# October 4

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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[AD 23](/source/AD_23) – Rebels sack the Chinese capital [Chang'an](/source/Chang'an) during a [peasant rebellion](/source/L%C3%BClin). 
*[1209](/source/1209) &ndash; [Otto IV](/source/Otto_IV%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor) is crowned [Emperor](/source/Holy_Roman_Emperor) of the [Holy Roman Empire](/source/Holy_Roman_Empire) by [Pope Innocent III](/source/Pope_Innocent_III).<ref>{{cite book | last = Alexander | first = Michael | title = Three crises in early English history: personalities and politics during the Norman Conquest, the reign of King John, and the Wars of the Roses | publisher = University Press of America | location = Lanham, Md | year = 1998 | isbn = 9780761811886 | page=123}}</ref>
*[1302](/source/1302) &ndash; The [Byzantine–Venetian War](/source/Byzantine%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1296%E2%80%931302)) comes to an end.
*[1363](/source/1363) &ndash; [Battle of Lake Poyang](/source/Battle_of_Lake_Poyang): In one of the largest naval battles in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels defeat rival Chen Youliang.
*[1511](/source/1511) &ndash; Formation of the [Holy League](/source/War_of_the_League_of_Cambrai) of Aragon, the Papal States and Venice against France.
*[1535](/source/1535) &ndash; The [Coverdale Bible](/source/Coverdale_Bible) is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.<ref>{{cite book|author=Henry Stevens|title=The Bibles in the Caxton celebration, MDccclxxvii, or, A bibliographical description of ... Bibles in various languages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThACAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA71|year=1878|pages=71}}</ref>
*[1582](/source/1582) &ndash; The [Gregorian Calendar](/source/Gregorian_Calendar) is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII.
*[1597](/source/1597) &ndash; Governor [Gonzalo Méndez de Canço](/source/Gonzalo_M%C3%A9ndez_de_Can%C3%A7o) begins to suppress a native uprising against his rule in what is now the US state of Georgia.

===1601–1900===
*[1602](/source/1602) &ndash; [Eighty Years' War](/source/Eighty_Years'_War) and the [Anglo-Spanish War](/source/Anglo-Spanish_War_(1585)): A fleet of Spanish [galley](/source/galley)s [are defeated](/source/Battle_of_the_Narrow_Seas) by English and Dutch [galleon](/source/galleon)s in the [English Channel](/source/English_Channel).<ref>{{cite book |last=Jaques|first=Tony |title= Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8500 Battles from Antiquity Through the Twenty-first Century |volume=2|year= 2006|publisher=  Greenwood Press|isbn= 978-0-313-33536-5|page=714 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dh6jydKXikoC&q=%22jan+van+cant%22&pg=PA714}}</ref>
*[1636](/source/1636) &ndash; [Thirty Years' War](/source/Thirty_Years'_War): The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the [Battle of Wittstock](/source/Battle_of_Wittstock).
*[1693](/source/1693) &ndash; [Nine Years' War](/source/Nine_Years'_War): Piedmontese troops are [defeated](/source/Battle_of_Marsaglia) by the French.
*[1777](/source/1777) &ndash; [American Revolutionary War](/source/American_Revolutionary_War): Troops under George Washington are [repelled](/source/Battle_of_Germantown) by British troops under William Howe.
*[1795](/source/1795) &ndash; Napoleon first rises to prominence by [suppressing](/source/13_Vend%C3%A9miaire) counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention.
*[1824](/source/1824) &ndash; Mexico adopts a [new constitution](/source/1824_Constitution_of_Mexico) and becomes a federal republic.
*[1830](/source/1830) &ndash; The [Belgian Revolution](/source/Belgian_Revolution) takes legal form when the provisional government secedes from the Netherlands.
*[1853](/source/1853) &ndash; The [Crimean War](/source/Crimean_War) begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
*[1862](/source/1862) &ndash; [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War): The two-day [Second Battle of Corinth](/source/Second_Battle_of_Corinth) ends in a [Union](/source/Union_(American_Civil_War)) victory, with General [William Rosecrans](/source/William_Rosecrans) protecting the critical rail junction of [Corinth, Mississippi](/source/Corinth%2C_Mississippi) from [Confederate](/source/Confederate_States_of_America) forces under General [Earl Van Dorn](/source/Earl_Van_Dorn).<ref>{{cite book|last=White|first=Kristopher D.|date=2021|title=Battle Maps of the Civil War - The Western Theater|location=Princeton, New Jersey|publisher=Knox Press|page=22|isbn=978-1-68261-993-3}}</ref>
*[1876](/source/1876) &ndash; The [Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas](/source/Texas_A%26M_University) (now known as Texas A&M) opens as the first public college in Texas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Texas A&M |url=https://www.tamu.edu/about/history.html}}</ref>
*[1883](/source/1883) &ndash; First run of the ''[Orient Express](/source/Orient_Express).''
*  1883   &ndash; First meeting of the [Boys' Brigade](/source/Boys'_Brigade) in Glasgow, Scotland.
*[1895](/source/1895) &ndash; [Horace Rawlins](/source/Horace_Rawlins) wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.

===1901–present===
*[1917](/source/1917) &ndash; [World War I](/source/World_War_I): The [Battle of Broodseinde](/source/Battle_of_Broodseinde) is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
*[1918](/source/1918) &ndash; World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and [destroys a Shell Loading Plant](/source/T._A._Gillespie_Company_Shell_Loading_Plant_explosion) in New Jersey.
*[1920](/source/1920) &ndash; The [Mannerheim League for Child Welfare](/source/Mannerheim_League_for_Child_Welfare), a Finnish [non-governmental organization](/source/non-governmental_organization), is founded on the initiative of [Sophie Mannerheim](/source/Sophie_Mannerheim).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/helsinki/art-2000006380719.html|title=Sophie Mannerheim käveli Kalliossa ja järkyttyi: Sitten hän keksi ovelan juonen, jolla koko Suomi saatiin syytämään apua äärimmäisessä köyhyydessä eläville lapsille|first=Marjaana|last=Varmavuori|work=[Helsingin Sanomat](/source/Helsingin_Sanomat)|date=January 22, 2020|access-date=September 15, 2021|language=fi}}</ref>
*[1925](/source/1925) &ndash; [Great Syrian Revolt](/source/Great_Syrian_Revolt): Rebels led by [Fawzi al-Qawuqji](/source/Fawzi_al-Qawuqji) [capture](/source/1925_Hama_uprising) [Hama](/source/Hama) from the [French Mandate of Syria](/source/Mandate_for_Syria_and_the_Lebanon).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Khoury |first1=Philip Shukry |title=Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920–1945 |date=2014 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-5839-2 |page=171 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tvP_AwAAQBAJ&dq=Qawuqji+October+1925&pg=PA171 |access-date=20 April 2021 |language=en |quote=On 4 October 1925, a rebellious captain in the Syrian Legion, Fawzi al-Qawuqji, led a mixed force of dissident Legionnaires ...}}</ref>
*  1925   &ndash; ''[S2](/source/Finnish_torpedo_boat_S2)'', a Finnish [''Sokol'' class](/source/Finnish_S_class_torpedo_boat) [torpedo boat](/source/torpedo_boat), sinks during a fierce storm near the coast of [Pori](/source/Pori) in the [Gulf of Bothnia](/source/Gulf_of_Bothnia), taking with it the whole crew of 53.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kaslib.fi/MARE/HIST/s2_1.htm|title=Torpedovene S2:n tuho 4.10.1925|first=Antero|last=Honkasalo|publisher=[Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)|date=2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830015005/http://www.kaslib.fi/MARE/HIST/s2_1.htm|access-date=October 4, 2021|archive-date=2006-08-30|language=fi}}</ref>
*[1927](/source/1927) &ndash; [Gutzon Borglum](/source/Gutzon_Borglum) begins sculpting [Mount Rushmore](/source/Mount_Rushmore).
*[1936](/source/1936) &ndash; The [Metropolitan Police](/source/Metropolitan_Police) and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the [Battle of Cable Street](/source/Battle_of_Cable_Street).
*[1941](/source/1941) &ndash; Norman Rockwell's [Willie Gillis](/source/Willie_Gillis) character debuts on the cover of ''[The Saturday Evening Post](/source/The_Saturday_Evening_Post)''.
