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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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October 4: Independence Day in Lesotho (1966); Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi (Catholicism); World Animal Day

1830 – 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.

1910 – Manuel II, the last King of Portugal, fled to Gibraltar when a revolution erupted in Lisbon and his palace was shelled. The Portuguese First Republic was proclaimed the next day.

1957 – Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 1 (pictured), the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, was launched by an R-7 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazakh SSR.

1985 – Software developer Richard Stallman founded the Free Software Foundation to support the free software movement.

2003 – A suicide bomber killed 21 people and injured more than 50 others inside the Maxim restaurant in Haifa, Israel.

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-{{*mp}} [[1883]] &ndash; The '''''[[Orient Express]]''''' began operations.<!--Tagged with {{Refimprove}}
+{{*mp}} [[1883]] – The '''''[[Orient Express]]''''' began operations.<!--Tagged with {{Refimprove}}
-{{*mp}} [[1993]] &ndash; '''[[1993 Russian constitutional crisis|Russian Constitutional Crisis]]''': [[Tank]]s bombarded the [[White House of Russia|White House]] in [[Moscow]] while demonstrators against [[President of Russia|President]] [[Boris Yeltsin]] rallied outside.<!--Tagged with {{POV}}
+{{*mp}} [[1993]] – '''[[1993 Russian constitutional crisis|Russian Constitutional Crisis]]''': [[Tank]]s bombarded the [[White House of Russia|White House]] in [[Moscow]] while demonstrators against [[President of Russia|President]] [[Boris Yeltsin]] rallied outside.<!--Tagged with {{POV}}
-{{*mp}} [[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Kingdom of Great Britain|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&ndash;1778.
+{{*mp}} [[1777]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Kingdom of Great Britain|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 1777–1778.
-{{*mp}} [[1918]] &ndash; An ammunition plant '''[[T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion|exploded]]''' in [[Sayreville, New Jersey|Sayreville]], [[New Jersey]], [[United States|USA]], killing over 100 people and destroying more than 300 buildings.
+{{*mp}} [[1918]] – An ammunition plant '''[[T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion|exploded]]''' in [[Sayreville, New Jersey|Sayreville]], [[New Jersey]], [[United States|USA]], killing over 100 people and destroying more than 300 buildings.
-{{*mp}} [[2001]] &ndash; '''[[Siberia Airlines Flight 1812]]''' crashed into the [[Black Sea]], killing all 78 people on board.
+{{*mp}} [[2001]] – '''[[Siberia Airlines Flight 1812]]''' crashed into the [[Black Sea]], killing all 78 people on board.
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-{{*mp}} [[1830]] &ndash; A provisional government in [[Brussels]] '''[[Belgian Revolution|declared]]''' the creation of the independent and neutral state of '''[[Belgium]]''', in revolt against the [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]].
+{{*mp}} [[1830]] – A provisional government in [[Brussels]] '''[[Belgian Revolution|declared]]''' the creation of the independent and neutral state of '''[[Belgium]]''', in revolt against the [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]].
-{{*mp}} [[1910]] &ndash; '''[[Manuel II of Portugal|Manuel II]]''', the last [[List of Portuguese monarchs|King of Portugal]], fled to [[Gibraltar]] when [[5 October 1910 revolution|a revolution]]<!--Not bolded, tagged for cleanup--> erupted in [[Lisbon]] and his [[palace]] was [[Shell (projectile)|shelled]].  The [[Portuguese First Republic]] was proclaimed the next day.
+{{*mp}} [[1910]] – '''[[Manuel II of Portugal|Manuel II]]''', the last [[List of Portuguese monarchs|King of Portugal]], fled to [[Gibraltar]] when [[5 October 1910 revolution|a revolution]]<!--Not bolded, tagged for cleanup--> erupted in [[Lisbon]] and his [[palace]] was [[Shell (projectile)|shelled]].  The [[Portuguese First Republic]] was proclaimed the next day.
-{{*mp}} [[1957]] &ndash; [[Soviet space program|Soviet spacecraft]] '''''[[Sputnik 1]]''''' ''(pictured)'', the first artificial satellite to orbit the [[Earth]], was launched by an [[R-7 Semyorka|R-7 rocket]] from the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] near [[Tyuratam]], [[Kazakh SSR]].
+{{*mp}} [[1957]] – [[Soviet space program|Soviet spacecraft]] '''''[[Sputnik 1]]''''' ''(pictured)'', the first artificial satellite to orbit the [[Earth]], was launched by an [[R-7 Semyorka|R-7 rocket]] from the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] near [[Tyuratam]], [[Kazakh SSR]].
-{{*mp}} [[1985]] &ndash; [[Software developer]] [[Richard Stallman]] founded the '''[[Free Software Foundation]]''' to support the [[free software movement]].
+{{*mp}} [[1985]] – [[Software developer]] [[Richard Stallman]] founded the '''[[Free Software Foundation]]''' to support the [[free software movement]].
-{{*mp}} [[2003]] &ndash; A suicide bomber '''[[Maxim restaurant suicide bombing|killed]]''' 21 people and injured more than 50 others inside the Maxim restaurant in [[Haifa]], [[Israel]].
+{{*mp}} [[2003]] – A suicide bomber '''[[Maxim restaurant suicide bombing|killed]]''' 21 people and injured more than 50 others inside the Maxim restaurant in [[Haifa]], [[Israel]].
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