What Day Of The Week Is October 4?

Sunday October 4, 2026
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

October 4: Day of the Week

October 4, 2026 is the 277th day of the year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 88 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.

Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

October 4 by the Numbers

  • 230 days since October 4
  • 0 year, 7 months, and 16 days ago
  • 7 months since then
  • October 4 is in the 40th week of the year 2026 (ISO 8601)
  • 32 weeks ago
  • The year 2026 is not a leap year

October 4 Historical Event(s)

1227Assassination of Caliph al-Adil. 1693Battle of Marsaglia: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French. 1795Napoleon 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). 1876Texas A&M University opens as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, becoming the first public institution of higher education in Texas. 1883First run of the Orient Express. 1918An 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 were still being found as of 2007. 1957Sputnik 1 is launched by the Soviet Union. 1967Omar Ali Saifuddin III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. 1983Richard 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. 1997The 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.

Who were born on October 4?

1331James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (d. 1382) 1723Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (d. 1798) 1858Michael I. Pupin, Serbian-born telephone pioneer (d. 1935) 1876Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (d. 1958) 1892Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician (d. 1934) 1943Dietmar Mürdter, German footballer 1983Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player 1984Lena Katina, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.) 1985Shontelle, Barbadian singer 1989Dakota Johnson, American actress

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