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What happened in history on this day: October 4?
On October 4 in ...
- 1862 - Battle of Corinth ends.
- 1916 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average of American stocks expands from 12 to 20 stocks. The index removes National Lead, Peoples Gas, General Motors and U.S. Steel pfd., and adds American Beet Sugar, American Can, American Locomotive, American Smelting, American Telephone & Telegraph, Baldwin Locomotive, Goodrich, Republic Iron & Steel, Studebaker, Texas Company, Utah Copper, Westinghouse, and Western Union.
- 1931 - Dick Tracy, a comic strip detective character created by cartoonist Chester Gould, makes its debut appearance in the Detroit Mirror newspaper.
- 1949 - American Contract Bridge League votes 58.5 percent to keep blacks out.
- 1960 - Courier 1B launched; first active repeater satellite in orbit.
- 1976 - US Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns due to telling a racial joke.
- 1977 - Pier 39 opens in San Francisco, California.
- 1983 - Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 1019 kph (633.468 mph), driving Thrust 2 jet-powered car at the Black Rock Desert, Nevada.
- 1984 - US government closes down due to budget problems.
- 1985 - The Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, USA.
- 1988 - Pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid.
- 1995 - Hurricane Opal makes landfall at Pensacola Beach, Florida as a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds.
- 1995 - Nintendo releases the Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island game for the Super NES in the US.
- 1997 - One million men gather for Promise Keepers' "Stand in the Gap" event in Washington, DC.
- 1997 - The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history ($17.3 million, mostly in small bills) occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. An FBI investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95 percent of the stolen cash.
- 2001 - The first case of anthrax attack in the U.S. is announced by federal officials.
- 2001 - A hunter shoots a hole in the trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline, causing a leak of 1.1 million litres of oil into the wilderness.
- 2004 - The White Knight carrier plane launches SpaceShipOne rocket plane, piloted by Brian Binnie, which flies into space (69.6 miles high) and back. Because of this second successful flight within 2 weeks of the first flight, the Scaled Composites company wins the Ansari X Prize of US$10 million.
- 2006 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,800 for the first time rising 123.27 points, or 1.05%, finishing at 11,850.61.
- 2008 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average drops below 10,000.
Births on October 4
- 1810 - Birth of Elizabeth McDardle in Greeneville, Tennessee, USA; spouse of US President Andrew Johnson (dies 1876).
- 1822 - Birth of Rutherford B. Hayes in Delaware, Ohio, USA; brevet major general in 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (1861-65), Ohio Representative in Congress (1865-67), Governor of Ohio (1867-72, 1876), US President (1877-81).
- 1894 - Birth of Cliff Hall in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Sharlie - Baron Munchausen radio show, Crime Photographer).
- 1917 - Birth of Jan Murray AKA Murray Janofsky in New York City, New York, USA; comedian/TV host (Dollar a Second, Treasure Hunt, Songs for Sale, Sing It Again, Go Lucky, Blind Date, Who Killed Teddy Bear).
- 1922 - Birth of Malcolm Baldrige in Connecticut, USA; US Secretary of Commerce (1981-87).
- 1929 - Birth of Leroy Van Dyke in Spring Fork, Missouri, USA; country singer ("Walk on By").
- 1932 - Birth of Felicia Farr in Westchester, New York, USA; actress (Charley Varrick, Kotch).
- 1935 - Birth of Eddie Applegate in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Richard - Patty Duke Show).
- 1941 - Birth of Lori Saunders in Kansas City, Missouri; actress (Petticoat Junction, Dusty Trails).
- 1943 - Birth of Buddy Roemer; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Louisiana).
- 1945 - Birth of Clifton Davis in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor/singer ("That's My Mama", Amen).
- 1946 - Birth of Susan Sarandon [Tomaling] in Jackson Heights, New York, USA; actress (Bull Durham, Rescue Me, Children of Dune).
- 1949 - Birth of Armand Assante in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Private Benjamin, Unfaithfully Yours, ER, The Doctors).
- 1960 - Birth of Jennifer Anglin in Adrian, Michigan, USA; actress (Cheryl - General Hospital).
- 1961 - Birth of David W Harper in Abilene, Texas, USA; actor (Jim Bob - Waltons).
Deaths on October 4
- 1989 - Death of Secretariat, American racehorse (born 1970).
- 2022 - Death of Loretta Lynn at age 90; country music singer ("One's on the Way", "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" (1960), Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year (1972), Academy of Country Music's Artist of the Decade (1970s), 16 number 1 songs, 45 million albums sold worldwide).
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