What Happened On October 4

What Happened On Oct 4 Events

1636 Oct 4 Battle of Wittstock
The Battle of Wittstock was fought on 24 September (Julian calendar) or 4 October (Gregorian calendar) 1636, between a Protestant Swedish army and an alliance of the Holy Roman Empire and...
1636 Oct 4 The General Court Of The Plymouth Colony Instituted A Legal Code
The General Court of the Plymouth Colony instituted a legal code, the first composed in North America, on October 4, 1636. It guaranteed citizens a trial by jury and stipulated that all l...
1777 Oct 4 Battle of Germantown
A thick fog clouded the battlefield throughout the day. The vanguard of Sullivan's column, on Germantown Road, launched the battle when they opened fire on the British pickets of light...
1822 Oct 4 Rutherford B. Hayes Is Born
On October 4, 1822, Rutherford Birchard Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio. A graduate of Kenyon College and Harvard Law School, Hayes entered politics after a successful law career in Cinc...
1862 Oct 4 First Battle of Galveston
The First Battle of Galveston was a naval engagement fought on October 4, 1862 near the city of Galveston, Texas between forces from the Union Navy and the Confederate States of America. ...
1915 Oct 4 "Shanghaied" (film) is Released
Shanghaied is a 1915 American comedy silent film made by Essanay Studios starring Charlie Chaplin. A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money...
1919 Oct 4 1919 World Series, Game 4
Cicotte was again Chicago's starter for the fourth game, and he was determined not to look as bad as he had in the first. For the first four innings he and Reds pitcher Jimmy Ring matched...
1922 Oct 4
to 1922 Oct 8
 1922 World Series
In the 1922 World Series, the New York Giants beat the New York Yankees in five games (four games to none with one tie; starting this year the World Series was again best-of-seven). By no...
1923 Oct 4 John James Richard Macleod and Frederick Grant Banting are Awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the Discovery of Insulin
Determined to investigate this possibility, Banting discussed it with various people, among whom was J.J.R. Macleod, Professor of Physiology at the University of Toronto, and Macleod gave...
1924 Oct 4
to 1924 Oct 10
 1924 World Series
In the 1924 World Series, the Washington Senators beat the New York Giants in seven games. Though the Senators (interchangeably called the Nationals in those days) would reach the World S...
1928 Oct 4
to 1928 Oct 9
 1928 World Series
In the 1928 World Series, the New York Yankees swept the St. Louis Cardinals in four games. Along with 1927, this was the first time a team had swept consecutive Series. Babe Ruth hit .6...
1939 Oct 4
to 1939 Oct 8
 1939 World Series
The 1939 World Series featured the three-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Cincinnati Reds, who were making their first Series appearance since the scandal-tainted 1919...
1940 Oct 4 Ronald Reagan Appears as George 'The Gipper' Gipp in "Knute Rockne, All American"
Knute Rockne, All American is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of Knute Rockne, perhaps the most famous of all of the football coaches at Notre Dame, one of the most success...
1944 Oct 4
to 1944 Oct 9
 1944 World Series
The 1944 World Series was an all-St. Louis World Series, matching up the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns at Sportsman's Park. It marked only the third time in World Series histor...
1950 Oct 4
to 1950 Oct 7
 1950 World Series
The 1950 World Series was the 47th World Series between the American and National Leagues for the championship of Major League Baseball. The Philadelphia Phillies as 1950 champions of the...
1951 Oct 4
to 1951 Oct 10
 1951 World Series
The 1951 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the New York Giants, who had won the National League pennant in a thrilling three-game playoff with ...
1951 Oct 4 "An American In Paris" Is Released
An American in Paris is a 1951 MGM musical film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, and Oscar Levant, the film is set in Par...
1955 Oct 4 Jackie Robinson wins his only championship, as the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in seven games
The 1955 World Series matched the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Yankees, with the Dodgers winning the Series in seven games to capture their first championship in franchise histor...
1957 Oct 4 Soviet Union Launches Sputnik 1 Satellite
Sputnik 1 was the world's first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite. It was launched into a low altitude elliptical orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957, and was the first in a ser...
1960 Oct 4 Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 Crashes
Eastern Air Lines Flight 375, registration N5533, was a Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft that crashed on takeoff from Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts on October 4, 196...
1961 Oct 4
to 1961 Oct 9
 1961 World Series
The 1961 World Series matched the New York Yankees (109–53) against the Cincinnati Reds (93–61), with the Yankees winning in five games to earn their nineteenth championship in their last...
1962 Oct 4
to 1962 Oct 16
 1962 World Series
The 1962 World Series matched the defending American League champion New York Yankees against the National League champion San Francisco Giants, who had won their first NL pennant since 1...
1967 Oct 4
to 1967 Oct 12
 1967 World Series
The 1967 World Series matched the St. Louis Cardinals against the Boston Red Sox, with the Cardinals winning in seven games for their second championship in four years and their eighth ov...
1967 Oct 4 Unidentified Object Reported to Have Crashed in Shag Harbor
At least a dozen persons reported seeing the row of lights descend into the water, but as yet no trace of any debris has been found either on the surface or the bottom. The only clue may...
1970 Oct 4 Janis Joplin Dies
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer, songwriter and music arranger, from Port Arthur, Texas. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead ...
1971 Oct 4 "200 Motels" by Frank Zappa Is Released
The 200 Motels OST is the soundtrack to Frank Zappa's 200 Motels. 200 Motels is a 1971 musical film featuring Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, produced at Pinewood Studios, En...
