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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 23]] – Rebels sack the Chinese capital [[Chang'an]] during a [[Lülin|peasant rebellion]]. *[[1209]] – [[Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto IV]] is crowned [[Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] by [[Pope Innocent III]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Alexander | first = Michael | title = Three crises in early English history: personalities and politics during the Norman Conquest, the reign of King John, and the Wars of the Roses | publisher = University Press of America | location = Lanham, Md | year = 1998 | isbn = 9780761811886 | page=123}}</ref> *[[1302]] – The [[Byzantine–Venetian War (1296–1302)|Byzantine–Venetian War]] comes to an end. *[[1363]] – [[Battle of Lake Poyang]]: In one of the largest naval battles in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels defeat rival Chen Youliang. *[[1511]] – Formation of the [[War of the League of Cambrai|Holy League]] of Aragon, the Papal States and Venice against France. *[[1535]] – The [[Coverdale Bible]] is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.<ref>{{cite book|author=Henry Stevens|title=The Bibles in the Caxton celebration, MDccclxxvii, or, A bibliographical description of ... Bibles in various languages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThACAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA71|year=1878|pages=71}}</ref> *[[1582]] – The [[Gregorian Calendar]] is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. *[[1597]] – Governor [[Gonzalo Méndez de Canço]] begins to suppress a native uprising against his rule in what is now the US state of Georgia. ===1601–1900=== *[[1602]] – [[Eighty Years' War]] and the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1585)|Anglo-Spanish War]]: A fleet of Spanish [[galley]]s [[Battle of the Narrow Seas|are defeated]] by English and Dutch [[galleon]]s in the [[English Channel]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Jaques|first=Tony |title= Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8500 Battles from Antiquity Through the Twenty-first Century |volume=2|year= 2006|publisher= Greenwood Press|isbn= 978-0-313-33536-5|page=714 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dh6jydKXikoC&q=%22jan+van+cant%22&pg=PA714}}</ref> *[[1636]] – [[Thirty Years' War]]: The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the [[Battle of Wittstock]]. *[[1693]] – [[Nine Years' War]]: Piedmontese troops are [[Battle of Marsaglia|defeated]] by the French. *[[1777]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: Troops under George Washington are [[Battle of Germantown|repelled]] by British troops under William Howe. *[[1795]] – Napoleon first rises to prominence by [[13 Vendémiaire|suppressing]] counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention. *[[1824]] – Mexico adopts a [[1824 Constitution of Mexico|new constitution]] and becomes a federal republic. *[[1830]] – The [[Belgian Revolution]] takes legal form when the provisional government secedes from the Netherlands. *[[1853]] – The [[Crimean War]] begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire. *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: The two-day [[Second Battle of Corinth]] ends in a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] victory, with General [[William Rosecrans]] protecting the critical rail junction of [[Corinth, Mississippi]] from [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces under General [[Earl Van Dorn]].<ref>{{cite book|last=White|first=Kristopher D.|date=2021|title=Battle Maps of the Civil War - The Western Theater|location=Princeton, New Jersey|publisher=Knox Press|page=22|isbn=978-1-68261-993-3}}</ref> *[[1876]] – The [[Texas A&M University|Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas]] opens as the first public college in Texas. *[[1883]] – First run of the ''[[Orient Express]].'' * 1883 – First meeting of the [[Boys' Brigade]] in Glasgow, Scotland. *[[1895]] – [[Horace Rawlins]] wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship. ===1901–present=== *[[1917]] – [[World War I]]: The [[Battle of Broodseinde]] is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders. *[[1918]] – World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and [[T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion|destroys a Shell Loading Plant]] in New Jersey. *[[1920]] – The [[Mannerheim League for Child Welfare]], a Finnish [[non-governmental organization]], is founded on the initiative of [[Sophie Mannerheim]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/helsinki/art-2000006380719.html|title=Sophie Mannerheim käveli Kalliossa ja järkyttyi: Sitten hän keksi ovelan juonen, jolla koko Suomi saatiin syytämään apua äärimmäisessä köyhyydessä eläville lapsille|first=Marjaana|last=Varmavuori|work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]]|date=January 22, 2020|access-date=September 15, 2021|language=fi}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Great Syrian Revolt]]: Rebels led by [[Fawzi al-Qawuqji]] [[1925 Hama uprising|captured]] [[Hama]] from the [[Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon|French Mandate of Syria]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Khoury |first1=Philip Shukry |title=Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920–1945 |date=2014 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-5839-2 |page=171 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tvP_AwAAQBAJ&dq=Qawuqji+October+1925&pg=PA171 |access-date=20 April 2021 |language=en |quote=On 4 October 1925, a rebellious captain in the Syrian Legion, Fawzi al-Qawuqji, led a mixed force of dissident Legionnaires ...}}</ref> * 1925 – ''[[Finnish torpedo boat S2|S2]]'', a Finnish [[Finnish S class torpedo boat|''Sokol'' class]] [[torpedo boat]], sinks during a fierce storm near the coast of [[Pori]] in the [[Gulf of Bothnia]], taking with it the whole crew of 53.