October 4

2024 Calendar

October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 88 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

1052 – Vladimir of Novgorod (born 1020)
1250 – Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (born 1226)
1305 – Emperor Kameyama of Japan (born 1249)
1582 – Teresa of Avila, Spanish saint (born 1515)
1597 – Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (born 1550)
1661 – Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy and nun (born 1625)
1669 – Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch painter (born 1606)
1680 – Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer (born 1609)
1747 – Amaro Pargo, Spanish pirate (born 1678)
1785 – David Brearly, American statesman (born 1703)
1821 – John Rennie the Elder, Scottish engineer (born 1761)
1851 – Manuel de Godoy, Prince of Peace, Spanish politician (born 1767)
1852 – James Whitcomb, 8th Governor of Indiana (born 1795)
1859 – Karl Baedeker, German publisher (born 1801)
1890 – Catherine Booth, co-founder of the Salvation Army (born 1829)

1901 – 2000

1903 – Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher (born 1880)
1904 – Karl Bayer, Austrian chemist (born 1847)
1904 – Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor (born 1834)
1910 – Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (born 1850)
1915 – Karl Staaff, 11th Prime Minister of Sweden (born 1860)
1943 – Irena Illakowicz, Polish lieutenant and intelligence agent (born 1906)
1944 – Al Smith, American politician (born 1873)
1946 – Barney Oldfield, American automobile pioneer (born 1878)
1947 – Max Planck, German physicist (born 1858)
1951 – Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (born 1920)
1955 – Alexander Papagos, Greek general and political leader (born 1883)
1970 – Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (born 1943)
1974 – Anne Sexton, American poet (born 1928)
1981 – Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player (born 1905)
1982 – Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician (born 1898)
1982 – Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist (born 1932)
1989 – Graham Chapman, British comedian, writer, doctor (born 1941)
1989 – Secretariat, Triple Crown-winning race horse (born 1970)
1991 – J. Frank Wilson, American singer (born 1941)
1992 – Denny Hulme, New Zealand racing driver (born 1936)
1996 – Silvio Piola, Italian footballer (born 1913)
1997 – Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese game developer (born 1941)
2000 – Michael Smith, biochemist (born 1932)
2000 – Yu Kwo-hwa, Taiwanese Premier (born 1914)

From 2001

2001 – John Collins, American jazz guitarist (born 1913)
2003 – Sid McMath, 34th Governor of Arkansas (born 1912)
2004 – Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (born 1927)
2005 – Stanley K. Hathaway, Governor of Wyoming (born 1924)
2009 – Shoichi Nakagawa, Japanese politician (born 1953)
2009 – Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer (born 1935)
2009 – Günther Rall, German fighter ace (born 1918)
2010 – Norman Wisdom, British actor and comedian (born 1915)
2011 – Yelena Chernykh, Russian theatre actress (born 1979)
2013 – Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnamese general and politician (born 1911)
2013 – Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant (born 1917)
2014 – Jean-Claude Duvalier (Baby Doc), President of Haiti (born 1951)
2014 – Paul Revere, American musician (Paul Revere and the Raiders) (b. 1938)
2014 – Hugo Carvana, Brazilian actor (born 1937)
2014 – Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer (born 1959)
2015 – José Eduardo Dutra, Brazilian businessman and politician (born 1957)
2015 – J. Whyatt Mondesire, American journalist and activist (born 1949)
2016 – Mario Almada, Mexican actor (born 1922)
2016 – Brigitte Hamann, German-Austrian historian and writer (born 1940)
2017 – Davoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian politician (born 1950)
2017 – Liam Cosgrave, Irish politician, Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (born 1920)
2017 – John R. Miller, American politician and activist (born 1938)
2017 – Jesús Mosterín, Spanish anthropologist and philosopher (born 1941)
2018 – Dave Anderson, American sports writer (born 1929)
2018 – Jeanne Ashworth, American speed skater (born 1938)
2018 – Hamiet Bluiett, American jazz saxophonist (born 1940)
2018 – Kurt Malangré, German politician (born 1934)
2018 – José Sacal, Mexican sculptor (born 1944)
2018 – Will Vinton, American animator (born 1947)
2019 – Mikhail Biryukov, Russian tennis player (born 1992)
2019 – Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer (born 1935)
2019 – Bill McKnight, Canadian politician (born 1940)