1976 Oct 4 "The Memory Of Justice" Is Released
The Memory of Justice is a 1976 documentary film directed by Marcel Ophüls. It explores the subject of atrocities committed in wartime and features Joan Baez, Karl Dönitz, Hermann Göring,...
1982 Oct 4 Accept releases Restless and Wild
Restless and Wild is the fourth album by the German heavy metal band Accept, released in 1982 in Continental Europe and in 1983 in the US and UK. It was the first Accept album to not be r...
1985 Oct 4 Stephen King publishes The Bachman Books
The Bachman Books is a collection of short novels by Stephen King published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman between 1977 and 1982. The book was released in 1985 after the publicati...
1991 Oct 4 Savatage release Streets: A Rock Opera
Streets: A Rock Opera (often simply shortened to Streets) is a concept album by Savatage, dealing with the rise and fall of the musician DT Jesus. It was originally released in October 19...
1992 Oct 4 Bijlmer Disaster
At 6:35 pm local time, the Boeing 747, in nearly a ninety-degree bank with its right wing pointing at the ground, ploughed into two high-rise apartment complexes in the Bijlmermeer neighb...
1994 Oct 4 Danzig releases 4
Danzig 4p is the fourth studio album by Danzig. It was released in 1994 on American Recordings following 1993's highly successful Thrall: Demonsweatlive EP and singer Glenn Danzig's 1992 ...
1994 Oct 4 Dream Theater releases Awake
"Awake" is Dream Theater's third studio album and last album to feature keyboardist Kevin Moore. The album peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200 charts in 1994.
1994 Oct 4 Testament Releases "Low"
Low is the sixth album released by Testament in 1994. It was the first album without guitarist Alex Skolnick or drummer Louie Clemente, who were replaced by James Murphy and John Tempesta...
1994 Oct 4 The Smashing Pumpkins release Pisces Iscariot
Pisces Iscariot is a compilation album of B-sides, demos, and outtakes released in 1994 by The Smashing Pumpkins through Virgin Records. Reaching #4 in the U.S. upon its 1994 release, Pis...
1995 Oct 4 "Lamerica" Is Released
Lamerica is an award-winning 1994 film directed by Gianni Amelio. Gino (played by Enrico Lo Verso) and Fiore (Michele Placido) are Italian racketeers who come to Albania just after the...
1996 Oct 4 D3: The Mighty Ducks is released
D3: The Mighty Ducks also known as The Mighty Ducks 3 is the third film in The Mighty Ducks trilogy and the second theatrical sequel to The Mighty Ducks, and first to D2: The Mighty Ducks...
1997 Oct 4 MST3K Ep. 818 - "Devil Doll"
A ventriloquist turns to hypnosis to transfer a person's soul into his dummy.
1999 Oct 4 David Bowie releases Hours...
'hours...' is a 1999 album by British musician David Bowie. It was released October 4, 1999 (1999-10-04) on Virgin Records. This was Bowie's final album for the EMI sub-label. A lot of...
1999 Oct 4 Muse Releases "Showbiz"
Showbiz is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band Muse, released in the United Kingdom on 4 October 1999. Recorded between April and May at RAK Studios and Sawmills Studi...
2000 Oct 4 Muse Releases "Random 1-8 EP"
Random 1-8 is the third extended play (EP) by English alternative rock band Muse. The EP was released in Japan only by Avex Trax on 4 October 2000, to promote the band's tour there. The E...
2004 Oct 4 Mortal Kombat: Deception is Released
Mortal Kombat: Deception is a fighting game developed and published by Midway as the sixth installment for the Mortal Kombat (MK) series. Deception was released for the PlayStation 2 and ...
2005 Oct 4 Chicago White Sox defeat Boston Red Sox, 14-2
CHICAGO -- It must have felt like a road to perdition, that walk, from the mound to the dugout, the scoreboard behind Matt Clement reading 8-2 in the White Sox half of the fourth inning, ...
2005 Oct 4 Exodus release Shovel Headed Kill Machine
Shovel Headed Kill Machine is the seventh studio album by the American thrash metal band Exodus, released on October 4, 2005 through Nuclear Blast. This album contains a huge shift in the...
2005 Oct 4 Stephen King publishes The Colorado Kid
The Colorado Kid is a mystery novel written by Stephen King for the Hard Case Crime imprint, published in 2005. The book was issued in one paperback-only edition by the specialty crime an...
2006 Oct 4 America's Next Top Model Cycle 7 Episode 4
J. Alexander prepared the girls with a unique crazy, insane runway exercise from atop a 1/2" wide tight rope. When they got back to the house, Melrose went to use the phone, but Monique b...
2006 Oct 4 South Park Episode 1008 - "Make Love, Not Warcraft"
The boys dedicate their lives to defeating a mad gamer and saving the World of Warcraft.
2007 Oct 4 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is a 2007 American comedy film, directed by Jake Kasdan and starring John C. Reilly. Judd Apatow, director of The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, and Kas...
2008 Oct 4 "Extreme Challenge" SNL Digital Short
Samberg and Wiig compete in nonsensical activities, from arm wrestling to human ATM. Forte is the pathetic referee, Thompson is an ATM customer, and Anne Hathaway appears when Andy turns ...
2009 Oct 4 Baltimore Orioles defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4
A walk-off win was the best possible way for the Orioles to end an otherwise disappointing 2009 season. But in typical Orioles fashion, the circumstances made it hard to get overly exc...