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kaslib.fi/MARE/HIST/s2_1.htm|title=Torpedovene S2:n tuho 4.10.1925|first=Antero|last=Honkasalo|publisher=[[Wayback Machine]]|date=2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830015005/http://www.kaslib.fi/MARE/HIST/s2_1.htm|access-date=October 4, 2021|archive-date=2006-08-30|language=fi}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Gutzon Borglum]] begins sculpting [[Mount Rushmore]]. *[[1936]] – The [[Metropolitan Police]] and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the [[Battle of Cable Street]]. *[[1941]] – Norman Rockwell's [[Willie Gillis]] character debuts on the cover of ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]''. *[[1957]] – ''[[Sputnik 1]]'' becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=1 |lccn=2008935694}}</ref> *[[1958]] – The current [[constitution of France]] is adopted. *[[1960]] – An [[Eastern Air Lines Flight 375|airliner crashes]] on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people. *[[1963]] – [[Hurricane Flora]] kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti. *[[1965]] – [[Pope Paul VI]] begins the first papal visit to the Americas. *[[1966]] – [[Basutoland]] becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho. *[[1967]] – [[Omar Ali Saifuddien III]] of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son. *[[1983]] – [[Richard Noble]] sets a new land speed record of {{Convert|633.468|mph|km/h}} at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. *[[1985]] – The [[Free Software Foundation]] is founded. *[[1991]] – The [[Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty]] is opened for signature. *[[1992]] – The [[Rome General Peace Accords]] end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique. * 1992 – [[El Al Flight 1862]] crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground. *[[1993]] – [[Battle of Mogadishu (1993)|Battle of Mogadishu]] occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two [[UN Peacekeepers]] and at least 600 Somalian militia men and civilians. * 1993 – Tanks [[1993 Russian constitutional crisis|bombard the Russian parliament]], while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside. *[[1997]] – The [[1997 Loomis Fargo Robbery in North Carolina|second largest cash robbery]] in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina. *[[2001]] – [[Siberia Airlines Flight 1812]] crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed. *[[2003]] – The [[Maxim restaurant suicide bombing]] in Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs. *[[2004]] – ''[[SpaceShipOne]]'' wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight. *[[2006]] – [[WikiLeaks]] is launched. *[[2010]] – The [[Ajka alumina plant accident|Ajka plant accident]] in Hungary releases a million cubic metres of liquid alumina sludge, killing nine, injuring 122, and severely contaminating two major rivers. *[[2017]] – Joint Nigerien-American [[Special Forces (United States Army)|Special Forces]] are [[Tongo Tongo ambush|ambushed]] by [[Islamic State in the Greater Sahara|Islamic State]] militants outside the village of [[Tongo Tongo]]. ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1160]] – [[Alys of France, Countess of Vexin|Alys, Countess of the Vexin]], daughter of [[Louis VII of France]] (d. c. [[1220]]) *[[1274]] – [[Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria]] (d. 1319) *[[1276]] – [[Margaret of Brabant]] (d. 1311) *[[1289]] – [[Louis X of France]] (d. 1316) *[[1331]] – [[James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond]], Irish politician, [[Lord Justice of Ireland]] (d. 1382) *[[1379]] – [[Henry III of Castile]] (d. 1406) *[[1507]] – [[Francis Bigod]], English noble (d. 1537) *[[1515]] – [[Lucas Cranach the Younger]], German painter (d. 1586) *[[1522]] – [[Gabriele Paleotti]], Catholic cardinal (d. 1597) *[[1524]] – [[Francisco Vallés]], Spanish physician (d. 1592) *[[1532]] – [[Francisco de Toledo (Jesuit)|Francisco de Toledo]], Catholic cardinal (d. 1596) *[[1542]] – [[Robert Bellarmine]], Italian cardinal and saint (d. 1621) *[[1550]] – [[Charles IX of Sweden]] (d. 1611)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles IX {{!}} king of Sweden |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-IX-king-of-Sweden |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1562]] – [[Christen Sørensen Longomontanus]], Danish astronomer and author (d. 1647) *[[1570]] – [[Péter Pázmány]], Hungarian cardinal and philosopher (d. 1637) *[[1579]] – [[Guido Bentivoglio]], Italian cardinal (d. 1644) *[[1585]] – [[Anna of Tyrol]], Holy Roman Empress (d. 1618) ===1601–1900=== *[[1625]] – [[Jacqueline Pascal]], French nun and composer (d. 1661) *[[1626]] – [[Richard Cromwell]], English academic and politician, [[Lord Protector|Lord Protector of Great Britain]] (d. 1712) *[[1633]] – [[Bernardino Ramazzini]], Italian physician (d. 1714) *[[1657]] – [[Francesco Solimena]], Italian painter and illustrator (d. 1747) *[[1694]] – [[Lord George Murray (general)|Lord George Murray]], Scottish Jacobite General (d. 1760) *[[1720]] – [[Giovanni Battista Piranesi]], Italian sculptor and illustrator (d. 1778) *[[1723]] – [[Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus]], German entomologist and author (d. 1798) *[[1759]] – [[Louis François Antoine Arbogast]], French mathematician and academic (d. 1803) *[[1768]] – [[Francisco José de Caldas]], Colombian naturalist, executed by royalists in the war of independence (d. 1816) *[[1787]] – [[François Guizot]], French historian and politician, 22nd [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1874) *[[1793]] – [[Charles Pearson]], English lawyer and politician (d. 1862) *[[1807]] – [[Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd [[List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada|Premier of Canada East]] (d. 1864) *[[1814]] – [[Jean-François Millet]], French painter and educator (d. 1875) *[[1822]] – [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th [[President of the United States]] (d. 1893) *[[1835]] – [[Jenny Twitchell Kempton]], American opera singer and educator (d. 1921) *[[1836]] – [[Juliette Adam]], French author (d. 1936)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Kathryn J.