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'''[[October 4]]''': [[Independence Day]] in '''[[Lesotho]]''' ([[1966]]); [[Calendar of saints|Feast Day]] of '''[[Francis of Assisi|St. Francis of Assisi]]''' ([[Catholicism]]); '''[[World Animal Day]]'''.
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{{*mp}} [[1830]] - '''[[Belgian Revolution]]''': A [[provisional government]] in [[Brussels]] declared the creation of the independent and neutral state of [[Belgium]], in revolt against the [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]].
File:Sputnik ubx.jpg|Replica of Sputnik&nbsp;1
{{*mp}} [[1883]] - The '''''[[Orient Express]]''''' began operations.
File:Andries-van-Eertvelt-The-battle-in-the-strait-between-Calais-and-Dover-on-3-4-October-1602-between-the-Spanish-galleys-of-Federico-Spinola-and-Dutch-and-English-warships.jpg|Painting of the Battle of the Narrow Seas by [[Andries van Eertvelt]]
{{*mp}} [[1910]] - '''[[Manuel II of Portugal|Manuel II]]''' ''(pictured)'', the last [[List of Portuguese monarchs|King of Portugal]], fled to the [[United Kingdom]] when a revolution erupted in [[Lisbon]] and his [[palace]] was [[Shell (projectile)|shelled]]. The [[Portuguese First Republic]] was proclaimed the next day.
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{{*mp}} [[1957]] - [[Soviet space program|Soviet spacecraft]] '''''[[Sputnik 1]]''''' was launched by an [[R-7 Semyorka|R-7 rocket]] from [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]], [[Kazakh SSR]] and became the first artificial [[satellite]] to [[Planetary orbit|orbit]] the [[Earth]].