*[1957](/source/1957) &ndash; ''[Sputnik 1](/source/Sputnik_1)'' becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=1 |lccn=2008935694}}</ref>
*[1958](/source/1958) &ndash; The current [constitution of France](/source/constitution_of_France) is adopted.
*[1960](/source/1960) &ndash; [Eastern Airlines flight 375](/source/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_375) crashes on takeoff from Boston's [Logan International Airport](/source/Logan_International_Airport), killing 62 people of the 72 aboard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAA |url=https://www.faa.gov/lessons_learned/transport_airplane/accidents/N5533}}</ref>
*[1963](/source/1963) &ndash; [Hurricane Flora](/source/Hurricane_Flora) kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.
*[1965](/source/1965) &ndash; [Pope Paul VI](/source/Pope_Paul_VI) begins the first papal visit to the Americas.
*[1966](/source/1966) &ndash; [Basutoland](/source/Basutoland) becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
*[1967](/source/1967) &ndash; [Omar Ali Saifuddien III](/source/Omar_Ali_Saifuddien_III) of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son.
*[1983](/source/1983) &ndash; [Richard Noble](/source/Richard_Noble) sets a new land speed record of {{Convert|633.468|mph|km/h}} at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
*[1985](/source/1985) &ndash; The [Free Software Foundation](/source/Free_Software_Foundation) is founded.
*[1991](/source/1991) &ndash; The [Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty](/source/Protocol_on_Environmental_Protection_to_the_Antarctic_Treaty) is opened for signature.
*[1992](/source/1992) &ndash; The [Rome General Peace Accords](/source/Rome_General_Peace_Accords) end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.
*  1992   &ndash; [El Al Flight 1862](/source/El_Al_Flight_1862) crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
*[1993](/source/1993) &ndash; [Battle of Mogadishu](/source/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(1993)) occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two [UN Peacekeepers](/source/UN_Peacekeepers) and at least 600 Somalian militia men and civilians. 
*  1993   &ndash; Tanks [bombard the Russian parliament](/source/1993_Russian_constitutional_crisis), while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside.
*[1997](/source/1997) &ndash; The [second largest cash robbery](/source/1997_Loomis_Fargo_Robbery_in_North_Carolina) in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina.
*[2001](/source/2001) &ndash; [Siberia Airlines Flight 1812](/source/Siberia_Airlines_Flight_1812) crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.
*[2003](/source/2003) &ndash; The [Maxim restaurant suicide bombing](/source/Maxim_restaurant_suicide_bombing) in Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs.
*[2004](/source/2004) &ndash; ''[SpaceShipOne](/source/SpaceShipOne)'' wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.
*[2006](/source/2006) &ndash; [WikiLeaks](/source/WikiLeaks) is launched.
*[2010](/source/2010) &ndash; The [Ajka plant accident](/source/Ajka_alumina_plant_accident) in Hungary releases a million cubic metres of liquid alumina sludge, killing nine, injuring 122, and severely contaminating two major rivers.
*[2017](/source/2017) &ndash; Joint Nigerien-American [Special Forces](/source/Special_Forces_(United_States_Army)) are [ambushed](/source/Tongo_Tongo_ambush) by [Islamic State](/source/Islamic_State_in_the_Greater_Sahara) militants outside the village of [Tongo Tongo](/source/Tongo_Tongo).

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[1160](/source/1160) &ndash; [Alys, Countess of the Vexin](/source/Alys_of_France%2C_Countess_of_Vexin), daughter of [Louis VII of France](/source/Louis_VII_of_France) (died c. [1220](/source/1220))
*[1274](/source/1274) &ndash; [Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria](/source/Rudolf_I%2C_Duke_of_Bavaria) (died 1319)
*[1276](/source/1276) &ndash; [Margaret of Brabant](/source/Margaret_of_Brabant) (died 1311)
*[1289](/source/1289) &ndash; [Louis X of France](/source/Louis_X_of_France) (died 1316)
*[1331](/source/1331) &ndash; [James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond](/source/James_Butler%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Ormond), Irish politician, [Lord Justice of Ireland](/source/Lord_Justice_of_Ireland) (died 1382)
*[1379](/source/1379) &ndash; [Henry III of Castile](/source/Henry_III_of_Castile) (died 1406)
*[1507](/source/1507) &ndash; [Francis Bigod](/source/Francis_Bigod), English noble (died 1537)
*[1515](/source/1515) &ndash; [Lucas Cranach the Younger](/source/Lucas_Cranach_the_Younger), German painter (died 1586)
*[1522](/source/1522) &ndash; [Gabriele Paleotti](/source/Gabriele_Paleotti), Catholic cardinal (died 1597)
*[1524](/source/1524) &ndash; [Francisco Vallés](/source/Francisco_Vall%C3%A9s), Spanish physician (died 1592)
*[1532](/source/1532) &ndash; [Francisco de Toledo](/source/Francisco_de_Toledo_(Jesuit)), Catholic cardinal (died 1596)
*[1542](/source/1542) &ndash; [Robert Bellarmine](/source/Robert_Bellarmine), Italian cardinal and saint (died 1621)
*[1550](/source/1550) &ndash; [Charles IX of Sweden](/source/Charles_IX_of_Sweden) (died 1611)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles IX {{!}} king of Sweden |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-IX-king-of-Sweden |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[1562](/source/1562) &ndash; [Christen Sørensen Longomontanus](/source/Christen_S%C3%B8rensen_Longomontanus), Danish astronomer and author (died 1647)
*[1570](/source/1570) &ndash; [Péter Pázmány](/source/P%C3%A9ter_P%C3%A1zm%C3%A1ny), Hungarian cardinal and philosopher (died 1637)
*[1579](/source/1579) &ndash; [Guido Bentivoglio](/source/Guido_Bentivoglio), Italian cardinal (died 1644)
*[1585](/source/1585) &ndash; [Anna of Tyrol](/source/Anna_of_Tyrol), Holy Roman Empress (died 1618)

===1601–1900===
*[1625](/source/1625) &ndash; [Jacqueline Pascal](/source/Jacqueline_Pascal), French nun and composer (died 1661)
*[1626](/source/1626) &ndash; [Richard Cromwell](/source/Richard_Cromwell), English academic and politician, [Lord Protector of Great Britain](/source/Lord_Protector) (died 1712)
*[1633](/source/1633) &ndash; [Bernardino Ramazzini](/source/Bernardino_Ramazzini), Italian physician (died 1714)
*[1657](/source/1657) &ndash; [Francesco Solimena](/source/Francesco_Solimena), Italian painter and illustrator (died 1747)
*[1694](/source/1694) &ndash; [Lord George Murray](/source/Lord_George_Murray_(general)), Scottish Jacobite General (died 1760)
*[1720](/source/1720) &ndash; [Giovanni Battista Piranesi](/source/Giovanni_Battista_Piranesi), Italian sculptor and illustrator (died 1778)
*[1723](/source/1723) &ndash; [Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus](/source/Nikolaus_Poda_von_Neuhaus), German entomologist and author (died 1798)
*[1759](/source/1759) &ndash; [Louis François Antoine Arbogast](/source/Louis_Fran%C3%A7ois_Antoine_Arbogast), French mathematician and academic (died 1803)
*[1768](/source/1768) &ndash; [Francisco José de Caldas](/source/Francisco_Jos%C3%A9_de_Caldas), Colombian naturalist, executed by royalists in the war of independence (died 1816)
*[1787](/source/1787) &ndash; [François Guizot](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Guizot), French historian and politician, 22nd [Prime Minister of France](/source/Prime_Minister_of_France) (died 1874)
*[1793](/source/1793) &ndash; [Charles Pearson](/source/Charles_Pearson), English lawyer and politician (died 1862)
*[1807](/source/1807) &ndash; [Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine](/source/Louis-Hippolyte_Lafontaine), Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd [Premier of Canada East](/source/List_of_Joint_Premiers_of_the_Province_of_Canada) (died 1864)
*[1814](/source/1814) &ndash; [Jean-François Millet](/source/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Millet), French painter and educator (died 1875)
*[1822](/source/1822) &ndash; [Rutherford B. Hayes](/source/Rutherford_B._Hayes), American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th [President of the United States](/source/President_of_the_United_States) (died 1893)
