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October 4: Day of the Week
October 4, 2024 is the 278th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 88 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.
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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
October 4 Historical Event(s)
610
Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor.
1511
Formation of the Holy League of Ferdinand II of Aragon, the Papal States and the Republic of Venice against France.
1777
Battle of Germantown: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe.
1795
Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence with a “Whiff of Grapeshot”, using cannon to suppress armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the French Legislature (National Convention).
1883
First run of the Orient Express.
1927
Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
1957
Space Race: Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
1960
Eastern Air Lines Flight 375, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashes after a bird strike on takeoff from Boston’s Logan International Airport, killing 62 of 72 on board.
1965
Becoming the first Pope to ever visit the United States of America and the Western hemisphere, Pope Paul VI arrives in New York.
1992
El Al Flight 1862: an El Al Boeing 747-258F crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
Who were born on October 4?
1787
François Guizot, French statesman (d. 1874)
1858
Michael I. Pupin, Serbian-born telephone pioneer (d. 1935)
1937
Jackie Collins, British author
1949
Armand Assante, American actor
1957
Alexander Tkachyov, Soviet gymnast
1957
Russell Simmons, American entrepreneur
1969
Abraham Benrubi, American actor
1978
Kyle Lohse, American baseball player
1979
Stefan Booth, British actor
1982
Jered Weaver, American baseball player
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