|last1=Crecelius|first2=Karen|last2=Offen|chapter=Juliette Adam|editor-first=Katharina M.|editor-last=Wilson|title=An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers Volume 1|location=New York|publisher=Garland|year=1991|page=3|isbn=978-0-82408-547-6}}</ref> *[[1837]] – [[Auguste-Réal Angers]], Canadian judge and politician, 6th [[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] (d. 1919) *[[1841]] – [[Prudente de Morais]], Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd [[President of Brazil]] (d. 1912) * 1841 – [[Maria Sophie of Bavaria]] (d. 1925) *[[1843]] – [[Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas]], Palestinian nun and [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] Saint (d. 1927) *[[1858]] – [[Léon Serpollet]], French businessman (d. 1903) *[[1861]] – [[Walter Rauschenbusch]], American pastor and theologian (d. 1918) * 1861 – [[Frederic Remington]], American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1909) *[[1862]] – [[Johanna van Gogh-Bonger]], sister-in-law of [[Vincent van Gogh]], who is credited with promoting his posthumous fame (d. 1925).<ref>Luijtens, Hans. ''Jo van Gogh-Bonger: The Woman who Made Vincent Famous''. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2022</ref> *[[1862]] – [[Edward Stratemeyer]], American author and publisher (d. 1930) *[[1868]] – [[Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear]], Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th [[President of Argentina]] (d. 1942) *[[1874]] – [[John Ellis (executioner)|John Ellis]], English executioner (d. 1932) *[[1876]] – [[Florence Eliza Allen]], American mathematician and suffrage activist (d. 1960) *[[1877]] – [[Razor Smith]], English cricketer (d. 1946) *[[1879]] – [[Robert Edwards (artist)|Robert Edwards]], American artist, musician, and writer (d. 1948)<ref name="Benezit">{{cite web|url=https://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00057575|title=Edwards, Robert|date=October 2011|website=[[Benezit Dictionary of Artists]]|language=en|doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00057575}}</ref> *[[1880]] – [[Damon Runyon]], American newspaperman and short story writer. (d. 1946) *[[1881]] – [[Walther von Brauchitsch]], German field marshal (d. 1948) *[[1884]] – [[Ramchandra Shukla]], Indian historian and author (d. 1941) *[[1888]] – [[Lucy Tayiah Eads]], American tribal chief (d. 1961) * 1888 – [[Oscar Mathisen]], Norwegian speed skater (d. 1954) *[[1890]] – [[Alan L. Hart]], American physician and author (d. 1962) * 1890 – [[Osman Cemal Kaygılı]], Turkish writer and journalist (d. 1945) *[[1892]] – [[Engelbert Dollfuss]], Austrian soldier and politician, 14th [[Federal Chancellor of Austria]] (d. 1934) * 1892 – [[Hermann Glauert]], English aerodynamicist and author (d. 1934) * 1892 – [[Robert Lawson (author)|Robert Lawson]], American author and illustrator (d. 1957) *[[1895]] – [[Buster Keaton]], American film actor, director, and producer (d. 1966) * 1895 – [[Richard Sorge]], German journalist and spy (d. 1944) *[[1896]] – [[Dorothy Lawrence]], English reporter, who [[List of wartime cross-dressers|secretly posed as a man]] to become a soldier during [[World War I]] (d. 1964) *[[1900]] – [[August Mälk]], Estonian author and playwright (d. 1987) ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Bona Arsenault]], Canadian genealogist, historian, and politician (d. 1993) * 1903 – [[John Vincent Atanasoff]], American physicist and academic, invented the [[Atanasoff–Berry computer]] (d. 1995) * 1903 – [[Pierre Garbay]], French general (d. 1980) * 1903 – [[Ernst Kaltenbrunner]], Austrian-German lawyer and general (d. 1946) *[[1906]] – [[Mary Celine Fasenmyer]], American mathematician (d. 1996) *[[1907]] – [[Alain Daniélou]], French-Swiss historian and academic (d. 1994) *[[1910]] – [[Frankie Crosetti]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2002) * 1910 – [[Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı]], Turkish poet and author (d. 1956) *[[1911]] – [[Mary Two-Axe Earley]], Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (d. 1996)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robinson|first=Amanda|date=March 23, 2017|title=Mary Two-Axe Earley|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mary-two-axe-earley|access-date=2020-09-06|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref> *[[1913]] – [[Martial Célestin]], Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Haiti]] (d. 2011) *[[1914]] – [[Jim Cairns]], Australian economist and politician, 4th [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. 2003) * 1914 – [[Brendan Gill]], American journalist and essayist (d. 1997) *[[1916]] – [[Vitaly Ginzburg]], Russian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2009) * 1916 – [[Jan Murray]], American comedian, actor, and game show host (d. 2006) * 1916 – [[George Sidney]], American director and producer (d. 2002) * 1916 – [[Ken Wood (manufacturer)|Ken Wood]], inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (d. 1997) *[[1917]] – [[Violeta Parra]], Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) *[[1918]] – [[Kenichi Fukui]], Japanese chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1998) *[[1921]] – [[Stella Pevsner]], American children's author (d. 2020)<ref name="obit">{{Cite web|last=Frisbie|first=Thomas|date=2020-06-12|title=Stella Pevsner dead: Longtime Chicago children's author kept writing into her 