October 4th, 1859

Born on October 4th, 1859

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What happened on October 4th?

October 4th, 1927

Gutzon Borglum and approximately 400 workers began sculpting Mount Rushmore.

October 4th, 2003

A suicide bomber killed 21 people, including a two-month-old baby, and injured 60 others inside a restaurant in Haifa, Israel.

October 4th, 1957

The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

October 4th, 1943

World War II: Allied forces executed Operation Leader, an air raid against German shipping near Bodø, Norway.

October 4th, 1941

Willie Gillis, one of Norman Rockwell's trademark characters, debuted on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.

October 4th, 1925

Great Syrian Revolt: Rebels led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji captured the city of Hama from the French Mandate of Syria.

October 4th, 1918

First World War: The Japanese merhant ship Hirano Maru was sunk by a German submarine in the Celtic Sea with the loss of 291 lives.

October 4th, 1917

First World War: The Allies devastated the German defence at the Battle of Broodseinde, prompting a crisis among German commanders and causing a severe loss of morale in the 4th Army.

October 4th, 1876

Texas A&M University opened as the first public institution of higher education in the U.S. state.

October 4th, 1862

American Civil War: After a naval battle in Galveston Harbor, Texas, Confederate commanders negotiated the surrender of the city to Union forces.

October 4th, 1633

Smolensk War: Forces from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth broke the Russian siege of Smolensk (depicted).

October 4th, 1448

Skanderbeg and Gjergj Arianiti signed a peace treaty to end the Albanian–Venetian War.

October 4th, 1363

Red Turban Rebellions: The rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang won the Battle of Lake Poyang by deploying ships intentionally set aflame when the emperor tried to escape.

October 4th, 1209

Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (seal pictured), was crowned.

October 4th, 2018

East Island (pictured), a critical wildlife habitat in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, was largely destroyed by Hurricane Walaka.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 4th

Same year
Born in 1859

75

Paul Herrmann

German classical archaeologist

*December 14th, 1859, Halle (Saale) †August 30th, 1935, Dresden

46

Pierre Curie

French physicist (1859-1906)

*May 15th, 1859, Paris †April 19th, 1906, Paris

71

Arthur Conan Doyle

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

*May 22nd, 1859, Edinburgh †July 7th, 1930, Crowborough

81

Henri Bergson

French philosopher (1859–1941)

*October 18th, 1859, Paris †January 4th, 1941, Paris

92

Knut Hamsun

Norwegian novelist (1859–1952)

*August 4th, 1859, Vågå †February 19th, 1952, Grimstad

82

Wilhelm II

German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 to 1918

*January 27th, 1859, Kronprinzenpalais †June 4th, 1941, Huis Doorn

57

L. L. Zamenhof

Polish-Jewish pysician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)

*December 15th, 1859, Białystok †April 14th, 1917, Warsaw

31

Georges Seurat

French painter (1859-1891)

*December 2nd, 1859, Paris †March 29th, 1891, Paris

92

John Dewey

American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)

*October 20th, 1859, Burlington †June 1st, 1952, New York City

73

Kenneth Grahame

British novelist

*March 8th, 1859, Edinburgh †July 6th, 1932, Berkshire

80

Verner von Heidenstam

Swedish writer (1859–1940)

*July 6th, 1859, Olshammar †May 20th, 1940, Övralid

65

Victor Herbert

American composer (1859–1924)

*February 1st, 1859, Dublin †May 26th, 1924, New York City

74

Cecilia Grierson

Argentine physician (1859-1934)

*November 22nd, 1859, Buenos Aires †April 10th, 1934, Buenos Aires

81

Henri Lavedan

French dramatist and man of letters (1859–1940)

*April 9th, 1859, Orléans †September 3rd, 1940, Paris

79

Edmund Husserl

German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology (*1859 – †1938)

*April 8th, 1859, Prostějov †April 27th, 1938, Freiburg im Breisgau

85

Telesforo Aranzadi

Spanish anthropologist (1860-1945)

*November 30th, 1859, Bergara †February 12th, 1945, Barcelona

60

Reginald De Koven

American music critic and composer

*April 3rd, 1859, Middletown †January 16th, 1920, Chicago

62

Wilhelm Hallwachs

Physicist, photoelectric effect (1859-1922)

*July 9th, 1859, Darmstadt †June 20th, 1922, Dresden

82

Felipe Agoncillo

Filipino politician (1859-1941)

*May 26th, 1859, Taal †September 29th, 1941, Manila

75

Alfred Dreyfus

French artillery officer (1859–1935)

*October 9th, 1859, Mulhouse †July 12th, 1935, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1859 is a normal year and no leap year.

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