What Happened On October 4 - On This Day

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  • 1537 First printing in England of the complete English-language Bible, the "Matthew's Bible," with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale (an update of the earlier "Coverdale Bible") [exact month/day unclear] [1]
  • Pope Gregory XIII with the calendar that was to make his name

    Gregory Conquers Julius Caesar

    1582 Last Julian calendar day in Spain, Portugal, and the Papal States. To sync to the Gregorian calendar 10 days are skipped, and the next date is Oct 15.
  • Poster advertising the Orient Express schedule

    The Orient Express

    1883 The Orient Express departs on its first official journey from Paris to Istanbul
  • 1900 In a final confrontation, around 4,000 Ashantis are defeated by the British in the Gold Coast (Ghana)
  • 1957 Soviet Union launches Sputnik I, the first artificial Earth satellite, into an elliptical low Earth orbit
  • 1993 Troops and tanks under President Boris Yeltsin shell and occupy the Russian White House in Moscow, the seat of government of the Russian Federation
  • 2023 Kevin McCarthy becomes the first Speaker of the US House of Representatives to be removed from office after fellow Republican hardliners, led by Matt Gaetz, vote for his ouster [1]
More October 4 Events
  • 1987 "The Last Emperor" directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring John Lone, Joan Chen and Peter O'Toole premieres at the Tokyo Film Festival (Best Picture 1988)
  • 1974 Apple Records releases John Lennon's fifth studio album, "Walls & Bridges" in the UK; features #1 single "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" (with Elton John) and "#9 Dream"
  • 1975 Pink Floyd's concept album "Wish You Were Here" reaches No. 1 in the US and goes on to sell 13 million copies
  • 1895 1st US Open Men's Golf, Newport GC: Englishman Horace Rawlins wins the inaugural event, beating Willie Dunn of Scotland by 2 strokes

End of the Battle of Lake Poyang; Chinese rebel forces led by Zhu Yuanzhang defeat those of his rival, Chen Youliang, in one of the largest naval battles in history with approximately 850,000 participants

October 4, 1363

  • Richard Cromwell

    1626 - 1712
  • Rutherford B. Hayes

    1822 - 1893
  • Damon Runyon

    1880 - 1946
  • Jackie Collins

    1937 - 2015
  • Anne Rice

    1941 - 2021
More Birthdays on October 4
  • Buster Keaton

    1895 - 1966
  • Charlton Heston

    1923 - 2008
  • Susan Sarandon

    79 Years Old
  • Alicia Silverstone

    49 Years Old
  • Dakota Johnson

    36 Years Old
  • Jon Secada

    64 Years Old
  • Tony La Russa

    81 Years Old
  • Sherri Turner

    69 Years Old

Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore and works on it until 1941

October 4, 1927

  • 1539 English King Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves, his 4th wife
  • 1767 Prince Willem V marries Prussian princess Wilhelmina
  • 1795 "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" poet Samuel Coleridge (22) marries Sarah Fricker in Bristol, England
  • 2016 Singer Gwen Stefani and musician Gavin Rossdale divorce after 13 years of marriage
More October 4 Weddings
  • Rembrandt van Rijn

    1606 - 1669
  • Catherine Booth

    1829 - 1890
  • Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi

    1834 - 1904
  • Janis Joplin

    1943 - 1970
  • Secretariat

    1970 - 1989
  • Loretta Lynn

    1932 - 2022
More October 4 Deaths
  • 32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Weekly Quiz for September 30 - October 6

    What major US structure was dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935? Who called Russia a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma' in 1939?
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  • Charles Darwin caused uproar with his theory of evolution and his writings may still shock modern readers

    Barking Mad! Puppies Slain to Cure Leg Injury

    October 3, 1833
  • Ten-year-old Elvis, second from right and wearing glasses, with talent show winners

    Elvis Comes Fifth in Talent Show

    October 3, 1945
  • Phet and Ploy dressed in matching pink for their astonishing wedding ceremony

    Wedding Day for 'Diamond Eye' Cats

    October 5, 1996
  • An advertising  poster for The Jazz Singer distributed by Warner Brothers

    Jazz Singer Sounds Death Knell for Silent Movies

    October 6, 1927
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