90s|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/6/12/21288683/stella-pevsner-childrens-author-books-obituary|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Chicago Sun-Times|language=en}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Malcolm Baldrige Jr.]], American businessman and politician, 26th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] (d. 1987) * 1922 – [[Shin Kyuk-ho]], South Korean-Japanese businessman, founded [[Lotte (conglomerate)|Lotte Group]] (d. 2020) * 1922 – [[Don Lenhardt]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2014) *[[1923]] – [[Charlton Heston]], American actor, director and gun rights activist (d. 2008)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 4: Susan Sarandon, Tony La Russa |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/04/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-4-Susan-Sarandon-Tony-La-Russa/3551664732336/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=2 October 2023 |date=4 October 2022}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Donald J. Sobol]], American soldier and author (d. 2012) *[[1925]] – [[Roger Wood (journalist)|Roger Wood]], Belgian-American journalist (d. 2012) *[[1926]] – [[Raymond Watson]], American businessman (d. 2012) *[[1927]] – [[Wolf Kahn]], American painter and academic (d. 2020) *[[1928]] – [[Alvin Toffler]], German-American journalist and author (d. 2016) * 1928 – [[Torben Ulrich]], Danish-American tennis player (d. 2023) *[[1929]] – [[Scotty Beckett]], American actor and singer (d. 1968) * 1929 – [[John E. Mack]], American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004) * 1929 – [[Leroy Van Dyke]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> *[[1931]] – [[Terence Conran]], English designer and businessman (d. 2020) * 1931 – [[Basil D'Oliveira]], South African-English cricketer and footballer (d. 2011) * 1931 – [[Richard Rorty]], American philosopher and author (d. 2007) *[[1932]] – [[Felicia Farr]], American actress and model<ref name="AP" /> *[[1933]] – [[German Moreno]], Filipino television host and actor (d. 2016) * 1933 – [[Ann Thwaite]], English author *[[1934]] – [[Sam Huff]], American football player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1935]] – [[Jimmy Orr]], American football player (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Jimmy Orr, a Favorite Target of the Colts' Unitas, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/sports/football/jimmy-orr-dead.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2 October 2023 |date=29 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Charlie Hurley]], Irish footballer and manager (d. 2024) * 1936 – [[Giles Radice, Baron Radice]], English politician (d. 2022) *[[1937]] – [[Jackie Collins]], English-American author and actress (d. 2015)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1937 – [[David Crocker]], American philosopher and academic * 1937 – [[Gail Gilmore]], Canadian-American actress and dancer (d. 2014) * 1937 – [[Lloyd Green]], American steel guitar player * 1937 – [[Jim Sillars]], Scottish lawyer and politician *[[1938]] – [[Norman D. Wilson (actor)|Norman D. Wilson]], American actor (d. 2004) * 1938 – [[Kurt Wüthrich]], Swiss chemist and biophysicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1939]] – [[Ivan Mauger]], New Zealand speedway rider (d. 2018) *[[1940]] – [[Vic Hadfield]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1940 – [[Silvio Marzolini]], Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 2020) * 1940 – [[Steve Swallow]], American bass player and composer * 1940 – [[Alberto Vilar]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2021) *[[1941]] – [[Roy Blount Jr.]], American humorist and journalist<ref name="AP" /> * 1941 – [[Karen Cushman]], American author * 1941 – [[Karl Oppitzhauser]], Austrian race car driver * 1941 – [[Anne Rice]], American author (d. 2021)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1941 – [[Frank Stagg (Irish republican)]], died on hunger strike (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite news |last=Hedges |first=John |date=1 June 2017 |title=Mayo's heroes |url=https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/26888 |work=[[An Phoblacht]] |access-date=6 April 2020 |archive-date=6 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406164342/https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/26888 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1941 – [[Robert Wilson (director)|Robert Wilson]], American director and playwright *[[1942]] – [[Bernice Johnson Reagon]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gabriel |first=Trip |date=2024-07-19 |title=Bernice Johnson Reagon, a Musical Voice for Civil Rights, Is Dead at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/arts/music/bernice-johnson-reagon-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1942 – [[Karl W. Richter]], American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1967) * 1942 – [[Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir]], Icelandic politician, 24th [[Prime Minister of Iceland]] * 1942 – [[Christopher Stone (actor)|Christopher Stone]], American actor and screenwriter (d. 1995) *[[1943]] – [[H. Rap Brown]], American activist<ref name="UPI" /> * 1943 – [[Owen Davidson]], Australian tennis player (d. 2023) * 1943 – [[Karl-Gustav Kaisla]], Finnish ice hockey player and referee (d. 2012) * 1943 – [[Dietmar Mürdter]], German footballer * 1943 – [[Jimy Williams]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2024) *[[1944]] – [[Colin Bundy]], South African-English historian and academic * 1944 – [[Rocío Dúrcal]], Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006) * 1944 – [[Tony La Russa]], American baseball player and manager<ref name="UPI" /> * 1944 – [[John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith]], Scottish educator and politician *[[1945]] – [[Clifton Davis]], American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister<ref name="AP" /> *[[1946]] – [[Larry Clapp]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2013) * 1946 – [[Chuck Hagel]], American sergeant and politician, 24th [[United States Secretary of Defense]] * 1946 – [[Michael Mullen]], American admiral * 1946 – [[Susan Sarandon]], American actress and activist<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 4, 2022 includes celebrities Dakota Johnson, Alicia Silverstone |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-4-2022-includes-celebrities-dakota-johnson-alicia-silverstone.