 1778)
• 1723 – Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (d. 1798)
• 1759 – Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician (d. 1803)
• 1787 – François Guizot, French statesman (d. 1874)
• 1807 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician, prime minister of the Province of Canada (d. 1864)
• 1814 – Jean-François Millet, French painter (d. 1875)
• 1822 – Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)
• 1836 – Juliette Adam, French writer (d. 1936)
• 1841 – Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (d. 1912)
• 1841 – Maria Sophie of Bavaria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1925)
• 1858 – Michael I. Pupin, Serbian-born telephone pioneer (d. 1935)
• 1861 – Frederic Remington, American painter (d. 1909)
• 1861 – Walter Rauschenbusch, Christian Theologian and Baptist Minister (d. 1918)
• 1862 – Edward Stratemeyer, American author (d. 1930)
• 1876 – Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (d. 1958)
• 1877 – Razor Smith, English cricketer (d. 1946)
• 1880 – Damon Runyon, American writer (d. 1946)
• 1881 – Walther von Brauchitsch, German Commander-in-Chief (d. 1948)
• 1884 – Subramaniya Siva, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1925)
• 1886 – Luis Alberni, Spanish actor (d. 1962)
• 1888 – Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1954)
• 1890 – Dr. Alan L. Hart (Born Lucille Hart), First known American female to male transsexual (SRS in 1917), radiologist, tuberculosis researcher, writer and novelist. (d. 1962)
• 1892 – Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician (d. 1934)
• 1892 – Hermann Glauert, British aerodynamicist (d. 1934)
• 1895 – Buster Keaton, American comedian (d. 1966)
• 1903 – John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer (d. 1995)
• 1903 – Pierre Garbay, French army general and military governor of Paris (d. 1980)
• 1903 – Ernst Kaltenbrunner, German military officer and senior Nazi (d. 1946)
• 1903 – Bona Arsenault, French Canadian politician, historian and genealogist (d. 1993)
• 1907 – Run Run Shaw, Hong Kong media mogul
• 1910 – Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player (d. 2002)
• 1911 – Sir Michael Hordern, British actor (d. 1995)
• 1914 – Jim Cairns, Australian politician (d. 2003)
• 1914 – Brendan Gill, American writer (d. 1997)
• 1916 – Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1916 – Jan Murray, American comedian (d. 2006)
• 1916 – George Sidney, American film director (d. 2002)
• 1918 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
• 1922 – Malcolm Baldrige, 26th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1987)
• 1922 – Shin Kyuk-Ho, Japanese businessman
• 1923 – Charlton Heston, American actor and former president of the NRA (d. 2008)
• 1926 – Phar Lap, New Zealand racehorse
• 1928 – Torben Ulrich, Danish musician, writer, filmmaker and tennis player
• 1929 – Scotty Beckett, American child actor, Our Gang comedies (d. 1968)
• 1929 – Leroy Van Dyke, American singer
• 1931 – Richard Rorty, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Stanford University (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Milan Chvostek, Canadian television director
• 1934 – Sam Huff, American football player
• 1937 – Jackie Collins, British author
• 1937 – Jim Sillars, Scottish politician
• 1938 – Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1940 – Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer
• 1940 – Alberto Vilar, Cuban-American investor and philanthropist
• 1941 – Roy Blount, Jr., American writer
• 1941 – Anne Rice, American writer
• 1941 – Robert Wilson, American theatre director
• 1941 – Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian racing driver
• 1942 – Bernice Johnson Reagon, American musician (Sweet Honey in the Rock)
• 1942 – Karl W. Richter, American aviator (d. 1967)
• 1943 – H. Rap Brown, American civil rights activist
• 1944 – Tony La Russa, American baseball manager
• 1944 – Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
• 1945 – Clifton Davis, American actor
• 1946 – Chuck Hagel, American politician
• 1946 – Bridget St John, English singer/songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 – Susan Sarandon, American actress
• 1946 – Michael Mullen, American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• 1947 – Ann Widdecombe, British politician
• 1947 – Julien Clerc, French singer
• 1947 – Jim Fielder, American bassist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• 1948 – Linda McMahon, CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment
• 1949 – Armand Assante, American actor
• 1949 – Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director
• 1950 – Meg Bennett, American writer and actress
• 1951 – Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet
• 1953 – Tchéky Karyo, Turkish-French actor
• 1955 – Jorge Valdano, Argentine footballer
• 1957 – Alexander Tkachyov, Soviet gymnast
• 1957 – Bill Fagerbakke, American actor
• 1957 – Kyra Schon, American actress
• 1959 – Chris Lowe, British musician (Pet Shop Boys)
• 1959 – Tony Meo, English snooker player
• 1960 – Joe Boever, American baseball player
• 1961 – Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author
• 1961 – Philippe Russo, French singer
• 1962 – Jon Secada, Cuban singer and songwriter
• 1962 – Carlos Carsolio, Mexican alpinist. Fourth person to summit all 14 of the eight-thousanders.
• 1963 – A. C. Green, American basketball player
• 1963 – Koji Ishikawa, Japanese children's author
• 1964 – Sarah Lancashire, British actress
• 1965 – Skip Heller, American musician
• 1967 – Marcus Bentley, British voice actor
• 1967 – Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin, Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer
• 1967 – Liev Schreiber, American actor
• 1970 – Richard Hancox, English footballer
• 1971 – Darren Middleton, Australian guitarist
• 1971 – Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer
• 1972 – Kurt Thomas, American basketball player
• 1973 – Chris Parks, American wrestler
• 1974 – Paco León, Spanish actor
• 1975 – Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian football player
• 1976 – Alicia Silverstone, American actress
• 1976 – Mauro Camoranesi, Argentine-Italian footballer
• 1976 – Cabral Ibacka, Romanian actor and television presenter
• 1978 – Ko Soo, South Korean television and movie actor
• 1978 – Kyle Lohse, American baseball player
• 1978 – Phillip Glasser, American actor and producer
• 1979 – Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress
• 1979 – Stefan Booth, British actor
• 1979 – Bjorn Phau, German tennis player
• 1980 – Kristina Lenko, Canadian ice skater
• 1980 – Me'Lisa Barber, American athlete
• 1980 – Sarah Fisher, American race car driver
• 1980 – Tim Peper, American actor
• 1980 – Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer
• 1981 – Justin Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Scott Hammond, American photographer
• 1981 – Juka, Japanese singer
• 1982 – Jered Weaver, American baseball player
• 1982 – Tony Gwynn Jr., American baseball player
• 1983 – Risa Kudo, Japanese gravure idol
• 1983 – Ueda Tatsuya, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN)
• 1983 – Dan Clarke, British racing driver
• 1983 – Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player
• 1984 – Lena Katina, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
• 1984 – Álvaro Parente, Portuguese racing driver
• 1986 – Yuridia, Mexican singer
• 1987 – Rawez Lawan, Swedish footballer
• 1988 – Derrick Rose, American basketball player
• 1989 – Dakota Johnson, American actress
• 1989 – Lil Mama, American rapper
• 1989 – Kimmie Meissner, American figure skater
• 2005 – Prince Emmanuel of Belgium

