Friday October 4, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

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.
1582
Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15.
1725
Foundation of Rosario in Argentina.
1779
The Fort Wilson Riot takes place.
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).
1876
Texas A&M University opens as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, becoming the first public institution of higher education in Texas.
1883
First meeting of the Boys’ Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
1957
Leave It To Beaver premieres on CBS.
1958
Fifth Republic of France is established.
2003
Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel: 21 Israelis, Jews and Arabs, are killed, and 51 others wounded.

Who were born on October 4?

1289
King Louis X of France (d. 1316)
1841
Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (d. 1912)
1886
Luis Alberni, Spanish actor (d. 1962)
1936
Charlie Hurley, Irish footballer
1944
Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
1949
Armand Assante, American actor
1949
Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director
1953
Tchéky Karyo, Turkish-French actor
1957
Bill Fagerbakke, American actor
1965
Olaf Backasch, German footballer

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