*[1835](/source/1835) &ndash; [Jenny Twitchell Kempton](/source/Jenny_Twitchell_Kempton), American opera singer and educator (died 1921)
*[1836](/source/1836) &ndash; [Juliette Adam](/source/Juliette_Adam), French author (died 1936)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Kathryn J.|last1=Crecelius|first2=Karen|last2=Offen|chapter=Juliette Adam|editor-first=Katharina M.|editor-last=Wilson|title=An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers Volume 1|location=New York|publisher=Garland|year=1991|page=3|isbn=978-0-82408-547-6}}</ref>
*[1837](/source/1837) &ndash; [Auguste-Réal Angers](/source/Auguste-R%C3%A9al_Angers), Canadian judge and politician, 6th [Lieutenant Governor of Quebec](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Quebec) (died 1919)
*[1841](/source/1841) &ndash; [Prudente de Morais](/source/Prudente_de_Morais), Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd [President of Brazil](/source/President_of_Brazil) (died 1912)
*  1841   &ndash; [Maria Sophie of Bavaria](/source/Maria_Sophie_of_Bavaria) (died 1925)
*[1843](/source/1843) &ndash; [Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas](/source/Marie-Alphonsine_Danil_Ghattas), Palestinian nun and [Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church) Saint (died 1927)
*[1858](/source/1858) &ndash; [Léon Serpollet](/source/L%C3%A9on_Serpollet), French businessman (died 1903)
*[1861](/source/1861) &ndash; [Walter Rauschenbusch](/source/Walter_Rauschenbusch), American pastor and theologian (died 1918)
*  1861   &ndash; [Frederic Remington](/source/Frederic_Remington), American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 1909)
*[1862](/source/1862) &ndash; [Johanna van Gogh-Bonger](/source/Johanna_van_Gogh-Bonger), sister-in-law of [Vincent van Gogh](/source/Vincent_van_Gogh), who is credited with promoting his posthumous fame (died 1925).<ref>Luijtens, Hans. ''Jo van Gogh-Bonger: The Woman who Made Vincent Famous''. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2022</ref>
*[1862](/source/1862) &ndash; [Edward Stratemeyer](/source/Edward_Stratemeyer), American author and publisher (died 1930)
*[1868](/source/1868) &ndash; [Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear](/source/Marcelo_Torcuato_de_Alvear), Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th [President of Argentina](/source/President_of_Argentina) (died 1942)
*[1874](/source/1874) &ndash; [John Ellis](/source/John_Ellis_(executioner)), English executioner (died 1932)
*[1876](/source/1876) &ndash; [Florence Eliza Allen](/source/Florence_Eliza_Allen), American mathematician and suffrage activist (died 1960)
*[1877](/source/1877) &ndash; [Razor Smith](/source/Razor_Smith), English cricketer (died 1946)
*[1879](/source/1879) &ndash; [Robert Edwards](/source/Robert_Edwards_(artist)), American artist, musician, and writer (died 1948)<ref name="Benezit">{{cite web|url=https://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00057575|title=Edwards, Robert|date=October 2011|website=[Benezit Dictionary of Artists](/source/Benezit_Dictionary_of_Artists)|language=en|doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00057575|access-date=2019-07-25|archive-date=2019-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725050012/https://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00057575|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[1880](/source/1880) &ndash; [Damon Runyon](/source/Damon_Runyon), American newspaperman and short story writer. (died 1946)
*[1881](/source/1881) &ndash; [Walther von Brauchitsch](/source/Walther_von_Brauchitsch), German field marshal (died 1948)
*[1884](/source/1884) &ndash; [Ramchandra Shukla](/source/Ramchandra_Shukla), Indian historian and author (died 1941)
*[1888](/source/1888) &ndash; [Lucy Tayiah Eads](/source/Lucy_Tayiah_Eads), American tribal chief (died 1961)
*  1888   &ndash; [Oscar Mathisen](/source/Oscar_Mathisen), Norwegian speed skater (died 1954)
*[1890](/source/1890) &ndash; [Alan L. Hart](/source/Alan_L._Hart), American physician and author (died 1962)
*  1890   &ndash; [Osman Cemal Kaygılı](/source/Osman_Cemal_Kayg%C4%B1l%C4%B1), Turkish writer and journalist (died 1945)
*[1892](/source/1892) &ndash; [Engelbert Dollfuss](/source/Engelbert_Dollfuss), Austrian soldier and politician, 14th [Federal Chancellor of Austria](/source/Federal_Chancellor_of_Austria) (died 1934)
*  1892   &ndash; [Hermann Glauert](/source/Hermann_Glauert), English aerodynamicist and author (died 1934)
*  1892   &ndash; [Robert Lawson](/source/Robert_Lawson_(author)), American author and illustrator (died 1957)
*[1895](/source/1895) &ndash; [Buster Keaton](/source/Buster_Keaton), American film actor, director, and producer (died 1966)
*  1895   &ndash; [Richard Sorge](/source/Richard_Sorge), German journalist and spy (died 1944)
*[1896](/source/1896) &ndash; [Dorothy Lawrence](/source/Dorothy_Lawrence), English reporter, who [secretly posed as a man](/source/List_of_wartime_cross-dressers) to become a soldier during [World War I](/source/World_War_I) (died 1964)
*[1900](/source/1900) &ndash; [August Mälk](/source/August_M%C3%A4lk), Estonian author and playwright (died 1987)

===1901–present===
*[1903](/source/1903) &ndash; [Bona Arsenault](/source/Bona_Arsenault), Canadian genealogist, historian, and politician (died 1993)
*  1903   &ndash; [John Vincent Atanasoff](/source/John_Vincent_Atanasoff), American physicist and academic, invented the [Atanasoff&ndash;Berry computer](/source/Atanasoff%26ndash%3BBerry_computer) (died 1995)
*  1903   &ndash; [Pierre Garbay](/source/Pierre_Garbay), French general (died 1980)
*  1903   &ndash; [Ernst Kaltenbrunner](/source/Ernst_Kaltenbrunner), Austrian-German lawyer and general, convicted [Nuremberg war criminal](/source/Nuremberg_War_Crimes_Tribunal) (died 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Holocaust Encyclopedia |url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/ernst-kaltenbrunner}}</ref>
*[1906](/source/1906) &ndash; [Mary Celine Fasenmyer](/source/Mary_Celine_Fasenmyer), American mathematician (died 1996)
*[1907](/source/1907) &ndash; [Alain Daniélou](/source/Alain_Dani%C3%A9lou), French-Swiss historian and academic (died 1994)
*[1910](/source/1910) &ndash; [Frankie Crosetti](/source/Frankie_Crosetti), American baseball player and coach (died 2002)
*  1910   &ndash; [Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı](/source/Cahit_S%C4%B1tk%C4%B1_Taranc%C4%B1), Turkish poet and author (died 1956)
*[1911](/source/1911) &ndash; [Mary Two-Axe Earley](/source/Mary_Two-Axe_Earley), Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (died 1996)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robinson|first=Amanda|date=March 23, 2017|title=Mary Two-Axe Earley|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mary-two-axe-earley|access-date=2020-09-06|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref>
*[1913](/source/1913) &ndash; [Martial Célestin](/source/Martial_C%C3%A9lestin), Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st [Prime Minister of Haiti](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Haiti) (died 2011)
*[1914](/source/1914) &ndash; [Jim Cairns](/source/Jim_Cairns), Australian economist and politician, 4th [Deputy Prime Minister of Australia](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Australia) (died 2003)
*  1914   &ndash; [Brendan Gill](/source/Brendan_Gill), American journalist and essayist  (died 1997)
*[1916](/source/1916) &ndash; [Vitaly Ginzburg](/source/Vitaly_Ginzburg), Russian physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (died 2009)
*  1916   &ndash; [Jan Murray](/source/Jan_Murray), American comedian, actor, and game show host (died 2006)
*  1916   &ndash; [George Sidney](/source/George_Sidney), American director and producer (died 2002)
*  1916   &ndash; [Ken Wood](/source/Ken_Wood_(manufacturer)), inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (died 1997)
*[1917](/source/1917) &ndash; [Violeta Parra](/source/Violeta_Parra), Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1967)
*[1918](/source/1918) &ndash; [Kenichi Fukui](/source/Kenichi_Fukui), Japanese chemist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate (died 1998)
