{"id":14280,"date":"2023-10-04T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T18:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=14280"},"modified":"2023-09-29T18:27:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T12:57:28","slug":"history-of-4-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-4-october\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 4 October"},"content":{"rendered":"

History of 4 October<\/h2>\n

1909<\/strong> – The first airship race in the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0took place in St. Louis,\u00a0MO.<\/p>\n

1915<\/strong> – The Dinosaur National Monument was established. The area covered part of\u00a0Utah\u00a0and\u00a0Colorado.<\/p>\n

1927<\/strong> – The first actual work of carving began on Mount Rushmore.<\/p>\n

1931<\/strong> – The comic strip “Dick Tracy” made its debut in the Detroit Daily Mirror. The strip was created by Chester Gould.<\/p>\n

1933<\/strong> – “Esquire” magazine was published for the first time.<\/p>\n

1940<\/strong> – Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in the Alps at Brenner Pass. Hitler was seeking help from Italy to fight the British.<\/p>\n

1948<\/strong> – The Railroad Hour” debuted on ABC radio.<\/p>\n

1953<\/strong> – “I Led Three Lives” was first seen in syndication. The TV show was never on the network.<\/p>\n

1954<\/strong> – “December Bride” debuted on CBS-TV.<\/p>\n

1956<\/strong> – “Playhouse 90” debuted on CBS-TV.<\/p>\n

1957<\/strong> – “Leave it to Beaver” debuted on CBS-TV.<\/p>\n

1957<\/strong> – The Soviet Union launched\u00a0Sputnik I<\/i>\u00a0into orbit around the Earth. Sputnik was the first manmade satellite to enter space.\u00a0Sputnik, I<\/i>\u00a0fell out of orbit on January 4, 1958.<\/p>\n

1958<\/strong> – British Overseas Airways Corporation became the first jetliner to offer trans-Atlantic service to passengers with flights between London, England and New York.<\/p>\n

1959<\/strong> – The first\u00a0World Series\u00a0to be played west of St. Louis began in Los Angeles,\u00a0CA.<\/p>\n

1965<\/strong> – Pope Paul VI addressed the U.N. General Assembly and became the first reigning pontiff to visit the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n

1976<\/strong> – Barbara Walters joined Harry Reasoner at the anchor desk of the “ABC Evening News” for the first time.<\/p>\n

1981<\/strong> – Bruce Jenner and Harry Belafonte debuted in their first dramatic roles in NBC-TV’s “Grambling’s White Tiger”.<\/p>\n

1987<\/strong> –\u00a0NFL\u00a0owners used replacement personnel to play games despite the player’s strike.<\/p>\n

1990<\/strong> – The German parliament had its first meeting since reunification.<\/p>\n

1992<\/strong> – The 16-year civil war in Mozambique ended.<\/p>\n

1993<\/strong> – Russian Vice-President Alexander Rutskoi and Chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov surrendered to Boris Yeltsin after a ten-hour tank assault on the Russian White House. The two men had barricaded themselves in after Yeltsin called for general elections and dissolved the legislative body.<\/p>\n

1993<\/strong> – Dozens of Somalis dragged an American soldier through the streets of Mogadishu. A videotape showed Michael Durant being taken prisoner by Somali militants.<\/p>\n

1994<\/strong> – South African President Nelson Mandela was welcomed to the White House by\u00a0U.S. President Clinton.<\/p>\n

1997<\/strong> – Hundreds of thousands of men attended a Promise Keepers rally on the Mall in Washington,\u00a0DC.<\/p>\n

1998<\/strong> – The Vincent Van Gogh exhibit opened in Washington,\u00a0DC. The exhibit featured 70 paintings.<\/p>\n

1998<\/strong> – Davis Gaines performed as the Phantom in the show “Phantom of the Opera” for the 2,000th time.<\/p>\n

2001<\/strong> – NATO granted the\u00a0United States\u00a0open access to their airfields and seaports and agreed to deploy ships and early-warning radar planes in the war on terrorism.<\/p>\n

2001<\/strong> – Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit his 70th home run of the season to tie Mark McGwire’s\u00a0major league\u00a0record. Bonds also moved past Reggie Jackson on the all-time list with his 564th career home run.<\/p>\n

2001<\/strong> – Rickey Henderson (San Diego Padres) scored his 2,246th career run to break Ty Cobb’s\u00a0major league\u00a0record.<\/p>\n

2001<\/strong> – In Washington,\u00a0DC, Reagan National Airport re-opened. The airport had been closed since the terrorist attacks on the\u00a0United States\u00a0on September 11, 2001.<\/p>\n

2004<\/strong> – SpaceShipOne reached an altitude of 368,000 feet. It was the first privately built, manned rocket ship to fly in space twice within a two-week window. The ship won the Ansari X Prize of $10 million dollars for their success.<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0WikiLeaks\u00a0is launched.<\/p>\n

2010<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Ajka plant accident Hungary releases a million cubic meters of liquid alumina sludge, killing nine, injuring 122, and severely contaminating two major rivers.<\/p>\n

2017<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Nigerien and U.S.\u00a0Special Forces\u00a0are\u00a0ambushed\u00a0by\u00a0Islamic State\u00a0militants outside the village of\u00a0Tongo Tongo.<\/p>\n

Celebrating Birthday Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n
    \n
  • 1981<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Shaura, Japanese singer<\/li>\n
  • 1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Justin Williams, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n
  • 1982<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tony Gwynn, Jr., American baseball player<\/li>\n
  • 1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jered Weaver, American baseball player<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Dan Clarke, English race car driver<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Marios Nicolaou, Cypriot footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Chansi Stuckey, American football player<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Vicky Krieps, Luxembourgish actress<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lena Katina, Russian singer-songwriter<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0\u00c1lvaro Parente, Portuguese race car driver<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Karolina Tymi\u0144ska, Polish heptathlete<\/li>\n
  • 1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Shontelle, Barbadian singer-songwriter<\/li>\n
  • 1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Thorsten Wiedemann, German rugby player<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Rawez Lawan, Swedish footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Will Puddy, English footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Marina Weisband, German politician<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Melissa Benoist, American actress, and singer<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Caner Erkin, Turkish footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Evgeni Krasnopolski, Israeli figure skater<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Derrick Rose, American basketball player<\/sup><\/li>\n
  • 1989<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Dakota Johnson, American model, and actress<\/li>\n
  • 1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Signy Aarna, Estonian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1995<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mikolas Josef, Czech Republic singer, and songwriter<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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