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=2 October 2023 |date=4 October 2022}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Julien Clerc]], French singer-songwriter and pianist * 1947 – [[Jim Fielder]], American bass player * 1947 – [[Ann Widdecombe]], English politician, [[Shadow Secretary of State for Health]] *[[1948]] – [[Iain Hewitson]], New Zealand-Australian chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality * 1948 – [[Linda McMahon]], American businesswoman and politician * 1948 – [[Duke Robillard]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1949]] – [[Armand Assante]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1949 – [[Stephen Gyllenhaal]], American director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1950]] – [[Alan Rosenberg]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1951]] – [[Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov]], Kazakh poet and author * 1951 – [[Truck Robinson]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Truck Robinson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77993/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Anita DeFrantz]], American rower and sports administrator * 1952 – [[Jody Stephens]], American rock drummer * 1952 – [[Zinha Vaz]], Bissau-Guinean women's rights activist and politician *[[1953]] – [[Gil Moore]], Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer * 1953 – [[Andreas Vollenweider]], Swiss harp player *[[1955]] – [[John Rutherford (rugby union)|John Rutherford]], Scottish rugby player * 1955 – [[Jorge Valdano]], Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager *[[1956]] – [[Lesley Glaister]], English author and playwright * 1956 – [[Charlie Leibrandt]], American baseball player * 1956 – [[Sherri Turner]], American golfer * 1956 – [[Christoph Waltz]], Austrian-German actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1957]] – [[Bill Fagerbakke]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1957 – [[Yngve Moe]], Norwegian bass player and songwriter (d. 2013) * 1957 – [[Russell Simmons]], American businessman, founded [[Def Jam Recordings]] and [[Phat Farm]]<ref name="AP" /> *[[1958]] – [[Barbara Kooyman]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1958 – [[Wendy Makkena]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1958 – [[Anneka Rice]], Welsh radio and television host *[[1959]] – [[Chris Lowe]], English singer and keyboard player<ref name="AP" /> * 1959 – [[Tony Meo]], English snooker player * 1959 – [[Hitonari Tsuji]], Japanese author, composer, and director *[[1960]] – [[Joe Boever]], American baseball player * 1960 – [[Henry Worsley (explorer)|Henry Worsley]], English colonel and explorer (d. 2016) *[[1961]] – [[Philippe Russo]], French singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1961 – [[Jon Secada]], Cuban-American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1961 – [[Kazuki Takahashi (manga artist)|Kazuki Takahashi]], Japanese author and illustrator, created ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' (d. 2022) *[[1962]] – [[Carlos Carsolio]], Mexican mountaineer *[[1963]] – [[A.C. Green]], American basketball player * 1963 – [[Koji Ishikawa (illustrator)|Koji Ishikawa]], Japanese author and illustrator *[[1964]] – [[Francis Magalona]], Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (d. 2009) * 1964 – [[Yvonne Murray]], Scottish runner<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Yvonne Murray |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68738 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Olaf Backasch]], German footballer * 1965 – [[Skip Heller]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1965 – [[Steve Olin]], American baseball player (d. 1993) * 1965 – [[Micky Ward]], American boxer *[[1967]] – [[Vicky Bullett]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Vicky Bullett |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/100058/vicky-bullett |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref> * 1967 – [[Nick Green (rower)|Nick Green]], Australian rower * 1967 – [[Liev Schreiber]], American actor and director<ref name="AP" /> *[[1968]] – [[Richard Hancox]], English footballer and manager * 1968 – [[Tim Wise]], American activist and author *[[1969]] – [[Abraham Benrubi]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1971]] – [[Darren Middleton]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1972]] – [[Kurt Thomas (basketball)|Kurt Thomas]], American basketball player *[[1973]] – [[M. Ward]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1974]] – [[Paco León]], Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1975]] – [[Cristiano Lucarelli]], Italian footballer and manager *[[1976]] – [[Mauro Camoranesi]], Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager * 1976 – [[Elisandro Naressi Roos]], Brazilian footballer * 1976 – [[Alicia Silverstone]], American actress, producer, and author<ref name="AP" /> * 1976 – [[Ueli Steck]], Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (d. 2017) *[[1977]] – [[Richard Reed Parry]], Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer *[[1978]] – [[Dana Davis]], American actress and author<ref name="AP" /> * 1978 – [[Phillip Glasser]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1978 – [[Kei Horie]], Japanese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1978 – [[Kyle Lohse]], American baseball player *[[1979]] – [[Caitríona Balfe]], Irish actress<ref name="UPI" /> * 1979 – [[Rachael Leigh Cook]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1979 – [[Björn Phau]], German tennis player * 1979 – [[Adam Voges]], Australian cricketer *[[1980]] – [[Sarah Fisher]], American race car driver * 1980 – [[James Jones (basketball, born 1980)|James Jones]], American basketball player * 1980 – [[Tomáš Rosický]], Czech footballer *[[1981]] – [[Shaura]], Japanese singer * 1981 – [[Justin Williams]], Canadian-American ice hockey player *[[1982]] – [[Tony Gwynn Jr.]], American baseball player * 1982 – [[Jered Weaver]], American baseball player *[[1983]] – [[Dan Clarke]], English race car driver * 1983 – [[Vicky Krieps]], Luxembourgish actress * 1983 – [[Marios Nicolaou (footballer, born 1983)|Marios Nicolaou]], Cypriot footballer * 1983 – [[Chansi Stuckey]], American football player * 1983 – [[Kurt Suzuki]], American baseball player *[[1984]] – [[Lena Katina]], Russian singer-songwriter * 1984 – [[Petri Kontiola]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Petri Kontiola |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/petri-kontiola-8471408 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Álvaro Parente]], Portuguese race car driver * 1984 – [[Karolina Tymińska]], Polish heptathlete *[[1985]] – [[Shontelle]], Barbadian singer-songwriter * 1985 – [[Thorsten Wiedemann]], German rugby player *[[1987]] – [[Rawez Lawan]], Swedish footballer * 1987 – [[Will Puddy]], English footballer * 1987 – [[Marina Weisband]], German politician *[[1988]] – [[Melissa Benoist]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP" /> * 1988 – [[Lonnie Chisenhall]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lonnie Chisenhall |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/lonnie-chisenhall-502082 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Caner Erkin]], Turkish footballer * 1988 – [[Evgeni Krasnopolski]], Israeli figure skater * 1988 – [[Derrick Rose]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/players/derrick/rose/201565|title=Derrick Rose stats|website=NBA|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Dakota Johnson]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Dakota Johnson Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Dakota-Johnson |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Signy Aarna]], Estonian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Signy Aarna – Estonia – WEURO |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/teams/players/107237--signy-aarna/ |website=[[UEFA]] |access-date=19 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Saki (musician)|Saki]], Japanese guitarist and songwriter<ref>{{cite web|title=地獄のゆるふわバンド「NEMOPHILA」最終目標は宇宙でSHOUT! 15日にインディーズデビュー|language=Japanese|url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2021/12/10/kiji/20211210s00041000024000c.html|publisher=[[Sports Nippon]]|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Sergey Shubenkov]], Russian hurdler<ref>{{cite web|title=Sergey Shubenkov|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/sergey-shubenkov-248746|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Leigh-Anne Pinnock]], English singer and songwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1993]] – [[Mitchell Swepson]], Australian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/590326.html |title=Mitchell Swepson |access-date=5 October 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Mike Williams (wide receiver, born 1994)|Mike Williams]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Williams |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3045138/mike-williams |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Kenny Clark (defensive tackle)|Kenny Clark]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kenny Clark |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3122752/kenny-clark |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Mikolas Josef]], Czech singer and songwriter<ref name="ČTK">{{cite web|publisher = [[ČTK]]| title = Mikolas Josef je novou tváří návrháře Lukáše Macháčka| date = 14 February 2016| language=cs|url = http://www.protext.cz/zprava.php?id=26474}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Ella Balinska]], English actress<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1997]] – [[Rishabh Pant]], Indian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-04|title=Happy Birthday Rishabh Pant: Young Superstar Turns 22|url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/happy-birthday-rishabh-pant-young-superstar-turns-22-2333095.html|access-date=2020-07-15|website=News18|language=en}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Yuju (singer)|Yuju]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite news |author=Choi Jin-shil |date=February 14, 2015 |title= |script-title=ko:여.친.소① 여자친구를 소개합니다 |language=ko |trans-title=G.F.I① Introducing Gfriend |work=TenAsia |url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/444382 |url-status=live |access-date=July 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150217054119/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/444382 |archive-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust “this year in history” websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. --> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[744]] – [[Yazid III]], Umayyad caliph (b. 701) * [[863]] – [[Turpio]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] *[[1052]] – [[Vladimir of Novgorod]] (b. 1020) *[[1160]] – [[Constance of Castile]], Queen of France (b. 1141) *[[1189]] – [[Gerard de Ridefort]], [[Grand Masters of the Knights Templar|Grand Master of the Knights Templar]] *[[1221]] – [[William IV, Count of Ponthieu|William IV Talvas]], Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179) *[[1227]] – [[Abdallah al-Adil|Caliph al-Adil]] of Morocco<ref>Kennedy, Hugh (1996) ''Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus''. London: Addison-Wesley-Longman {{ISBN?