About October 4
October 4, 2024 is the 278th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 88 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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Libra is the sun 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 117 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On October 4
- 1363 –End of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the Chinese rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang defeat that of his rival, Chen Youliang, in one of the largest naval battles in history.
- 1511 –Formation of the Holy League of Ferdinand II of Aragon, the Papal States and the Republic of Venice against France.
- 1582 –Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15.
- 1636 –The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
- 1779 –The Fort Wilson Riot takes place.
- 1853 –Crimean War: The Ottoman Empire declares war on Russia.
- 1883 –First run of the Orient Express.
- 1895 –The first U.S. Open Men’s Golf Championship administered by the United States Golf Association is played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.
- 1943 –World War II: U.S. captures Solomon Islands.
- 1957 –Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario.
- 1957 –Space Race: Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
- 1957 –Sputnik 1 is launched by the Soviet Union.
- 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.
- 1974 –Founding of the New Democracy party in Greece.
- 1983 –Richard 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.
- 1985 –Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, United States.
- 1988 –U.S. televangelist Jim Bakker is indicted for fraud.
- 1991 –The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
- 1992 –El Al Flight 1862: an El Al Boeing 747-258F crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
- 2001 –NATO confirms invocation of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
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