*[1921](/source/1921) &ndash; [Stella Pevsner](/source/Stella_Pevsner), American children's author (died 2020)<ref name="obit">{{Cite web|last=Frisbie|first=Thomas|date=2020-06-12|title=Stella Pevsner dead: Longtime Chicago children's author kept writing into her 90s|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/6/12/21288683/stella-pevsner-childrens-author-books-obituary|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Chicago Sun-Times|language=en}}</ref>
*[1922](/source/1922) &ndash; [Malcolm Baldrige Jr.](/source/Malcolm_Baldrige_Jr.), American businessman and politician, 26th [United States Secretary of Commerce](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_Commerce) (died 1987)
*  1922   &ndash; [Shin Kyuk-ho](/source/Shin_Kyuk-ho), South Korean-Japanese businessman, founded [Lotte Group](/source/Lotte_(conglomerate)) (died 2020)
*  1922   &ndash; [Don Lenhardt](/source/Don_Lenhardt), American baseball player and coach (died 2014)
*[1923](/source/1923) &ndash; [Charlton Heston](/source/Charlton_Heston), American actor, director and gun rights activist (died 2008)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 4: Susan Sarandon, Tony La Russa |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/04/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-4-Susan-Sarandon-Tony-La-Russa/3551664732336/ |publisher=[UPI](/source/United_Press_International) |access-date=2 October 2023 |date=4 October 2022}}</ref>
*[1924](/source/1924) &ndash; [Donald J. Sobol](/source/Donald_J._Sobol), American soldier and author (died 2012)
*[1925](/source/1925) &ndash; [Roger Wood](/source/Roger_Wood_(journalist)), Belgian-American journalist (died 2012)
*[1926](/source/1926) &ndash; [Raymond Watson](/source/Raymond_Watson), American businessman (died 2012)
*[1927](/source/1927) &ndash; [Wolf Kahn](/source/Wolf_Kahn), American painter and academic (died 2020)
*[1928](/source/1928) &ndash; [Alvin Toffler](/source/Alvin_Toffler), German-American journalist and author (died 2016)
*  1928   &ndash; [Torben Ulrich](/source/Torben_Ulrich), Danish-American tennis player (died 2023)
*[1929](/source/1929) &ndash; [Scotty Beckett](/source/Scotty_Beckett), American actor and singer (died 1968)
*  1929   &ndash; [John E. Mack](/source/John_E._Mack), American psychiatrist and author (died 2004)
*  1929   &ndash; [Leroy Van Dyke](/source/Leroy_Van_Dyke), American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" />
*[1931](/source/1931) &ndash; [Terence Conran](/source/Terence_Conran), English designer and businessman (died 2020)
*  1931   &ndash; [Basil D'Oliveira](/source/Basil_D'Oliveira), South African-English cricketer and footballer (died 2011)
*  1931   &ndash; [Richard Rorty](/source/Richard_Rorty), American philosopher and author (died 2007)
*[1932](/source/1932) &ndash; [Felicia Farr](/source/Felicia_Farr), American actress and model<ref name="AP" />
*[1933](/source/1933) &ndash; [German Moreno](/source/German_Moreno), Filipino television host and actor (died 2016)
*  1933   &ndash; [Ann Thwaite](/source/Ann_Thwaite), English author
*[1934](/source/1934) &ndash; [Sam Huff](/source/Sam_Huff), American football player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021)<ref name="UPI" />
*[1935](/source/1935) &ndash; [Jimmy Orr](/source/Jimmy_Orr), American football player (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Jimmy Orr, a Favorite Target of the Colts' Unitas, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/sports/football/jimmy-orr-dead.html |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |access-date=2 October 2023 |date=29 October 2020}}</ref>
*[1936](/source/1936) &ndash; [Charlie Hurley](/source/Charlie_Hurley), Irish footballer and manager (died 2024)
*  1936   &ndash; [Giles Radice, Baron Radice](/source/Giles_Radice%2C_Baron_Radice), English politician (died 2022)
*[1937](/source/1937) &ndash; [Jackie Collins](/source/Jackie_Collins), English-American author and actress (died 2015)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1937   &ndash; [David Crocker](/source/David_Crocker), American philosopher and academic
*  1937   &ndash; [Gail Gilmore](/source/Gail_Gilmore), Canadian-American actress and dancer (died 2014)
*  1937   &ndash; [Lloyd Green](/source/Lloyd_Green), American steel guitar player
*  1937   &ndash; [Jim Sillars](/source/Jim_Sillars), Scottish lawyer and politician
*[1938](/source/1938) &ndash; [Norman D. Wilson](/source/Norman_D._Wilson_(actor)), American actor (died 2004)
*  1938   &ndash; [Kurt Wüthrich](/source/Kurt_W%C3%BCthrich), Swiss chemist and biophysicist, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate
*[1939](/source/1939) &ndash; [Ivan Mauger](/source/Ivan_Mauger), New Zealand speedway rider (died 2018)
*[1940](/source/1940) &ndash; [Vic Hadfield](/source/Vic_Hadfield), Canadian ice hockey player
*  1940   &ndash; [Silvio Marzolini](/source/Silvio_Marzolini), Argentinian footballer and manager (died 2020)
*  1940   &ndash; [Steve Swallow](/source/Steve_Swallow), American bass player and composer
*  1940   &ndash; [Alberto Vilar](/source/Alberto_Vilar), American businessman and philanthropist (died 2021)
*[1941](/source/1941) &ndash; [Roy Blount Jr.](/source/Roy_Blount_Jr.), American humorist and journalist<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1941   &ndash; [Karen Cushman](/source/Karen_Cushman), American author
*  1941   &ndash; [Karl Oppitzhauser](/source/Karl_Oppitzhauser), Austrian race car driver
*  1941   &ndash; [Anne Rice](/source/Anne_Rice), American author (died 2021)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1941   &ndash; [Frank Stagg (Irish republican)](/source/Frank_Stagg_(Irish_republican)), died on hunger strike (died 1976)<ref>{{cite news |last=Hedges |first=John |date=1 June 2017 |title=Mayo's heroes |url=https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/26888 |work=[An Phoblacht](/source/An_Phoblacht) |access-date=6 April 2020 |archive-date=6 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406164342/https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/26888 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
*  1941   &ndash; [Robert Wilson](/source/Robert_Wilson_(director)), American director and playwright (died 2025)
*[1942](/source/1942) &ndash; [Bernice Johnson Reagon](/source/Bernice_Johnson_Reagon), American singer-songwriter (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gabriel |first=Trip |date=2024-07-19 |title=Bernice Johnson Reagon, a Musical Voice for Civil Rights, Is Dead at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/arts/music/bernice-johnson-reagon-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  1942   &ndash; [Karl W. Richter](/source/Karl_W._Richter), American lieutenant and pilot (died 1967)
*  1942   &ndash; [Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir](/source/J%C3%B3hanna_Sigur%C3%B0ard%C3%B3ttir), Icelandic politician, 24th [Prime Minister of Iceland](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Iceland)
*  1942   &ndash; [Christopher Stone](/source/Christopher_Stone_(actor)), American actor and screenwriter (died 1995)
*[1943](/source/1943) &ndash; [H. Rap Brown](/source/H._Rap_Brown), American activist (died 2025)<ref>{{cite web|title=Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/us/h-rap-brown-dead.html|date=November 23, 2025|last=Vitello|first=Paul|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=November 23, 2025}}</ref>
*  1943   &ndash; [Owen Davidson](/source/Owen_Davidson), Australian tennis player (died 2023)
*  1943   &ndash; [Karl-Gustav Kaisla](/source/Karl-Gustav_Kaisla), Finnish ice hockey player and referee (died 2012)
*  1943   &ndash; [Dietmar Mürdter](/source/Dietmar_M%C3%BCrdter), German footballer 
*  1943   &ndash; [Jimy Williams](/source/Jimy_Williams), American baseball player and manager (died 2024)
*[1944](/source/1944) &ndash; [Colin Bundy](/source/Colin_Bundy), South African-English historian and academic
*  1944   &ndash; [Rocío Dúrcal](/source/Roc%C3%ADo_D%C3%BArcal), Spanish singer and actress (died 2006)
*  1944   &ndash; [Tony La Russa](/source/Tony_La_Russa), American baseball player and manager<ref name="UPI" />
