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, 488,760 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 ‘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.
- 1535 –The first complete English-language Bible (the Coverdale Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale.
- 1636 –The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
- 1693 –Battle of Marsaglia: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.
- 1927 –Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
- 1957 –Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario.
- 1957 –Leave It To Beaver premieres on CBS.
- 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.
- 1991 –The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
- 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.
Who were born on October 4?
- 1626 –Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1712)
- 1877 –Razor Smith, English cricketer (d. 1946)
- 1884 –Subramaniya Siva, Indian revolutionary figure (d. 1925)
- 1928 –Alvin Toffler, American writer
- 1936 –Charlie Hurley, Irish footballer
- 1951 –Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet
- 1968 –Tim Wise, American writer and activist
- 1975 –Daniella Deutscher, American actress
- 1985 –Shontelle, Barbadian singer
- 1989 –Dakota Johnson, American actress
Who died on October 4?
- 1582 –Teresa of Avila, Spanish saint (b. 1515)
- 1597 –Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1550)
- 1743 –John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (b. 1678)
- 1864 –Joseph Montferrand, French Canadian logger and strong man (b. 1802)
- 1961 –Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov), Orthodox missionary and writer, Exarch of Russian Church in North America (b. 1880)
- 1974 –Anne Sexton, American poet (b. 1928)
- 1991 –J. Frank Wilson, American singer (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers) (b. 1941)
- 1997 –Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese game developer (b. 1941)
- 2002 –André Delvaux, Belgian film director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- 2004 –Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (b. 1927)
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