About October 4

October 4, 2025 is the 277th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 88 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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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 136 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On October 4

  • 1227 –
    Assassination of Caliph al-Adil.
  • 1535 –
    The first complete English-language Bible (the Coverdale Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale.
  • 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.
  • 1725 –
    Foundation of Rosario in Argentina.
  • 1777 –
    Battle of Germantown: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe.
  • 1779 –
    The Fort Wilson Riot takes place.
  • 1830 –
    Creation of the state of Belgium after separation from The Netherlands.
  • 1853 –
    Crimean War: The Ottoman Empire declares war on Russia.
  • 1883 –
    First meeting of the Boys’ Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • 1940 –
    Meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini at the Brenner Pass.
  • 1943 –
    World War II: U.S. captures Solomon Islands.
  • 1957 –
    Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario.
  • 1957 –
    Leave It To Beaver premieres on CBS.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1992 –
    The Rome General Peace Accords ends a 16 year civil war in Mozambique.
  • 1993 –
    Russian Constitutional Crisis: In Moscow, tanks bombard the White House, a government building that housed the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Boris Yeltsin rally outside.
  • 2004 –
    SpaceShipOne‘’wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space.

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