}}{{page?|date=October 2024}}</ref> *[[1250]] – [[Herman VI, Margrave of Baden]] (b. 1226) *[[1305]] – [[Emperor Kameyama]] of Japan (b. 1249) *[[1361]] – [[John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray]], English baron (b. 1310) *[[1497]] – [[John, Prince of Asturias]], only son of [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] and [[Isabella I of Castile]] (b. 1478) *[[1582]] – [[Teresa of Ávila]], Spanish nun and saint (b. 1515) *[[1597]] – [[Sarsa Dengel]], Ethiopian emperor (b. 1550) ===1601–1900=== *[[1646]] – [[Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel]], English courtier and politician, [[Earl Marshal|Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1586) *[[1660]] – [[Francesco Albani]], Italian painter (b. 1578) *[[1661]] – [[Jacqueline Pascal]], French nun and composer (b. 1625) *[[1669]] – [[Rembrandt]], Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1606)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Historic Figures: Rembrandt (1606-1669) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/rembrandt.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref> *[[1680]] – [[Pierre-Paul Riquet]], French engineer, designed the [[Canal du Midi]] (b. 1609) *[[1743]] – [[John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll]], Scottish commander and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Surrey]] (b. 1678) *[[1747]] – [[Amaro Pargo]], Spanish corsair (b. 1678)<ref>{{cite web |title=340 aniversario del nacimiento del corsario tinerfeño Amaro Pargo |url=https://www.santacruzdetenerife.es/web/noticias-y-agenda/noticias/detalle-noticia/340-aniversario-del-nacimiento-del-corsario-tinerfeno-amaro-pargo |website=SantaCruzDeTenerife.es |publisher=Ayuntamiento de Santa Cruz de Tenerife |access-date=25 January 2021 |date=25 May 2018}}</ref> *[[1749]] – [[Baron Franz von der Trenck]], Austrian soldier (b. 1711) *[[1755]] – [[Samuel von Cocceji]], Prussian jurist and statesman (b. 1679)<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers |year=2016 |isbn=9781474255981 |editor-last=Klemme |editor-first=Heiner F. |pages=138–139 |chapter=Cocceji, Samuel von |publisher=Bloomsbury |editor-last2=Kuehn |editor-first2=Manfred |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YH6fCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA138}}</ref> *[[1821]] – [[John Rennie the Elder]], Scottish engineer, designed the [[Waterloo Bridge]] (b. 1761) *[[1827]] – [[Grigorios Zalykis]], Greek-French lexicographer and scholar (b. 1785) *[[1851]] – [[Manuel Godoy]], Spanish general and politician, [[Prime Minister of Spain]] (b. 1767) *[[1852]] – [[James Whitcomb]], American lawyer and politician, 8th [[Governor of Indiana]] (b. 1795) *[[1859]] – [[Karl Baedeker]], German publisher, founded [[Baedeker]] (b. 1801) *[[1864]] – [[Joseph Montferrand]], Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802) *[[1867]] – [[Francis Xavier Seelos]], German-American priest and missionary (b. 1819) *[[1871]] – [[Sarel Cilliers]], South African spiritual leader and preacher (b. 1801) *[[1890]] – [[Catherine Booth]], English theologian and saint, co-founded [[The Salvation Army]] (b. 1829) ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Otto Weininger]], Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1880) *[[1904]] – [[Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi]], French sculptor, designed the [[Statue of Liberty]] (b. 1834) * 1904 – [[Carl Josef Bayer]], Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847) *[[1910]] – [[Sergey Muromtsev]], Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1850) *[[1935]] – [[Jean Béraud]], French painter and academic (b. 1849) * 1935 – [[Marie Gutheil-Schoder]], German soprano, actress, and director (b. 1874) *[[1943]] – [[Irena Iłłakowicz]], German-Polish lieutenant (b. 1906) *[[1944]] – [[Al Smith]], American lawyer and politician, 42nd [[Governor of New York]] (b. 1873) *[[1946]] – [[Barney Oldfield]], American race car driver and actor (b. 1878) *[[1947]] – [[Max Planck]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1858) *[[1951]] – [[Henrietta Lacks]], American medical patient (b. 1920) *[[1955]] – [[Alexander Papagos]], Greek general and politician, 152nd [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1883) *[[1958]] – [[Ida Wüst]], German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884) *[[1961]] – [[Benjamin (Fedchenkov)|Benjamin]], Russian metropolitan (b. 1880) *[[1963]] – [[Alar Kotli]], Estonian architect (b. 1904) *[[1970]] – [[Janis Joplin]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1943) *[[1974]] – [[Anne Sexton]], American poet and author (b. 1928) *[[1975]] – [[Friedrich Lutz (economist)|Friedrich Lutz]], German economist (b. 1901)<ref>{{cite magazine |first1=Lachezar |last1=Grudev |title=Friedrich Lutz: A Forgotten Monetary Economist and Social Philosopher |date=Fall 2023 |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=225–236 |magazine=The Independent Review |issn=1086-1653 |url=https://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=1881 |access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Joan Whitney Payson]], American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1903) *[[1977]] – [[José Ber Gelbard]], Argentinian activist and politician (b. 1917) *[[1980]] – [[Pyotr Masherov]], First Secretary of the [[Communist Party of Byelorussia]] (b. 1918) *[[1981]] – [[Freddie Lindstrom]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1905) *[[1982]] – [[Glenn Gould]], Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1932) * 1982 – [[Stefanos Stefanopoulos]], Greek politician, 165th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1898) *[[1988]] – [[Zlatko Grgić]], Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1931) *[[1989]] – [[Graham Chapman]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1941) *[[1990]] – [[Mārtiņš