*  1944   &ndash; [John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith](/source/John_McFall%2C_Baron_McFall_of_Alcluith), Scottish educator and politician
*[1945](/source/1945) &ndash; [Clifton Davis](/source/Clifton_Davis), American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister<ref name="AP" />
*[1946](/source/1946) &ndash; [Larry Clapp](/source/Larry_Clapp), American lawyer and politician (died 2013)
*  1946   &ndash; [Chuck Hagel](/source/Chuck_Hagel), American sergeant and politician, 24th [United States Secretary of Defense](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense)
*  1946   &ndash; [Michael Mullen](/source/Michael_Mullen), American admiral
*  1946   &ndash; [Susan Sarandon](/source/Susan_Sarandon), American actress and activist<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 4, 2022 includes celebrities Dakota Johnson, Alicia Silverstone |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-4-2022-includes-celebrities-dakota-johnson-alicia-silverstone.html |website=[The Plain Dealer](/source/The_Plain_Dealer) |publisher=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) |access-date=2 October 2023 |date=4 October 2022}}</ref>
*[1947](/source/1947) &ndash; [Julien Clerc](/source/Julien_Clerc), French singer-songwriter and pianist
*  1947   &ndash; [Jim Fielder](/source/Jim_Fielder), American bass player 
*  1947   &ndash; [Ann Widdecombe](/source/Ann_Widdecombe), English politician, [Shadow Secretary of State for Health](/source/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Health)
*[1948](/source/1948) &ndash; [Iain Hewitson](/source/Iain_Hewitson), New Zealand-Australian chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality
*  1948   &ndash; [Linda McMahon](/source/Linda_McMahon), American businesswoman and politician
*  1948   &ndash; [Duke Robillard](/source/Duke_Robillard), American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[1949](/source/1949) &ndash; [Armand Assante](/source/Armand_Assante), American actor and producer<ref name="AP" />
*  1949   &ndash; [Stephen Gyllenhaal](/source/Stephen_Gyllenhaal), American director, producer, and screenwriter
*[1950](/source/1950) &ndash; [Alan Rosenberg](/source/Alan_Rosenberg), American actor<ref name="AP" />
*[1951](/source/1951) &ndash; [Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov](/source/Bakhytzhan_Kanapyanov), Kazakh poet and author
*  1951   &ndash; [Truck Robinson](/source/Truck_Robinson), American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Truck Robinson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77993/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref>
*[1952](/source/1952) &ndash; [Anita DeFrantz](/source/Anita_DeFrantz), American rower and sports administrator
*  1952   &ndash; [Jody Stephens](/source/Jody_Stephens), American rock drummer
*  1952   &ndash; [Zinha Vaz](/source/Zinha_Vaz), Bissau-Guinean women's rights activist and politician
*[1953](/source/1953) &ndash; [Gil Moore](/source/Gil_Moore), Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer 
*  1953   &ndash; [Andreas Vollenweider](/source/Andreas_Vollenweider), Swiss harp player
*[1955](/source/1955) &ndash; [John Rutherford](/source/John_Rutherford_(rugby_union)), Scottish rugby player
*  1955   &ndash; [Jorge Valdano](/source/Jorge_Valdano), Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
*[1956](/source/1956) &ndash; [Lesley Glaister](/source/Lesley_Glaister), English author and playwright
*  1956   &ndash; [Charlie Leibrandt](/source/Charlie_Leibrandt), American baseball player
*  1956   &ndash; [Sherri Turner](/source/Sherri_Turner), American golfer
*  1956   &ndash; [Christoph Waltz](/source/Christoph_Waltz), Austrian-German actor<ref name="AP" />
*[1957](/source/1957) &ndash; [Bill Fagerbakke](/source/Bill_Fagerbakke), American actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1957   &ndash; [Yngve Moe](/source/Yngve_Moe), Norwegian bass player and songwriter (died 2013)
*  1957   &ndash; [Russell Simmons](/source/Russell_Simmons), American businessman, founded [Def Jam Recordings](/source/Def_Jam_Recordings) and [Phat Farm](/source/Phat_Farm)<ref name="AP" />
*[1958](/source/1958) &ndash; [Barbara Kooyman](/source/Barbara_Kooyman), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1958   &ndash; [Wendy Makkena](/source/Wendy_Makkena), American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1958   &ndash; [Anneka Rice](/source/Anneka_Rice), Welsh radio and television host
*[1959](/source/1959) &ndash; [Chris Lowe](/source/Chris_Lowe), English singer and keyboard player<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1959   &ndash; [Tony Meo](/source/Tony_Meo), English snooker player
*  1959   &ndash; [Hitonari Tsuji](/source/Hitonari_Tsuji), Japanese author, composer, and director
*[1960](/source/1960) &ndash; [Joe Boever](/source/Joe_Boever), American baseball player
*  1960   &ndash; [Henry Worsley](/source/Henry_Worsley_(explorer)), English colonel and explorer (died 2016)
*[1961](/source/1961) &ndash; [Philippe Russo](/source/Philippe_Russo), French singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1961   &ndash; [Jon Secada](/source/Jon_Secada), Cuban-American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*  1961   &ndash; [Kazuki Takahashi](/source/Kazuki_Takahashi_(manga_artist)), Japanese author and illustrator, created ''[Yu-Gi-Oh!](/source/Yu-Gi-Oh!)'' (died 2022)
*[1962](/source/1962) &ndash; [Carlos Carsolio](/source/Carlos_Carsolio), Mexican mountaineer
*[1963](/source/1963) &ndash; [A. C. Green](/source/A._C._Green), American basketball player
*  1963   &ndash; [Koji Ishikawa](/source/Koji_Ishikawa_(illustrator)), Japanese author and illustrator
*[1964](/source/1964) &ndash; [Francis Magalona](/source/Francis_Magalona), Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (died 2009)
*  1964   &ndash; [Yvonne Murray](/source/Yvonne_Murray), Scottish runner<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Yvonne Murray |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68738 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref>
*[1965](/source/1965) &ndash; [Olaf Backasch](/source/Olaf_Backasch), German footballer
*  1965   &ndash; [Skip Heller](/source/Skip_Heller), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*  1965   &ndash; [Steve Olin](/source/Steve_Olin), American baseball player (died 1993)
*  1965   &ndash; [Micky Ward](/source/Micky_Ward), American boxer
*[1967](/source/1967) &ndash; [Vicky Bullett](/source/Vicky_Bullett), American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Vicky Bullett |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/100058/vicky-bullett |publisher=[WNBA](/source/WNBA) |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1967   &ndash; [Nick Green](/source/Nick_Green_(rower)), Australian rower
*  1967   &ndash; [Liev Schreiber](/source/Liev_Schreiber), American actor and director<ref name="AP" />
*[1968](/source/1968) &ndash; [Richard Hancox](/source/Richard_Hancox), English footballer and manager
*  1968   &ndash; [Tim Wise](/source/Tim_Wise), American activist and author
*[1969](/source/1969) &ndash; [Abraham Benrubi](/source/Abraham_Benrubi), American actor<ref name="AP" />
*[1971](/source/1971) &ndash; [Darren Middleton](/source/Darren_Middleton), Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[1973](/source/1973) &ndash; [M. Ward](/source/M._Ward), American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*[1974](/source/1974) &ndash; [Paco León](/source/Paco_Le%C3%B3n), Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*[1975](/source/1975) &ndash; [Cristiano Lucarelli](/source/Cristiano_Lucarelli), Italian footballer and manager
*[1976](/source/1976) &ndash; [Mauro Camoranesi](/source/Mauro_Camoranesi), Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager
*  1976   &ndash; [Alicia Silverstone](/source/Alicia_Silverstone), American actress, producer, and author<ref name="AP" />
*  1976   &ndash; [Ueli Steck](/source/Ueli_Steck), Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (died 2017)
*[1977](/source/1977) &ndash; [Richard Reed Parry](/source/Richard_Reed_Parry), Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer 
*[1978](/source/1978) &ndash; [Dana Davis](/source/Dana_Davis), American actress and author<ref name="AP" />
