Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: October 4
October 4, 2024 is the 278th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 88 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Libra is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 4
- 610 –Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor.
- 1582 –Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15.
- 1636 –The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
- 1725 –Foundation of Rosario in Argentina.
- 1853 –Crimean War: The Ottoman Empire declares war on Russia.
- 1895 –The first U.S. Open Men’s Golf Championship administered by the United States Golf Association is played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.
- 1927 –Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
- 1957 –Sputnik 1 is launched by the Soviet Union.
- 1966 –Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
- 1988 –U.S. televangelist Jim Bakker is indicted for fraud.
Who were born on October 4?
- 1289 –King Louis X of France (d. 1316)
- 1550 –King Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611)
- 1903 –Bona Arsenault, French Canadian politician, historian and genealogist (d. 1993)
- 1918 –Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
- 1943 –H. Rap Brown, American civil rights activist
- 1950 –Meg Bennett, American writer and actress
- 1957 –Russell Simmons, American entrepreneur
- 1967 –Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin, Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer
- 1976 –Mauro Camoranesi, Argentine-Italian footballer
- 1984 –Álvaro Parente, Portuguese racing driver
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