October 4th, 2024

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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

Birthdays and future age on October 4th, 2024

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Lit Killah

Argentine rapper and singer

*October 4th, 1999, González Catán

89

Cécile Odartchenko

French publisher and writer

*October 4th, 1935, Courbevoie

57

Liev Schreiber

American actor

*October 4th, 1967, San Francisco

78

Susan Sarandon

American actress and activist

*October 4th, 1946, New York City

35

Viktoria Rebensburg

German alpine skier

*October 4th, 1989, Kreuth

37

Ryan Shawcross

English association football player (born 1987)

*October 4th, 1987, Chester

63

Jon Secada

Cuban-American singer

*October 4th, 1961, Havana

57

Nick Green

Australian rower

*October 4th, 1967, Melbourne

86

Kurt Wüthrich

Swiss chemist

*October 4th, 1938, Aarberg

35

Dakota Johnson

American actress

*October 4th, 1989, Austin

82

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

Icelandic politician

*October 4th, 1942, Reykjavík

22

Andrea Montesinos

Mexican figure skater

*October 4th, 2002, San Pedro Garza García

45

Rachael Leigh Cook

American actress, model, and producer

*October 4th, 1979, Minneapolis

48

Alicia Silverstone

American actress

*October 4th, 1976, San Francisco

68

Christoph Waltz

German-Austrian actor (born 1956)

*October 4th, 1956, Vienna

40

James Constable

English association football player

*October 4th, 1984, Malmesbury

30

Sabrina Maier

Austrian alpine ski racer

*October 4th, 1994, Austria

79

Clifton Davis

American actor, musician and minister

*October 4th, 1945, Chicago

36

Derrick Rose

American basketball player

*October 4th, 1988, Chicago

51

M. Ward

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

*October 4th, 1973, Ventura County

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