October 4

Events

 * - arrives by ship from  at, overthrows  Emperor  and becomes Emperor.
 * - End of the ; the of  defeat that of his rival,, in one of the.
 * - is crowned emperor of the  by.
 * - Assassination of.
 * - Formation of the of, the  and the  against.
 * - The first complete  (the ) is printed, with translations by  and.
 * - implements the . In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by.
 * - The defeats the armies of  and the  at the.
 * - : Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.
 * - Foundation of in.
 * - : Troops under are repelled by  troops under Sir.
 * - The takes place.
 * - first rises to national prominence with a "Whiff of Grapeshot", using cannon to suppress armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the French Legislature.
 * - adopts a  and becomes a federal republic.
 * - Creation of the state of after separation from The.
 * - : The declares war on.
 * - First run of the .
 * 1883  - First meeting of the  in,.
 * - The first administered by the  is played at the  in.
 * - Declaration of the . King flees to the.
 * 1910  - Adoption of the.
 * - An explosion kills more than 100 and destroys the in . 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.
 * - becomes first elected president of.
 * - begins sculpting.
 * - Meeting between and  at the.
 * - : U.S. captures.
 * - Launch of , the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
 * 1957 -   roll-out ceremony at  plant in.
 * - of  is established.
 * -, a , crashes after a on takeoff from 's , killing 62 of 72 on board.
 * - The first to ever visit the,  arrives in.
 * - becomes independent from the  and is renamed.
 * - of  abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan.
 * - A airplane crashes over, killing the pilot and severely injuring several pro wrestlers affiliated with the 's  promotion. One of the survivors is the legendary.
 * - Official launch of the '' (HST).
 * - sets a new  of 633.468  (1,019 km/h), driving  at the  of.
 * - is founded in,.
 * -   is indicted for fraud.
 * - The is opened for.
 * - The ends a 16 year  in Mozambique.
 * 1992  - : an  -258F crashes into two apartment buildings in, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
 * - : In, s bombard the , a government building that housed the n , while demonstrators against  rally outside.
 * - The in  occurs at the  office of .  An  investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million in cash which had been taken.
 * - : a Sibir Airlines  crashes into the  after being struck by an errant Ukrainian  missile. 78 people are killed.
 * - in, :  21 s, s and s, are killed, and 51 others wounded.
 * -  wins for private spaceflight.