Births

Up to 1850

1160 – Alys, Countess of Vexin (died 1220)
1268 – King Eric II of Norway (died 1299)
1274 – Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (died 1319)
1276 – Margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany (died 1311)
1289 – King Louis X of France (died 1316)
1379 – King Henry III of Castile (died 1406)
1515 – Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (died 1586)
1542 – Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (died 1621)
1550 – King Charles IX of Sweden (died 1611)
1562 – Christian Sorensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (died 1647)
1585 – Anna of Tyrol, Empress Consort of the Holy Roman Empire (died 1618)
1625 – Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy and nun (died 1661)
1626 – Richard Cromwell, English politician (died 1712)
1633 – Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (died 1714)
1657 – Francesco Solimena, Italian painter (died 1747)
1687 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (died 1768)
1720 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian painter (died 1778)
1759 – Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician (died 1803)
1787 – François Guizot, French statesman (died 1874)
1797 – Jeremias Gotthelf, Swiss writer (died 1854)
1808 – Giovanni Battista Pioda, Swiss politician and diplomat (died 1882)
1814 – Jean-François Millet, French painter (died 1875)
1819 – Francesco Crispi, Italian politician (died 1901)
1822 – Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (died 1893)
1833 – John Anderson, Scottish zoologist (died 1900)
1835 – Grigory Potanin, Russian explorer (died 1920)
1836 – Juliette Adam, French writer and activist (died 1936)
1837 – Mary Elizabeth Braddon, English writer (died 1915)
1841 – Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (died 1912)
1841 – Maria Sophie of Bavaria, Queen of the Two Sicilies (died 1925)
1843 – Marie Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Palestinian nun and saint (died 1927)

1851 – 1900

1858 – Michael Pupin, telephone pioneer, Pulitzer Prize winning writer (died 1935)
1861 – Frederic Remington, American painter (died 1909)
1862 – Edward Stratemeyer, American writer (died 1930)
1863 – Samuel Prescott Bush, American industrialist (died 1948)
1868 – Marcelo T. de Alvear, Argentine politician (died 1942)
1876 – Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (died 1958)
1877 – Razor Smith, English cricketer (died 1946)
1880 – Damon Runyon, writer (died 1946)
1881 – Walther von Brauchitsch, German Commander-in-Chief (died 1948)
1886 – Erich Fellgiebel, German military officer and Resistance activist (died 1944)
1888 – Friedrich Olbricht, German general and Resistance activist (died 1944)
1892 – Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician (died 1934)
1895 – Buster Keaton, American comedian, producer and actor (died 1966)
1895 – Richard Sorge, German-Soviet spy (died 1944)
1899 – Franz Jonas, President of Austria (died 1974)

1901 – 1950

1903 – John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer (died 1995)
1903 – Ernst Kaltenbrunner, German military officer (died 1946)
1913 – Martial Celestin, Prime Minister of Haiti (died 2011)
1914 – Jim Cairns, Australian politician (died 2003)
1916 – Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist (died 2009)
1916 – Jan Murray, American comedian, actor and game show host (died 2006)
1916 – George Sidney, American director (died 2002)
1917 – Luis Carniglia, Argentine footballer (died 2001)
1917 – Jan Murray, American comedienne (died 2006)
1918 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist (died 1998)
1918 – Giovanni Cheli, Italian cardinal (died 2013)
1921 – Francisco Morales-Bermúdez, former President of Peru (died 2022)
1922 – Malcolm Baldridge, American politician (died 1987)
1922 – Don Lenhardt, American baseball player (died 2014)
1923 – Charlton Heston, American actor (died 2008)
1927 – Virginia Luque, Argentine actress and singer (died 2014)
1928 – Alvin Toffler, American writer and futurist (died 2016)
1930 – Svava Jakobsdóttir, Icelandic writer and politician (died 2004)
1931 – Richard Rorty, American philosopher and academic (died 2007)
1931 – Basil D'Oliveira, South African-born cricketer (died 2011)
1931 – Terence Conran, English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer
1931 – Thane Baker, American athlete
1933 – German Moreno, Filipino television host, actor and comedian (died 2016)
1934 – Sam Huff, American football player
1936 – Cynthia McLeod, Surinamese writer, daughter of Johan Ferrier
1937 – Franz Vranitzky, former Chancellor of Austria
1937 – Jackie Collins, English writer (died 2015)
1937 – Jim Sillars, Scottish politician
1938 – Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1939 – Ivan Mauger, New Zealand speedway rider (died 2018)
1940 – Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer
1941 – Anne Rice, American writer
1942 – Johanna Sigurdardottir, former Prime Minister of Iceland
1942 – Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (died 1967)
1943 – H. Rap Brown (Jamil Al-Amin), American civil rights activist
1943 – Buddy Roemer, former Governor of Louisiana (d. 2021)
1943 – Owen Davidson, Australian tennis player
1946 – Susan Sarandon, American actress
1946 – Chuck Hagel, American politician
1946 – Bridget St. John, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Jim Fielder, American bass player
1947 – Julien Clerc, French singer
1947 – Ann Widdecombe, British politician
1949 – Antonello Cuccureddu, Italian footballer and coach
1949 – Armand Assante, actor
1949 – Ally Hunter, Scottish footballer

