October 4th, 2004

Born on October 4th, 2004

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What happened on October 4th, 2004?

October 4th, 2004

SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipOne

What else 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.

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

Same year
Born in 2004

22

Rosita Reijnhout

Dutch cyclist

*April 8th, 2004, Wolphaartsdijk

22

Nienke Veenhoven

Dutch cyclist

*March 20th, 2004, Oostzaan

22

You Young

South Korean figure skater

*May 27th, 2004, Seoul

22

Kuo Kuan-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*February 3rd, 2004, Kaohsiung

22

Grace VanderWaal

American singer-songwriter

*January 15th, 2004, Lenexa

22

Victor Wembanyama

French basketball player

*January 4th, 2004, Le Chesnay

22

Krisia Todorova

Bulgarian singer

*June 1st, 2004, Varna

21

Letizia Roscher

German figure skater

*October 7th, 2004, Chemnitz

21

Liam Kapeikis

American figure skater

*June 28th, 2004, Wenatchee

22

Savika Refa Zahira

Indonesian figure skater

*April 4th, 2004, Jakarta

21

Stephen Gogolev

Canadian figure skater

*December 22nd, 2004, Toronto

22

Charli D'Amelio

American social media personality

*May 1st, 2004, Norwalk

22

Millie Bobby Brown

British actress and model

*February 19th, 2004, Marbella

21

Edward Appleby

British figure skater

*December 21st, 2004, Colchester

22

Peyton Elizabeth Lee

American actress

*May 22nd, 2004, New York City

21

Noah Schnapp

American actor (born 2004)

*October 3rd, 2004, New York City

22

Amira Willighagen

Dutch-South African singer

*March 27th, 2004, Nijmegen

21

Alejandro Garnacho

Argentine association football player

*July 1st, 2004, Córdoba

22

Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway

Norwegian princess

*January 21st, 2004, Rikshospitalet

22

Jonny Edgar

British racing driver (born 2004)

*February 13th, 2004, Whitehaven

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Leap year

Yes: 2004 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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