{{*mp}} [[1993]] - '''[[Russian constitutional crisis of 1993|Russian Constitutional Crisis]]''': In [[Moscow]], [[tank]]s bombarded the [[White House of Russia|White House]], a government building that housed the [[Russia]]n [[parliament]], while demonstrators against [[President of Russia|President]] [[Boris Yeltsin]] rallied outside.
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!Reason
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| '''[[World Animal Day]]'''
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| [[Calendar of saints|Feast day]] of '''[[Francis of Assisi|St. Francis of Assisi]]''' (Catholicism);
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| [[1779]] – [[American Revolution]]: '''[[James Wilson (Founding Father)|James Wilson]]''' and his colleagues were forced to defend themselves after a mob, angered by his successful legal defense of 23 people from exile, converged on his house, resulting in six deaths.
|Unreferenced parts, tone issues in one section
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| [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Lesotho]]''' ([[1966]])
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| [[1777]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: British forces were victorious at the '''[[Battle of Germantown]]''', ensuring that [[Philadelphia]], the capital of the revolutionary government of the [[Thirteen Colonies]], would remain in British hands throughout the winter of 1777–78.
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| [[1824]] – Mexico enacted its '''[[1824 Constitution of Mexico|first constitution]]''', defining the nation as a [[federal republic]].
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| [[1830]] – '''[[Belgian Revolution]]''': The [[Provisional Government of Belgium|provisional government]] in [[Brussels]] declared the creation of the independent and neutral state of Belgium, in revolt against the [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]].
| unreferenced sections
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| [[1895]] – The first '''[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]''' golf tournament was held on a nine-hole course at the [[Newport Country Club]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island]].
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| [[1958]] – The current [[Constitution of France]] was signed into law, establishing the '''[[French Fifth Republic]]'''.
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| [[1963]] – '''[[Hurricane Flora|Flora]]''', one of the [[List of wettest tropical cyclones by country|wettest]] and [[List of deadliest Atlantic hurricanes|deadliest]] hurricanes in history, made landfall in Cuba, after having previously struck [[Tobago]] and [[Hispaniola]].
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| [[1967]] – '''[[Hassanal Bolkiah]]''' became [[List of Sultans of Brunei|Sultan of Brunei]] upon the abdication of his father, [[Omar Ali Saifuddien III|Omar {{nowrap|Ali Saifuddien III}}]].
| unreferenced section (Ancestry), refimprove section
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| [[1976]] – [[British Rail]]'s '''[[InterCity 125]]''' service, the world's fastest diesel-powered train, began operations on the [[Western Region of British Railways|Western Region]].
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| [[1985]] – Software developer [[Richard Stallman]] founded the '''[[Free Software Foundation]]''' to support the [[free software movement]].
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| [[1992]] – Israeli cargo plane '''[[El Al Flight 1862]]''' crashed into residential buildings in Amsterdam's [[Bijlmermeer]] after taking off from [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Schiphol Airport]] and losing two engines, killing all 4 people on board and 39 on the ground.
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| [[1993]] – '''[[1993 Russian constitutional crisis|Russian Constitutional Crisis]]''': Tanks bombarded the [[White House (Moscow)|White House]] in Moscow while demonstrators against President [[Boris Yeltsin]] rallied outside.
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| [[1997]] – [[Armored car (valuables)|Armored car]] driver David Ghantt '''[[October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery|stole]]''' {{nowrap|$17.3 million}} from his employer, one of the largest cash robberies in U.S. history.
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| [[2001]] – '''[[Siberia Airlines Flight 1812]]''' crashed into the [[Black Sea]], killing all 78 people on board.
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| [[2010]] – A [[Waste pond|waste-reservoir]] dam in [[Ajka]], Hungary, '''[[Ajka alumina plant accident|collapsed]]''', freeing one million cubic metres (35&nbsp;million cu&nbsp;ft) of [[red mud]] that flooded nearby communities and killed ten people.
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* [[1363]] – [[Red Turban Rebellions]]: The rebel leader [[Hongwu Emperor|Zhu Yuanzhang]] won the '''[[Battle of Lake Poyang]]''' by deploying [[fire ship|ships intentionally set aflame]] when [[Chen Youliang|the emperor]] tried to escape.
* [[1448]] – [[Skanderbeg]] and [[Gjergj Arianiti]] sign a peace treaty to end the '''[[Albanian–Venetian War]]'''.
* [[1633]] – Forces from the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] break the Russian '''[[Siege of Smolensk (1632–1633)|siege of Smolensk]]'''.
* [[1862]] - American Civil War: [[Union Army|Union]] forces '''[[Battle of Galveston Harbor (1862)|capture Galveston, Texas]]'''.
* [[1876]] – '''[[Texas A&M University]]''' opened as the first public institution of higher education in the U.S. state.
* [[1917]] – [[World War I|First World War]]: The [[Allies of World War I|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 (German Empire)|4th Army]].
* [[1925]] – [[Great Syrian Revolt]]: Rebels led by [[Fawzi al-Qawuqji]] '''[[1925 Hama uprising|captured]]''' the city of [[Hama]] from the [[Mandate for Syria and Lebanon|French Mandate of Syria]].
* [[1943]] – [[World War II]]: Allied forces execute '''[[Operation Leader]]''', an air raid against German shipping near [[Bodø]], Norway.
* [[1941]] – '''[[Willie Gillis]]''', one of [[Norman Rockwell]]'s trademark characters, debuted on the cover of ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]''.
* Born/died: | '''[[Gabriele Paleotti]]'''<!--Italian cardinal--> |b|1522| '''[[Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton]]'''<!--English nobleman--> |d|1581| '''[[Anna of Tyrol]]'''<!--Austrian empress--> |b|1585| '''[[John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll]]'''<!--Scottish nobleman--> |d|1743| '''[[Amaro Pargo]]'''<!--Spanish privateer--> |d|1747| '''[[Joseph A. Lopez]]'''<!--Mexican priest--> |b|1779| '''[[Charles Pearson]]'''<!--English lawyer--> |b|1793| '''[[Townsend Harris]]'''<!--American politician--> |b|1804| '''[[Jenny Twitchell Kempton]]'''<!--American singer--> |b|1835| '''[[Lucy Tayiah Eads]]'''<!--Native American leader--> |b|1888| '''[[Carl Josef Bayer]]'''<!--Austrian chemist--> |d|1904| '''[[Mary Two-Axe Earley]]'''<!--Canadian indigenous women's rights activist--> |b|1911| '''[[Zinha Vaz]]'''<!--Bissau-Guinean politician--> |b|1952| '''[[Jack Warhop]]'''<!--American baseball player--> |d|1960| '''[[Graham Chapman]]'''<!--English comedian--> |d|1989

