October 04

Tuesday 04, 2005:

Americans John L. Hall and Roy J. Glauber and German Theodor W. Haensch win the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Monday 04, 2004:

SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.

Saturday 04, 2003:

Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel: 21 Israelis, Jews and Arabs, were killed, and 51 others were wounded.

Thursday 04, 2001:

A Sibir Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile. 78 people are killed.

Sunday 04, 1998:

Leafie Mason of Hughes Springs, Texas, is murdered by Ángel Maturino Reséndiz. She is the serial killer's second victim in his second incident.

Monday 04, 1993:

Russian constitutional crisis of 1993: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders tanks to storm the Russian parliament building.

Sunday 04, 1992:

An El Al Boeing 747-200F crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 38 on the ground. See Bijlmerramp

Friday 04, 1991:

The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was opened for signature.

Tuesday 04, 1988:

U.S. televangelist Jim Bakker indicted for fraud.

Tuesday 04, 1983:

Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 mph, driving Thrust 2 at the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, United States.

Tuesday 04, 1966:

Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.

Tuesday 04, 1960:

An Eastern Airlines Lockheed L-188 Electra flying from Boston crashes, killing 62 people after a bird strike.

Saturday 04, 1958:

Fifth Republic of France established.

Friday 04, 1957:

Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

Friday 04, 1895:

The first U.S. Open Mens' Golf Championship run by the United States Golf Association was played on a nine-hole course in Newport, Rhode Island.

Thursday 04, 1883:

First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.

Monday 04, 1830:

Creation of the state of Belgium after separation from The Netherlands

Monday 04, 1824:

Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.

Saturday 04, 1777:

Battle of Germantown: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe

Monday 04, 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.

Monday 04, 1537:

The first complete English-language Bible (the Matthew Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale.

Thursday 04, 610:

Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor.

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