October 4th, 1996

Born on October 4th, 1996

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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, 1996

27

Ella Balinska

English actress

*October 4th, 1996, Westminster

27

Antonio Blakeney

American basketball player

*October 4th, 1996, New York City

27

Brandon Barker

English association football player (born 1996)

*October 4th, 1996, Manchester

27

Alexander Zuev

Russian basketball player

*October 4th, 1996, Berezniki

27

Yudai Ogawa

Japanese association football player

*October 4th, 1996, Kanagawa Prefecture

27

A. J. Brodeur

American basketball player

*October 4th, 1996, Northfield

27

Deivid

Español

*October 4th, 1996, Austin

27

Jeon Ji-woo

South Korean singer

*October 4th, 1996, Seoul

27

Dmitri Osipov

Russian ice hockey player

*October 4th, 1996, Moscow

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 4th?

24

Lit Killah

Argentine rapper and singer

*October 4th, 1999, González Catán

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

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

34

Viktoria Rebensburg

German alpine skier

*October 4th, 1989, Kreuth

29

Sabrina Maier

Austrian alpine ski racer

*October 4th, 1994, Austria

36

Ryan Shawcross

English association football player (born 1987)

*October 4th, 1987, Chester

56

Liev Schreiber

American actor

*October 4th, 1967, San Francisco

26

Nikola Vlašić

Croatian association football player

*October 4th, 1997, Split

21

Andrea Montesinos

Mexican figure skater

*October 4th, 2002, San Pedro Garza García

97

Pierre Riché

French historian (1921-2019)

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

34

Dakota Johnson

American actress

*October 4th, 1989, Austin

88

Cécile Odartchenko

French publisher and writer

*October 4th, 1935, Courbevoie

28

Mikolas Josef

Czech singer-songwriter and former model

*October 4th, 1995, Prague

80

Anne Rice

American writer

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

29

Markus Hoelgaard

Norwegian road cyclist

*October 4th, 1994, Ålgård

39

James Constable

English association football player

*October 4th, 1984, Malmesbury

35

Derrick Rose

American basketball player

*October 4th, 1988, Chicago

77

Pierre Taittinger

French politician

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

31

Rupi Kaur

Canadian poet

*October 4th, 1992, Punjab

26

Jakub Piotrowski

Polish association football player

*October 4th, 1997, Toruń

77

Susan Sarandon

American actress and activist

*October 4th, 1946, New York City

Same year
Born in 1996

28

Dove Cameron

American actress and singer

*January 15th, 1996, Bainbridge Island

27

Lauren Jauregui

American singer

*June 27th, 1996, Miami

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

*December 17th, 1996, Aix-en-Provence

27

Jenifer Brening

German singer

*December 15th, 1996, Zehlendorf

27

Lili Reinhart

American actress

*September 13th, 1996, Cleveland

27

Ruben Jille

Dutch badminton player

*July 11th, 1996, Nieuwegein

27

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

28

Summer Walker

American R&B singer

*April 11th, 1996, Atlanta

28

Dawid Kwiatkowski

Polish singer-songwriter

*January 1st, 1996, Gorzów Wielkopolski

27

Nico Dannowski

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1996, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf

27

Duki

Argentine rapper

*June 24th, 1996, Almagro

28

Mabel

English singer and songwriter

*February 19th, 1996, Alhaurín el Grande

27

Aden Foyer

Norwegian record producer and DJ

*September 8th, 1996, Asker

28

Wakana Nagahara

Japanese badminton player

*January 9th, 1996, Hokkaido

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

28

Muhammad Rian Ardianto

Badminton player

*February 13th, 1996, Bantul

28

Huang Kaixiang

Badminton player

*January 15th, 1996, Nanping

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

28

Zheng Yu

Chinese badminton player

*February 7th, 1996, Shandong

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 4th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 4th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on October 4th, 1996
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1996 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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October 1996