==Notes==
* [[GNU]] is featured on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 27|September 27]], so Free Software Foundation should not appear in the same year
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'''[[October 4]]''': '''[[Cinnamon Roll Day]]''' in Sweden and Finland
{{main page image/OTD|File:Ottta4Brunsvicky.jpg|Seal of Otto IV}}
* [[1209]] – '''[[Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor]]''' ''(seal pictured)'', was crowned.
* [[1918]] – An ammunition plant in [[Sayreville, New Jersey]], U.S., '''[[T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion|exploded]]''', killing around 100 people and destroying more than 300 buildings.
* [[1957]] – The [[Soviet space program|Soviet spacecraft]] '''[[Sputnik 1|Sputnik&nbsp;1]]''', the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, was launched<!-- by an [[R-7 Semyorka|{{nowrap|R-7}}]] rocket--> from the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]].
* [[2003]] – A suicide bomber '''[[Maxim restaurant suicide bombing|killed 21 people]]''', including a two-month-old baby, and injured 60 others inside a restaurant in [[Haifa]], Israel.
{{Born and died list|'''[[Charles Pearson]]'''<!--English lawyer--> |b|1793| '''[[Maurice Wilder-Neligan]]'''<!--Australian soldier--> |b|1882| '''[[Henrietta Lacks]]'''<!--American homemaker--> |d|1951| '''[[Gunpei Yokoi]]'''<!--Japanese game designer--> |d|1997}}
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This is a list of selected October 4 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

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  • Battle of Germantown
    Battle of Germantown
  • Manuel II of Portugal
    Manuel II of Portugal
  • InterCity 125 train
    InterCity 125 train
  • James Wilson
    James Wilson
  • El Al Flight 1862 aftermath
    El Al Flight 1862 aftermath
  • Replica of Sputnik 1
    Replica of Sputnik 1
  • Painting of the Battle of the Narrow Seas by Andries van Eertvelt
    Painting of the Battle of the Narrow Seas by Andries van Eertvelt

Ineligible

Blurb Reason
World Animal Day refimprove
Feast day of St. Francis of Assisi (Catholicism); refimprove section
1779 – American Revolution: James Wilson and his colleagues were forced to defend themselves after a mob, angered by his successful legal defense of 23 people from exile, converged on his house, resulting in six deaths. Unreferenced parts, tone issues in one section
Independence Day in Lesotho (1966) refimprove section
1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces were victorious at the Battle of Germantown, ensuring that Philadelphia, the capital of the revolutionary government of the Thirteen Colonies, would remain in British hands throughout the winter of 1777–78. refimprove
1824 – Mexico enacted its first constitution, defining the nation as a federal republic. refimprove
1830 – Belgian Revolution: The provisional government in Brussels declared the creation of the independent and neutral state of Belgium, in revolt against the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. unreferenced sections
1895 – The first U.S. Open golf tournament was held on a nine-hole course at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island. refimprove section
1958 – The current Constitution of France was signed into law, establishing the French Fifth Republic. Unreferenced section
1963 – Flora, one of the wettest and deadliest hurricanes in history, made landfall in Cuba, after having previously struck Tobago and Hispaniola. expansion
1967 – Hassanal Bolkiah became Sultan of Brunei upon the abdication of his father, Omar Ali Saifuddien III. unreferenced section (Ancestry), refimprove section
1976 – British Rail's InterCity 125 service, the world's fastest diesel-powered train, began operations on the Western Region. refimprove
1985 – Software developer Richard Stallman founded the Free Software Foundation to support the free software movement. cleanup required, expansion
1992 – Israeli cargo plane El Al Flight 1862 crashed into residential buildings in Amsterdam's Bijlmermeer after taking off from Schiphol Airport and losing two engines, killing all 4 people on board and 39 on the ground. refimprove section
1993 – Russian Constitutional Crisis: Tanks bombarded the White House in Moscow while demonstrators against President Boris Yeltsin rallied outside. refimprove
1997 – Armored car driver David Ghantt stole $17.3 million from his employer, one of the largest cash robberies in U.S. history. refimprove
2001 – Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashed into the Black Sea, killing all 78 people on board. refimprove section
2010 – A waste-reservoir dam in Ajka, Hungary, collapsed, freeing one million cubic metres (35 million cu ft) of red mud that flooded nearby communities and killed ten people. outdated

Eligible

Notes

  • GNU is featured on September 27, so Free Software Foundation should not appear in the same year

October 4: Cinnamon Roll Day in Sweden and Finland

Seal of Otto IV
Seal of Otto IV
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