1951 – 1975

1953 – Tchéky Karyo, actor
1955 – John Rutherford, Scottish rugby player
1955 – Andy Pichler, Austrian footballer
1955 – Jorge Valdano, Argentine footballer
1956 – Christoph Waltz, Austrian actor
1958 – Yevgeny Bushmin, Russian politician (died 2019)
1958 – Anneka Rice, Welsh television and radio presenter
1959 – Chris Lowe, English musician (Pet Shop Boys)
1959 – Tony Meo, English snooker player
1960 – Henry Worsley, English explorer (died 2016)
1961 – Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese writer and artist
1961 – Philippe Russo, French singer-songwriter
1962 – Jon Secada, Cuban-American singer
1962 – Marc Minkowski, French conductor
1963 – A.C. Green, American basketball player
1963 – Mark Powley, English actor
1964 – Francis Magalona, Filipino entertainer (died 2009)
1964 – Sarah Lancashire, English actress
1964 – Yvonne Murray, Scottish athlete
1967 – Liev Schreiber, actor
1967 – Marcus Bentley, British voice actor
1968 – Beverley Allitt, British nurse and serial killer
1975 – Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian footballer

From 1976

1976 – Alicia Silverstone, American actress
1976 – Mauro Camoranesi, Argentine-Italian footballer
1976 – Ueli Steck, Swiss climber (died 2017)
1977 – Richard Parry, Canadian musician and songwriter
1978 – Kei Horie, Japanese actor, director, producer and screenwriter
1979 – Björn Phau, German tennis player
1979 – Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress and model
1980 – Tomas Rosicky, Czech footballer
1982 – Kasia Madera, British television journalist
1982 – Ilhan Omar, Somali-born American politician
1984 – Elena Sergeyevna Katina, Russian musician (t.A.T.u.)
1985 – Shontelle, Barbadian singer-songwriter
1985 – Thorsten Wiedemann, German rugby player
1986 – Sara Forestier, French actress
1986 – Yuridia, Mexican singer
1987 – Juan Pablo García, Mexican racing driver
1987 – Marina Weisband, German politician
1988 – Evgeni Krasnopolski, Israeli figure skater
1988 – Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer
1988 – Derrick Rose, American basketball player
1988 – Magdaléna Rybáriková, Slovakian tennis player
1989 – Kimmie Meissner, American figure skater
1989 – Lil Mama, American singer and rapper
1989 – Stacey Solomon, English singer
1989 – Dakota Johnson, American model and actress
1991 – Leigh-Anne Pinnock, English singer (Little Mix)
1994 – Ignazio Boschetto, Italian singer (Il Volo)
1995 – Mikolas Josef, Czech singer, musician and model
1997 – Yuju, South Korean singer
2005 – Prince Emmanuel of Belgium

Deaths

Observances

Independence Day (Lesotho)
Day of Peace and Reconciliation (Mozambique)
World Animal Day
Saint Francis of Assisi (Roman Catholicism)
BB Founder’s Day (The Boys’ Brigade)