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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]]'''. |
'''[[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]]. |
{{*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]]. |
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Revision as of 03:13, 5 October 2006
October 4: Independence Day in Lesotho (1966); Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi (Catholicism); World Animal Day.
- 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.
- 1883 - The Orient Express began operations.
- 1910 - Manuel II (pictured), the last King of Portugal, fled to the United Kingdom 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 was launched by an R-7 rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakh SSR and became the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
- 1993 - Russian Constitutional Crisis: In Moscow, tanks bombarded the White House, a government building that housed the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Boris Yeltsin rallied outside.
Recent days: October 3 – October 2 – October 1
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