Deaths

• 1052 – Vladimir of Novgorod (b. 1020)
• 1221 – William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179)
• 1250 – Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (b. 1226)
• 1305 – Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)
• 1582 – Teresa of Avila, Spanish saint (b. 1515)
• 1597 – Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1550)
• 1646 – Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (b. 1586)
• 1660 – Francesco Albani, Italian painter (b. 1578)
• 1661 – Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (b. 1625)
• 1669 – Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter (b. 1606)
• 1680 – Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer
• 1743 – John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (b. 1678)
• 1749 – Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (b. 1711)
• 1754 – Tanacharison, Catawba Indian chief
• 1785 – David Brearly, American statesman (b. 1703)
• 1821 – John Rennie, Scottish engineer (b. 1761)
• 1851 – Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (b. 1767)
• 1852 – James Whitcomb, American politician (b. 1795)
• 1859 – Karl Baedeker, German publisher (b. 1801)
• 1864 – Joseph Montferrand, French Canadian logger and strong man (b. 1802)
• 1867 – Francis Xavier Seelos German-American Roman Catholic priest (b. 1819)
• 1890 – Catherine Booth, the Mother of The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1903 – Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1904 – Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor (b. 1834)
• 1904 – Karl Bayer, Austrian chemist (b. 1847)
• 1910 – Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma (b. 1850)
• 1935 – Jean Béraud, French painter (b. 1849)
• 1935 – Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (b. 1874)
• 1943 – Irena Iłłakowicz, Polish intelligence agent (b. 1906)
• 1944 – Al Smith, American politician (b. 1873)
• 1946 – Barney Oldfield, American automobile pioneer (b. 1878)
• 1947 – Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1858)
• 1951 – Willie Moretti, American gangster (b. 1894)
• 1955 – Alexander Papagos, Greek general and political leader (b. 1883)
• 1961 – Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov), Orthodox missionary and writer, Exarch of Russian Church in North America (b. 1880)
• 1969 – Natalino Otto, Italian singer (b. 1912)
• 1970 – Janis Joplin, American singer (b. 1943)
• 1974 – Anne Sexton, American poet (b. 1928)
• 1975 – Joan Whitney Payson, American heiress (b. 1903)
• 1981 – Freddie Lindstrom, Major League Baseball Hall of famer (b. 1905)
• 1982 – Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist (b. 1932)
• 1989 – Graham Chapman, British comedian (b. 1941)
• 1989 – Secretariat, American race horse (b. 1970)
• 1990 – Alyn Ainsworth, British bandleader
• 1990 – Avis Bunnage, English actress (b. 1923)
• 1991 – J. Frank Wilson, American singer (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers) (b. 1941)
• 1992 – Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver and 1967 Formula One world champion (b. 1936)
• 1993 – Jim Holton, Scottish footballer (b. 1951)
• 1994 – Danny Gatton, American guitar virtuoso (b. 1945)
• 1996 – Larry Gene Bell, American child murderer (executed by electric chair)
• 1997 – Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese game developer (b. 1941)
• 1999 – Erik Brødreskift (aka Grim), Norwegian black metal musician (b. 1969)
• 1999 – Art Farmer, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1928)
• 1999 – Bernard Buffet, French painter (b. 1928)
• 2000 – Michael Smith, biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1932)
• 2000 – Yu Kuo-hwa, former Premier of Taiwan (b. 1914)
• 2001 – Blaise Alexander, American race car driver (b. 1976)
• 2001 – Ahron Soloveichik, Orthodox Jewish rabbi (b. 1917)
• 2002 – Alphonse Chapanis, founder of ergonomics (b. 1917)
• 2002 – André Delvaux, Belgian film director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2003 – Sid McMath, American politician (b. 1912)
• 2004 – Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Rio Diaz, Filipino actress & TV hosts (b. 1959)
• 2005 – Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Tom Bell, English actor on stage, television and film (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Qassem Al-Nasser, Jordanian General (b. 1925)

Holidays and observances

• RC Saints – Feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi; also of Saint Amun, Saint Petronius of Bologna.
• Also see October 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Lesotho – Independence Day (from Britain, 1966).
• World Animal Day
• The beginning of World Space Week

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
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