*  1978   &ndash; [Kyle Lohse](/source/Kyle_Lohse), American baseball player
*[1979](/source/1979) &ndash; [Caitríona Balfe](/source/Caitr%C3%ADona_Balfe), Irish actress<ref name="UPI" />
*  1979   &ndash; [Rachael Leigh Cook](/source/Rachael_Leigh_Cook), American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1979   &ndash; [Adam Voges](/source/Adam_Voges), Australian cricketer
*[1980](/source/1980) &ndash; [Sarah Fisher](/source/Sarah_Fisher), American race car driver
*  1980   &ndash; [James Jones](/source/James_Jones_(basketball%2C_born_1980)), American basketball player
*  1980   &ndash; [Tomáš Rosický](/source/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Rosick%C3%BD), Czech footballer
*  [1981](/source/1981)   &ndash; [Justin Williams](/source/Justin_Williams), Canadian-American ice hockey player
*[1982](/source/1982) &ndash; [Tony Gwynn Jr.](/source/Tony_Gwynn_Jr.), American baseball player
*  1982   &ndash; [Ilhan Omar](/source/Ilhan_Omar), American politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Omar, Ilhan |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/O000173 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=11 November 2025}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [Jered Weaver](/source/Jered_Weaver), American baseball player
*  [1983](/source/1983)   &ndash; [Vicky Krieps](/source/Vicky_Krieps), Luxembourgish actress
*  1983   &ndash; [Kurt Suzuki](/source/Kurt_Suzuki), American baseball player
*[1984](/source/1984) &ndash; [Lena Katina](/source/Lena_Katina), Russian singer-songwriter 
*  1984   &ndash; [Petri Kontiola](/source/Petri_Kontiola), Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Petri Kontiola |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/petri-kontiola-8471408 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [Karolina Tymińska](/source/Karolina_Tymi%C5%84ska), Polish heptathlete
*[1985](/source/1985) &ndash; [Shontelle](/source/Shontelle), Barbadian singer-songwriter
*  1985   &ndash; [Thorsten Wiedemann](/source/Thorsten_Wiedemann), German rugby player
*  [1987](/source/1987)   &ndash; [Marina Weisband](/source/Marina_Weisband), German politician
*[1988](/source/1988) &ndash; [Melissa Benoist](/source/Melissa_Benoist), American actress and singer<ref name="AP" />
*  1988   &ndash; [Lonnie Chisenhall](/source/Lonnie_Chisenhall), American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lonnie Chisenhall |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/lonnie-chisenhall-502082 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [Caner Erkin](/source/Caner_Erkin), Turkish footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [Evgeni Krasnopolski](/source/Evgeni_Krasnopolski), Israeli figure skater
*  1988   &ndash; [Derrick Rose](/source/Derrick_Rose), American basketball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/players/derrick/rose/201565|title=Derrick Rose stats|website=NBA|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref>
*[1989](/source/1989) &ndash; [Dakota Johnson](/source/Dakota_Johnson), American actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Dakota Johnson Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Dakota-Johnson |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[1990](/source/1990) &ndash; [Signy Aarna](/source/Signy_Aarna), Estonian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Signy Aarna – Estonia – WEURO |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/teams/players/107237--signy-aarna/ |website=[UEFA](/source/UEFA) |access-date=19 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [Saki](/source/Saki_(musician)), Japanese guitarist and songwriter<ref>{{cite web|title=地獄のゆるふわバンド「NEMOPHILA」最終目標は宇宙でSHOUT! 15日にインディーズデビュー|language=Japanese|url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2021/12/10/kiji/20211210s00041000024000c.html|publisher=[Sports Nippon](/source/Sports_Nippon)|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [Sergey Shubenkov](/source/Sergey_Shubenkov), Russian hurdler<ref>{{cite web|title=Sergey Shubenkov|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/sergey-shubenkov-248746|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref>
*[1991](/source/1991) &ndash; [Leigh-Anne Pinnock](/source/Leigh-Anne_Pinnock), English singer and songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*[1993](/source/1993) &ndash; [Mitchell Swepson](/source/Mitchell_Swepson), Australian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/590326.html |title=Mitchell Swepson |access-date=5 October 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
*[1994](/source/1994) &ndash; [Mike Williams](/source/Mike_Williams_(wide_receiver%2C_born_1994)), American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Williams |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3045138/mike-williams |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref>
*[1995](/source/1995) &ndash; [Jeonghan](/source/Jeonghan), South Korean singer<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Partridge |first1=Kenneth |title=Billboard's 21 Under 21 2015: Music's Hottest Young Stars |url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/billboard-21-under-21-2015-hottest-young-stars-6745079/18-18-seventeen/ |magazine=Billboard |date=30 October 2015}}</ref>
*1995 &ndash; [Kenny Clark](/source/Kenny_Clark_(defensive_tackle)), American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kenny Clark |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3122752/kenny-clark |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [Mikolas Josef](/source/Mikolas_Josef), Czech singer and songwriter<ref name="ČTK">{{cite web|publisher = [ČTK](/source/%C4%8CTK)| title = Mikolas Josef je novou tváří návrháře Lukáše Macháčka| date = 14 February 2016| language=cs|url = http://www.protext.cz/zprava.php?id=26474}}</ref>
*[1996](/source/1996) &ndash; [Ella Balinska](/source/Ella_Balinska), English actress<ref name="UPI" />
*[1997](/source/1997) &ndash; [Rishabh Pant](/source/Rishabh_Pant), Indian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-04|title=Happy Birthday Rishabh Pant: Young Superstar Turns 22|url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/happy-birthday-rishabh-pant-young-superstar-turns-22-2333095.html|access-date=2020-07-15|website=News18|language=en}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [Yuju](/source/Yuju_(singer)), South Korean singer<ref>{{cite news |author=Choi Jin-shil |date=February 14, 2015 |title= |script-title=ko:여.친.소① 여자친구를 소개합니다 |language=ko |trans-title=G.F.I① Introducing Gfriend |work=TenAsia |url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/444382 |url-status=live |access-date=July 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150217054119/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/444382 |archive-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [744](/source/744) &ndash; [Yazid III](/source/Yazid_III), Umayyad caliph (born 701)
* [863](/source/863) &ndash; [Turpio](/source/Turpio), Frankish [nobleman](/source/Nobility)
*[1052](/source/1052) &ndash; [Vladimir of Novgorod](/source/Vladimir_of_Novgorod) (born 1020)
*[1160](/source/1160) &ndash; [Constance of Castile](/source/Constance_of_Castile%2C_Queen_of_France), Queen of France (born 1141)
*[1189](/source/1189) &ndash; [Gerard de Ridefort](/source/Gerard_de_Ridefort), [Grand Master of the Knights Templar](/source/Grand_Masters_of_the_Knights_Templar)
*[1221](/source/1221) &ndash; [William IV Talvas](/source/William_IV%2C_Count_of_Ponthieu), Count of Ponthieu (born 1179)
*[1227](/source/1227) &ndash; [Caliph al-Adil](/source/Abdallah_al-Adil) of Morocco<ref>Kennedy, Hugh (1996) ''Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus''. London: Addison-Wesley-Longman {{ISBN?}}{{page needed|date=October 2024}}</ref>
*[1250](/source/1250) &ndash; [Herman VI, Margrave of Baden](/source/Herman_VI%2C_Margrave_of_Baden) (born 1226)
*[1305](/source/1305) &ndash; [Emperor Kameyama](/source/Emperor_Kameyama) of Japan (born 1249)
*[1361](/source/1361) &ndash; [John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray](/source/John_de_Mowbray%2C_3rd_Baron_Mowbray), English baron (born 1310)
