October 4th, 1950

Born on October 4th, 1950

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What happened on October 4th?

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 execute 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

An ammunition plant in Sayreville, New Jersey, U.S., exploded, killing around 100 people and destroying more than 300 buildings.

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: Union forces capture Galveston, Texas.

October 4th, 1633

Forces from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth break the Russian siege of Smolensk.

October 4th, 1448

Skanderbeg and Gjergj Arianiti sign 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, 2003

The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs.

October 4th, 2001

Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.

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

Born on October 4th, 1950

73

Alan Rosenberg

American actor

*October 4th, 1950, Passaic

73

Francisco Araiza

Opera singer

*October 4th, 1950, Mexico City

73

Klaus Scheer

German association football player

*October 4th, 1950, Siegen

73

Michael Heubach

German musician, songwriter

*October 4th, 1950, Leipzig

72

Stefan Bajohr

German politician

*October 4th, 1950, Bad Harzburg †November 21st, 2022

64

Ramón Lis

Spanish association football player (1950-2015)

*October 4th, 1950, Xirivella †April 16th, 2015, Valencia

73

Tom Spackman

Actor

*October 4th, 1950, Binghamton

73

Meg Bennett

American actress and writer

*October 4th, 1950, Los Angeles

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24

Lit Killah

Argentine rapper and singer

*October 4th, 1999, González Catán

77

Susan Sarandon

American actress and activist

*October 4th, 1946, New York City

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

80

Anne Rice

American writer

*October 4th, 1941, New Orleans †December 11th, 2021, Rancho Mirage

88

Cécile Odartchenko

French publisher and writer

*October 4th, 1935, Courbevoie

67

Kurt Zurfluh

Swiss television and radio presenter (1949-2017)

*October 4th, 1949, Lucerne †April 15th, 2017, Cienfuegos

97

Pierre Riché

French historian (1921-2019)

*October 4th, 1921, 14th arrondissement of Paris †May 6th, 2019, Ivry-sur-Seine

56

Liev Schreiber

American actor

*October 4th, 1967, San Francisco

71

Anita DeFrantz

American rower

*October 4th, 1952, Philadelphia

62

Jon Secada

Cuban-American singer

*October 4th, 1961, Havana

84

Charlton Heston

American actor and political activist (1923–2008)

*October 4th, 1923, Evanston †April 5th, 2008, Beverly Hills

67

Christoph Waltz

Austrian and German actor (born 1956)

*October 4th, 1956, Vienna

74

Henri Poncet

French soldier

*October 4th, 1949, Oran

78

Clifton Davis

American actor, musician and minister

*October 4th, 1945, Chicago

81

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

Icelandic politician

*October 4th, 1942, Reykjavík

77

Pierre Taittinger

French politician

*October 4th, 1887, 18th arrondissement of Paris †January 22nd, 1965, Paris

85

Kurt Wüthrich

Swiss chemist

*October 4th, 1938, Aarberg

75

Linda McMahon

25th Administrator of the Small Business Administration and professional wrestling magnate

*October 4th, 1948, New Bern

74

Lee Blessing

American playwright (1949- )

*October 4th, 1949, Minneapolis

76

Ann Widdecombe

British politician (born 1947)

*October 4th, 1947, Bath

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Born in 1950

67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

73

Annette Badland

English actress

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

73

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

74

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

73

Wayne Eagling

Canadian ballet dancer

*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

73

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

73

Harriet Walter

British actress

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

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