Zīverts]], Latvian playwright (b. 1903) *[[1992]] – [[Denny Hulme]], New Zealand race car driver (b. 1936) *[[1994]] – [[Danny Gatton]], American guitarist (b. 1945) *[[1997]] – [[Otto Ernst Remer]], German general (b. 1912) * 1997 – [[Gunpei Yokoi]], Japanese game designer, created the [[Game Boy]] (b. 1941) *[[1998]] – [[S. Arasaratnam]], Sri Lankan historian and academic (b. 1930) *[[1999]] – [[Bernard Buffet]], French painter and illustrator (b. 1928) * 1999 – [[Art Farmer]], American trumpet player and composer (b. 1928) *[[2000]] – [[Yu Kuo-hwa]], Chinese politician, 32nd [[Premier of the Republic of China]] (b. 1914) * 2000 – [[Michael Smith (chemist)|Michael Smith]], English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1932) *[[2001]] – [[Blaise Alexander]], American race car driver (b. 1976) * 2001 – [[John Collins (jazz guitarist)|John Collins]], American guitarist (b. 1913) * 2001 – [[Ahron Soloveichik]], Russian rabbi and scholar (b. 1917) *[[2002]] – [[André Delvaux]], Belgian-Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1926) *[[2003]] – [[Sid McMath]], American lawyer and politician, 34th [[Governor of Arkansas]] (b. 1912) *[[2004]] – [[Gordon Cooper]], American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927) *[[2005]] – [[Stanley K. Hathaway]], American lawyer and politician, 40th [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] (b. 1924) *[[2007]] – [[Qassem Al-Nasser]], Jordanian general (b. 1925) *[[2009]] – [[Gerhard Kaufhold]], German footballer (b. 1928) * 2009 – [[Günther Rall]], German general and pilot (b. 1918) *[[2010]] – [[Norman Wisdom]], English actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter (b. 1915) *[[2011]] – [[Doris Belack]], American actress (b. 1926) *[[2012]] – [[David Atkinson (baritone)|David Atkinson]], Canadian actor and singer (b. 1921) * 2012 – [[Stan Mudenge]], Zimbabwean historian and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Zimbabwe)|Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1941) * 2012 – [[Tom Stannage]], Australian footballer, historian, and academic (b. 1944) *[[2013]] – [[John Cloudsley-Thompson]], Pakistani-English commander (b. 1921) * 2013 – [[Ulric Cross]], Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (b. 1917) * 2013 – [[Akira Miyoshi]], Japanese composer (b. 1933) * 2013 – [[Diana Nasution]], Indonesian singer (b. 1958) * 2013 – [[Võ Nguyên Giáp]], Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd [[Minister of Defence (Vietnam)|Minister of Defence for Vietnam]] (b. 1911) * 2013 – [[Nicholas Oresko]], American sergeant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1917) *[[2014]] – [[Konrad Boehmer]], German-Dutch composer and educator (b. 1941) * 2014 – [[Hugo Carvana]], Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937) * 2014 – [[Fyodor Cherenkov]], Russian footballer and manager (b. 1959) * 2014 – [[Jean-Claude Duvalier]], Haitian politician, 41st [[President of Haiti]] (b. 1951) *[[2015]] – [[Dave Pike]], American [[vibraphone]] player and songwriter (b. 1938) * 2015 – [[Edida Nageswara Rao]], Indian director and producer (b. 1934) * 2015 – [[Neal Walk]], American basketball player (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-florida/article38025903.html|title=Former Florida Gators and NBA standout Neal Walk dies at 67|date=7 October 2015|author=Michelle Kaufman|website=Miami Herald|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Clark Middleton]], American actor (b. 1957)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oganesyan |first1=Natalie |title=Clark Middleton, Actor in 'The Blacklist,' 'Twin Peaks,' Dies at 63 |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/clark-middleton-dead-the-blacklist-twin-peaks-kill-bill-2-1234793399/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=5 October 2020 }}</ref> * 2020 – [[Kenzō Takada]], Japanese-French fashion designer (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54410063|title=Kenzo Takada: Japanese designer dies after catching Covid-19|date=4 Oct 2020|website=BBC News}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Loretta Lynn]], American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/loretta-lynn-country-music-icon-dead-90| title=Loretta Lynn, country music icon, dead at 90 |website=[[Fox News]]| date=4 October 2022 }}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Christopher Ciccone]], American artist (b. 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-06 |title=Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, has died at 63 |url=https://apnews.com/article/christopher-ciccone-dead-c2369c46f5c98292068b2bf51774f652 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Billy Shaw]], American football player (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-05 |title=HOF guard Shaw, 'driving force' for Bills, dies |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41612623/billy-shaw-bills-great-star-afl-guard-dies-85 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. --> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Saint Amun|Amun]] **[[Francis of Assisi]] **[[Saint Petronius|Petronius of Bologna]] **[[October 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Cinnamon Roll Day]] ([[Sweden]] and [[Finland]]) *[[Day of Peace and Reconciliation]] ([[Mozambique]]) *[[Independence Day (Lesotho)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Lesotho]] from the United Kingdom in 1966. *The beginning of [[World Space Week]] ([[International observances|International]]) *[[World Animal Day]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/4 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=04}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/4 |title=Historical Events on October 4 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:October 04}} [[Category:Days of October]]
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