*[1497](/source/1497) &ndash; [John, Prince of Asturias](/source/John%2C_Prince_of_Asturias), only son of [Ferdinand II of Aragon](/source/Ferdinand_II_of_Aragon) and [Isabella I of Castile](/source/Isabella_I_of_Castile) (born 1478)
*[1582](/source/1582) &ndash; [Teresa of Ávila](/source/Teresa_of_%C3%81vila), Spanish nun and saint (born 1515)
*[1597](/source/1597) &ndash; [Sarsa Dengel](/source/Sarsa_Dengel), Ethiopian emperor (born 1550)

===1601–1900===
*[1646](/source/1646) &ndash; [Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel](/source/Thomas_Howard%2C_21st_Earl_of_Arundel), English courtier and politician, [Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom](/source/Earl_Marshal) (born 1586)
*[1660](/source/1660) &ndash; [Francesco Albani](/source/Francesco_Albani), Italian painter (born 1578)
*[1661](/source/1661) &ndash; [Jacqueline Pascal](/source/Jacqueline_Pascal), French nun and composer (born 1625)
*[1669](/source/1669) &ndash; [Rembrandt](/source/Rembrandt), Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1606)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Historic Figures: Rembrandt (1606-1669) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/rembrandt.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref>
*[1680](/source/1680) &ndash; [Pierre-Paul Riquet](/source/Pierre-Paul_Riquet), French engineer, designed the [Canal du Midi](/source/Canal_du_Midi) (born 1609)
*[1743](/source/1743) &ndash; [John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll](/source/John_Campbell%2C_2nd_Duke_of_Argyll), Scottish commander and politician, [Lord Lieutenant of Surrey](/source/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Surrey) (born 1678)
*[1747](/source/1747) &ndash; [Amaro Pargo](/source/Amaro_Pargo), Spanish corsair (born 1678)<ref>{{cite web |title=340 aniversario del nacimiento del corsario tinerfeño Amaro Pargo |url=https://www.santacruzdetenerife.es/web/noticias-y-agenda/noticias/detalle-noticia/340-aniversario-del-nacimiento-del-corsario-tinerfeno-amaro-pargo |website=SantaCruzDeTenerife.es |publisher=Ayuntamiento de Santa Cruz de Tenerife |access-date=25 January 2021 |date=25 May 2018}}</ref>
*[1749](/source/1749) &ndash; [Baron Franz von der Trenck](/source/Baron_Franz_von_der_Trenck), Austrian soldier (born 1711)
*[1755](/source/1755) &ndash; [Samuel von Cocceji](/source/Samuel_von_Cocceji), Prussian jurist and statesman (born 1679)<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers |year=2016 |isbn=9781474255981 |editor-last=Klemme |editor-first=Heiner F. |pages=138–139 |chapter=Cocceji, Samuel von |publisher=Bloomsbury |editor-last2=Kuehn |editor-first2=Manfred |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YH6fCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA138}}</ref>
*[1821](/source/1821) &ndash; [John Rennie the Elder](/source/John_Rennie_the_Elder), Scottish engineer, designed the [Waterloo Bridge](/source/Waterloo_Bridge) (born 1761)
*[1827](/source/1827) &ndash; [Grigorios Zalykis](/source/Grigorios_Zalykis), Greek-French lexicographer and scholar (born 1785)
*[1851](/source/1851) &ndash; [Manuel Godoy](/source/Manuel_Godoy), Spanish general and politician, [Prime Minister of Spain](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Spain) (born 1767)
*[1852](/source/1852) &ndash; [James Whitcomb](/source/James_Whitcomb), American lawyer and politician, 8th [Governor of Indiana](/source/Governor_of_Indiana) (born 1795)
*[1859](/source/1859) &ndash; [Karl Baedeker](/source/Karl_Baedeker), German publisher, founded [Baedeker](/source/Baedeker) (born 1801)
*[1864](/source/1864) &ndash; [Joseph Montferrand](/source/Joseph_Montferrand), Canadian logger and strongman (born 1802)
*[1867](/source/1867) &ndash; [Francis Xavier Seelos](/source/Francis_Xavier_Seelos), German-American priest and missionary (born 1819)
*[1871](/source/1871) &ndash; [Sarel Cilliers](/source/Sarel_Cilliers), South African spiritual leader and preacher (born 1801)
*[1890](/source/1890) &ndash; [Catherine Booth](/source/Catherine_Booth), English theologian and saint, co-founded [The Salvation Army](/source/The_Salvation_Army) (born 1829)

===1901–present===
*[1903](/source/1903) &ndash; [Otto Weininger](/source/Otto_Weininger), Austrian philosopher and author (born 1880)
*[1904](/source/1904) &ndash; [Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Auguste_Bartholdi), French sculptor, designed the [Statue of Liberty](/source/Statue_of_Liberty) (born 1834)
*  1904   &ndash; [Carl Josef Bayer](/source/Carl_Josef_Bayer), Austrian chemist and academic (born 1847)
*[1910](/source/1910) &ndash; [Sergey Muromtsev](/source/Sergey_Muromtsev), Russian lawyer and politician (born 1850)
*[1935](/source/1935) &ndash; [Jean Béraud](/source/Jean_B%C3%A9raud), French painter and academic (born 1849)
*  1935   &ndash; [Marie Gutheil-Schoder](/source/Marie_Gutheil-Schoder), German soprano, actress, and director (born 1874)
*[1943](/source/1943) &ndash; [Irena Iłłakowicz](/source/Irena_I%C5%82%C5%82akowicz), German-Polish lieutenant (born 1906)
*[1944](/source/1944) &ndash; [Al Smith](/source/Al_Smith), American lawyer and politician, 42nd [Governor of New York](/source/Governor_of_New_York) (born 1873)
*[1946](/source/1946) &ndash; [Barney Oldfield](/source/Barney_Oldfield), American race car driver and actor (born 1878)
*[1947](/source/1947) &ndash; [Max Planck](/source/Max_Planck), German physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (born 1858)
*[1951](/source/1951) &ndash; [Henrietta Lacks](/source/Henrietta_Lacks), American medical patient (born 1920)
*[1955](/source/1955) &ndash; [Alexander Papagos](/source/Alexander_Papagos), Greek general and politician, 152nd [Prime Minister of Greece](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Greece) (born 1883)
*[1958](/source/1958) &ndash; [Ida Wüst](/source/Ida_W%C3%BCst), German actress and screenwriter (born 1884)
*[1961](/source/1961) &ndash; [Benjamin](/source/Benjamin_(Fedchenkov)), Russian metropolitan (born 1880)
*[1963](/source/1963) &ndash; [Alar Kotli](/source/Alar_Kotli), Estonian architect (born 1904)
*[1970](/source/1970) &ndash; [Janis Joplin](/source/Janis_Joplin), American singer-songwriter (born 1943)
*[1974](/source/1974) &ndash; [Anne Sexton](/source/Anne_Sexton), American poet and author (born 1928)
*[1975](/source/1975) &ndash; [Friedrich Lutz](/source/Friedrich_Lutz_(economist)), German economist (born 1901)<ref>{{cite magazine |first1=Lachezar |last1=Grudev |title=Friedrich Lutz: A Forgotten Monetary Economist and Social Philosopher |date=Fall 2023 |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=225–236 |magazine=The Independent Review |issn=1086-1653 |url=https://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=1881 |access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1975   &ndash; [Joan Whitney Payson](/source/Joan_Whitney_Payson), American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1903)
*[1977](/source/1977) &ndash; [José Ber Gelbard](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Ber_Gelbard), Argentinian activist and politician (born 1917)
*[1980](/source/1980) &ndash; [Pyotr Masherov](/source/Pyotr_Masherov), First Secretary of the [Communist Party of Byelorussia](/source/Communist_Party_of_Byelorussia) (born 1918)
*[1981](/source/1981) &ndash; [Freddie Lindstrom](/source/Freddie_Lindstrom), American baseball player and coach (born 1905)
*[1982](/source/1982) &ndash; [Glenn Gould](/source/Glenn_Gould), Canadian pianist and conductor (born 1932)
*  1982   &ndash; [Stefanos Stefanopoulos](/source/Stefanos_Stefanopoulos), Greek politician, 165th [Prime Minister of Greece](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Greece) (born 1898)
*[1988](/source/1988) &ndash; [Zlatko Grgić](/source/Zlatko_Grgi%C4%87), Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (born 1931)
*[1989](/source/1989) &ndash; [Graham Chapman](/source/Graham_Chapman), English actor and screenwriter, member of [Monty Python](/source/Monty_Python) (born 1941)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Pythons |url=https://www.montypython.com/python_Graham%20Chapman/18}}</ref>
*[1990](/source/1990) &ndash; [Mārtiņš Zīverts](/source/M%C4%81rti%C5%86%C5%A1_Z%C4%ABverts), Latvian playwright (born 1903) 
