What Happened On October 4

10 odd things that happened on October 4

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  1795 First ever

  Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention.

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  1965 First ever

  Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas.

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  1876 First ever

  Texas A&M University opened as the first public institution of higher education in the U.S. state.

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  1363 Oddly true

  Red Turban Rebellions: The rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang won the Battle of Lake Poyang by deploying ships intentionally set aflame when the emperor tried to escape.

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  1895 First ever

  Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.

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  1883 First ever

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

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  1876 First ever

  The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now known as Texas A&M) opens as the first public college in Texas.

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  23 Oddly true

  Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion.

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  1918 First ever

  First World War: The Japanese merhant ship Hirano Maru was sunk by a German submarine in the Celtic Sea with the loss of 291 lives.

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  1917 First ever

  First World War: The Allies devastated the German defence at the Battle of Broodseinde, prompting a crisis among German commanders and causing a severe loss of morale in the 4th Army.

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Observed today

• Christian feast day: Amun
• Christian feast day: Aurea of Paris
• Christian feast day: Francis of Assisi Conclusion of Creationtide
• Christian feast day: Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos
• Christian feast day: Petronius of Bologna
• Christian feast day: October 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Feast of St Francis of Assisi patron saints of Italy.
• Cinnamon Roll Day (Sweden and Finland)
• Day of Peace and Reconciliation (Mozambique)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lesotho from the United Kingdom in 1966.
• The beginning of World Space Week (International)
• World Animal Day

• 2017Joint Nigerien-American Special Forces are ambushed by Islamic State militants outside the village of Tongo Tongo. Wikipedia →
• 2010The Ajka plant accident in Hungary releases a million cubic metres of liquid alumina sludge, killing nine, injuring 122, and severely contaminating two major rivers. Wikipedia →
• 2006WikiLeaks is launched. Wikipedia →
• 2004SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight. Wikipedia →
• 2003The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs. Wikipedia →
• 2001Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed. Wikipedia →
• 1997The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina. Wikipedia →
• 1993Battle of Mogadishu occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two UN Peacekeepers and at least 600 Somalian militia men and civilians. Wikipedia →
• 1993Tanks bombard the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside. Wikipedia →
• 1992The Rome General Peace Accords end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique. Wikipedia →
• 1992El Al Flight 1862 crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground. Wikipedia →
• 1991The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature. Wikipedia →
• 1985The Free Software Foundation is founded. Wikipedia →
• 1983Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Wikipedia →
• 1967Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son. Wikipedia →
• 1966Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho. Wikipedia →
• 1965Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas. Wikipedia →
• 1963Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti. Wikipedia →
• 1960Eastern Airlines flight 375 crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people of the 72 aboard. Wikipedia →
• 1958The current constitution of France is adopted. Wikipedia →
• 1957Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. Wikipedia →
• 1941Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post. Wikipedia →
• 1936The Metropolitan Police and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street. Wikipedia →
• 1927Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore. Wikipedia →
• 1925Great Syrian Revolt: Rebels led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji capture Hama from the French Mandate of Syria. Wikipedia →
• 1925S2, a Finnish Sokol class torpedo boat, sinks during a fierce storm near the coast of Pori in the Gulf of Bothnia, taking with it the whole crew of 53. Wikipedia →
• 1920The Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, a Finnish non-governmental organization, is founded on the initiative of Sophie Mannerheim. Wikipedia →
• 1918World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey. Wikipedia →
• 1917World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders. Wikipedia →
• 1895Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship. Wikipedia →
• 1883First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland. Wikipedia →
• 1876The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now known as Texas A&M) opens as the first public college in Texas. Wikipedia →
• 1862American Civil War: The two-day Second Battle of Corinth ends in a Union victory, with General William Rosecrans protecting the critical rail junction of Corinth, Mississippi from Confederate forces under General Earl Van Dorn. Wikipedia →
• 1853The Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire. Wikipedia →
• 1830The Belgian Revolution takes legal form when the provisional government secedes from the Netherlands. Wikipedia →
• 1824Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic. Wikipedia →
• 1795Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention. Wikipedia →
• 1777American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe. Wikipedia →
• 1693Nine Years' War: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French. Wikipedia →
• 1636Thirty Years' War: The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock. Wikipedia →
• 1602Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War: A fleet of Spanish galleys are defeated by English and Dutch galleons in the English Channel. Wikipedia →
• 1582The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. Wikipedia →
• 1535The Coverdale Bible is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale. Wikipedia →
• 1511Formation of the Holy League of Aragon, the Papal States and Venice against France. Wikipedia →
• 1363Battle of Lake Poyang: In one of the largest naval battles in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels defeat rival Chen Youliang. Wikipedia →
• 1302The Byzantine–Venetian War comes to an end. Wikipedia →
• 1209Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III. Wikipedia →
• 23Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion. Wikipedia →