Births

 * -, daughter of (d. )
 * -, Queen of Germany (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, German painter (d. )
 * -, Italian saint (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, Danish astronomer (d. )
 * -, Hungarian cardinal (d. )
 * -, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. )
 * -, French child prodigy (d. )
 * -, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. )
 * -, Italian painter (d. )
 * -, Italian artist (d. )
 * -, German entomologist (d. )
 * -, French mathematician (d. )
 * -, French statesman (d. )
 * -, French Canadian politician, prime minister of the (d. )
 * -, French painter (d. )
 * -, 19th (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, President of Brazil (d. )
 * -, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. )
 * -, Serbian-born telephone pioneer (d. )
 * -, American painter (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, Australian writer (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, German Commander-in-Chief (d. )
 * -, Indian freedom fighter (d. )
 * -, Spanish actor (d. )
 * -, Norwegian speed skater (d. )
 * -, Austrian politician (d. )
 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * -, American computer pioneer (d. )
 * 1903  -, German military officer and senior Nazi (d. )
 * 1903  -, French Canadian politician, historian and genealogist (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, Australian politician (d. )
 * 1914  -, American writer (d. )
 * -, Russian physicist,
 * 1916  -, American comedian (d. )
 * 1916  -, American film director (d. )
 * -, Japanese chemist, (d. )
 * -, 26th (d. )
 * 1922  -, Japanese businessman
 * -, American actor
 * -, American author
 * 1928  -, Danish musician, writer, filmmaker and tennis player
 * -, American child actor, comedies (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * -, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Stanford University
 * -, Canadian television director
 * -, American football player
 * -, British author
 * 1937  -, Scottish politician
 * -, Swiss chemist,
 * -, Argentine footballer
 * 1940  -, Cuban-American investor and philanthropist
 * -, American writer
 * 1941  -, American writer
 * 1941  -, American theatre director
 * 1941  -, Austrian racing driver
 * -, American aviator (d. )
 * -, American civil rights activist
 * -, American baseball manager
 * 1944  -, Spanish singer and actress (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, American politician
 * 1946  -, English singer/songwriter and guitarist
 * 1946  -, American actress
 * -, British politician
 * 1947  -, French singer
 * 1947  -, American bassist
 * -, CEO of
 * -, American actor
 * 1949  -, American director
 * -, American writer and actress
 * -, Kazakh poet
 * -, Turkish-French actor
 * -, Argentine footballer
 * -, Soviet gymnast
 * 1957  -, American actor
 * -, British musician
 * 1959  -, English snooker player
 * -, American musician
 * 1960  -, American baseball player
 * -, Japanese author
 * -, Cuban singer and songwriter
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, British actress
 * -, American musician
 * -, British voice actor
 * 1967  -, Hong Kong actor and  singer
 * 1967  -, American actor
 * -, English footballer
 * -, Hungarian singer
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, American wrestler
 * -, Spanish actor
 * -, Italian football player
 * -, American actress
 * 1976  -, Argentine-Italian footballer
 * -, South Korean television and movie actor
 * -, American actress
 * 1979  -, British actor
 * -, Canadian Ice Skater
 * 1980  -, American athlete
 * 1980  -, American race car driver
 * 1980  -, American actor
 * 1980  -, Czech footballer
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1981  -, American photographer
 * 1981  -, Japanese singer
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1982  -, American baseball player
 * -, Japanese idol
 * 1983  -, Japanese idol (member of )
 * 1983  -, British racing driver
 * 1983  -, American baseball player
 * -, Russian singer
 * -, Mexican singer
 * -, American rapper
 * -, American rapper

Deaths

 * - (b. )
 * -, Count of Ponthieu (b. )
 * - of Japan (b. )
 * -, Spanish saint (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, English statesman (b. )
 * -, Italian painter (b. )
 * -, French child prodigy (b. )
 * -, Dutch painter (b. )
 * -, French engineer
 * -, Scottish soldier (b. )
 * -, Austrian soldier (b. )
 * -, Catawba Indian chief
 * -, American statesman (b. )
 * -, Scottish engineer (b. )
 * -, Spanish statesman (b. )
 * -, German publisher (b. )
 * -, French Canadian logger and strong man (b. )
 * - German-American Roman Catholic priest (b. )
 * -, the Mother of (b. )
 * -, Austrian philosopher (b. )
 * -, French sculptor (b. )
 * 1904  -, Austrian chemist (b. )
 * -, Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * 1935 -, German soprano (b. )
 * -, Polish agent of Intelligence (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, American automobile pioneer (b. )
 * -, A German (b. )
 * -, American gangster (b. )
 * -,  and writer,  of   in North America (b. )
 * -, Italian singer (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * -, American heiress (b. )
 * -,  (b. )
 * -, Canadian pianist (b. )
 * -, British comedian (b. )
 * 1989  -, American race horse (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, New Zealand race care driver (b. )
 * -, Scottish footballer (b. )
 * -, American guitar virtuoso (b. )
 * -, American child murderer (executed by electric chair)
 * -, Japanese game developer (b. )
 * - (aka Grim), Norwegian  musician (b. )
 * 1999  -, American jazz trumpet player (b. )
 * 1999  -, French painter (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * 2000 -, former Premier of Taiwan (b. 1914)
 * -, American Race Car Driver (b. )
 * -, founder of ergonomics (b. )
 * 2002  -, Belgian film director and screenwriter (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, American astronaut (b. )
 * 2004  -, Flipino actress & TV hosts (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, English actor on stage, television and film (b. )
 * -, English actor on stage, television and film (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - Feast day of ; also of, Saint.
 * Also see
 * - (from Britain, 1966).
 * The beginning of
 * The beginning of