*[1992](/source/1992) &ndash; [Denny Hulme](/source/Denny_Hulme), New Zealand race car driver (born 1936)
*[1994](/source/1994) &ndash; [Danny Gatton](/source/Danny_Gatton), American guitarist (born 1945)
*[1997](/source/1997) &ndash; [Otto Ernst Remer](/source/Otto_Ernst_Remer), German general (born 1912)
*  1997   &ndash; [Gunpei Yokoi](/source/Gunpei_Yokoi), Japanese game designer, created the [Game Boy](/source/Game_Boy) (born 1941)
*[1998](/source/1998) &ndash; [S. Arasaratnam](/source/S._Arasaratnam), Sri Lankan historian and academic (born 1930)
*[1999](/source/1999) &ndash; [Bernard Buffet](/source/Bernard_Buffet), French painter and illustrator (born 1928)
*  1999   &ndash; [Art Farmer](/source/Art_Farmer), American trumpet player and composer (born 1928)
*[2000](/source/2000) &ndash; [Yu Kuo-hwa](/source/Yu_Kuo-hwa), Chinese politician, 32nd [Premier of the Republic of China](/source/Premier_of_the_Republic_of_China) (born 1914)
*  2000   &ndash; [Michael Smith](/source/Michael_Smith_(chemist)), English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate (born 1932)
*[2001](/source/2001) &ndash; [Blaise Alexander](/source/Blaise_Alexander), American race car driver (born 1976)
*  2001   &ndash; [John Collins](/source/John_Collins_(jazz_guitarist)), American guitarist (born 1913)
*  2001   &ndash; [Ahron Soloveichik](/source/Ahron_Soloveichik), Russian rabbi and scholar (born 1917)
*[2002](/source/2002) &ndash; [André Delvaux](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Delvaux), Belgian-Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1926)
*[2003](/source/2003) &ndash; [Sid McMath](/source/Sid_McMath), American lawyer and politician, 34th [Governor of Arkansas](/source/Governor_of_Arkansas) (born 1912)
*[2004](/source/2004) &ndash; [Gordon Cooper](/source/Gordon_Cooper), American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1927)
*[2005](/source/2005) &ndash; [Stanley K. Hathaway](/source/Stanley_K._Hathaway), American lawyer and politician, 40th [United States Secretary of the Interior](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior) (born 1924)
*[2007](/source/2007) &ndash; [Qassem Al-Nasser](/source/Qassem_Al-Nasser), Jordanian general (born 1925)
*[2009](/source/2009) &ndash; [Gerhard Kaufhold](/source/Gerhard_Kaufhold), German footballer (born 1928)
*  2009   &ndash; [Günther Rall](/source/G%C3%BCnther_Rall), German general and pilot (born 1918)
*[2010](/source/2010) &ndash; [Norman Wisdom](/source/Norman_Wisdom), English actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter (born 1915)
*[2011](/source/2011) &ndash; [Doris Belack](/source/Doris_Belack), American actress (born 1926)
*[2012](/source/2012) &ndash; [David Atkinson](/source/David_Atkinson_(baritone)), Canadian actor and singer (born 1921)
*  2012   &ndash; [Stan Mudenge](/source/Stan_Mudenge), Zimbabwean historian and politician, [Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Zimbabwe)) (born 1941)
*  2012   &ndash; [Tom Stannage](/source/Tom_Stannage), Australian footballer, historian, and academic (born 1944)
*[2013](/source/2013) &ndash; [John Cloudsley-Thompson](/source/John_Cloudsley-Thompson), Pakistani-English commander (born 1921)
*  2013   &ndash; [Ulric Cross](/source/Ulric_Cross), Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (born 1917)
*  2013   &ndash; [Akira Miyoshi](/source/Akira_Miyoshi), Japanese composer (born 1933)
*  2013   &ndash; [Diana Nasution](/source/Diana_Nasution), Indonesian singer (born 1958)
*  2013   &ndash; [Võ Nguyên Giáp](/source/V%C3%B5_Nguy%C3%AAn_Gi%C3%A1p), Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd [Minister of Defence for Vietnam](/source/Minister_of_Defence_(Vietnam)) (born 1911)
*  2013   &ndash; [Nicholas Oresko](/source/Nicholas_Oresko), American sergeant, [Medal of Honor](/source/Medal_of_Honor) recipient (born 1917)
*[2014](/source/2014) &ndash; [Konrad Boehmer](/source/Konrad_Boehmer), German-Dutch composer and educator (born 1941)
*  2014   &ndash; [Hugo Carvana](/source/Hugo_Carvana), Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)
*  2014   &ndash; [Fyodor Cherenkov](/source/Fyodor_Cherenkov), Russian footballer and manager (born 1959)
*  2014   &ndash; [Jean-Claude Duvalier](/source/Jean-Claude_Duvalier), Haitian politician, 41st [President of Haiti](/source/President_of_Haiti) (born 1951)
*[2015](/source/2015) &ndash; [Dave Pike](/source/Dave_Pike), American [vibraphone](/source/vibraphone) player and songwriter (born 1938)
*  2015   &ndash; [Edida Nageswara Rao](/source/Edida_Nageswara_Rao), Indian director and producer (born 1934)
*  2015   &ndash; [Neal Walk](/source/Neal_Walk), American basketball player (born 1948)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-florida/article38025903.html|title=Former Florida Gators and NBA standout Neal Walk dies at 67|date=7 October 2015|author=Michelle Kaufman|website=Miami Herald|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref>
*[2020](/source/2020) &ndash; [Clark Middleton](/source/Clark_Middleton), American actor (born 1957)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oganesyan |first1=Natalie |title=Clark Middleton, Actor in 'The Blacklist,' 'Twin Peaks,' Dies at 63 |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/clark-middleton-dead-the-blacklist-twin-peaks-kill-bill-2-1234793399/ |website=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|date=5 October 2020 }}</ref>
*  2020   &ndash; [Kenzō Takada](/source/Kenz%C5%8D_Takada), Japanese-French fashion designer (born 1939)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54410063|title=Kenzo Takada: Japanese designer dies after catching Covid-19|date=4 Oct 2020|website=BBC News}}</ref>
*[2022](/source/2022) &ndash; [Loretta Lynn](/source/Loretta_Lynn), American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1932)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/loretta-lynn-country-music-icon-dead-90| title=Loretta Lynn, country music icon, dead at 90 |website=[Fox News](/source/Fox_News)| date=4 October 2022 }}</ref>
*[2024](/source/2024) &ndash; [Christopher Ciccone](/source/Christopher_Ciccone), American artist (born 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-06 |title=Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, has died at 63 |url=https://apnews.com/article/christopher-ciccone-dead-c2369c46f5c98292068b2bf51774f652 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [Billy Shaw](/source/Billy_Shaw), American football player (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-05 |title=HOF guard Shaw, 'driving force' for Bills, dies |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41612623/billy-shaw-bills-great-star-afl-guard-dies-85 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [feast day](/source/feast_day):
**[Amun](/source/Saint_Amun)
**[Francis of Assisi](/source/Francis_of_Assisi)
***Conclusion of [Creationtide](/source/Creationtide)<ref name="LWF2025">{{cite web |title=Ecumenical efforts to introduce a Christian Feast of Creation |url=https://lutheranworld.org/news/ecumenical-efforts-introduce-christian-feast-creation |publisher=[Lutheran World Federation](/source/Lutheran_World_Federation) |access-date=1 September 2025 |language=en |date=2 April 2024}}</ref>
**[Petronius of Bologna](/source/Saint_Petronius)
**[October 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)](/source/October_4_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
*[Cinnamon Roll Day](/source/Cinnamon_Roll_Day)  ([Sweden](/source/Sweden) and [Finland](/source/Finland))
*[Day of Peace and Reconciliation](/source/Day_of_Peace_and_Reconciliation) ([Mozambique](/source/Mozambique))
*[Independence Day](/source/Independence_Day_(Lesotho)), celebrates the independence of [Lesotho](/source/Lesotho) from the United Kingdom in 1966.
*The beginning of [World Space Week](/source/World_Space_Week) ([International](/source/International_observances))
*[World Animal Day](/source/World_Animal_Day)

==References==
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* {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=04}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/4 |title=Historical Events on October 4 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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