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| Birthday October 04, 1289 Louis X, (the Stubborn), king of France (1314-16) |
| Birthday October 04, 1626 Richard Cromwell, lord protector of England (1658-59) |
| Birthday October 04, 1822 Rutherford B. Hayes is born |
| Birthday October 04, 1822 Rutherford B. Hayes, (R), 19th pres (1877-81) |
| Birthday October 04, 1850 John W. McGraw, (R), governor of Wash (1893-97) |
| Birthday October 04, 1861 Frederic Remington is born in Canton, New York |
| Birthday October 04, 1880 Damon Runyon, writer |
| Birthday October 04, 1895 Buster Keaton, Actor (The Navigator, Steamboat Bill, Jr.) |
| Birthday October 04, 1923 Charlton Heston, Moses (Ben Hur, Planet of the Apes) |
| Birthday October 04, 1931 Dick Tracy, crimestopper |
| Birthday October 04, 1934 Sam Huff, NFL linebacker (NY Giants, Washington Redskins) |
| Birthday October 04, 1941 Anne Rice is born |
| Birthday October 04, 1941 Lori Saunders, in Kansas City Mo |
| Birthday October 04, 1944 Patty LaBelle, singer |
| Birthday October 04, 1946 Susan Sarandon, NYC (Atlantic City, Great Waldo Pepper) |
| Birthday October 04, 1949 Armand Assante |
| History October 04, 1636 1st code of law for Plymouth Colony |
| History October 04, 1648 Peter Stuyvesant establishes Americas 1st volunteer firemen |
| History October 04, 1777 Both sides battered at Germantown |
| History October 04, 1777 The Battle of Germantown |
| History October 04, 1824 Mexico becomes a republic |
| History October 04, 1861 Lincoln watches a balloon ascension |
| History October 04, 1916 Market Street's "Path of Gold" lit for 1st time |
| History October 04, 1918 Germany telegraphs President Wilson seeking armistice |
| History October 04, 1926 the dahlia is officially designated as SF city flower |
| History October 04, 1927 Work begins on Mount Rushmore |
| History October 04, 1931 The comic strip Dick Tracy debuts |
| History October 04, 1937 Blues singer Bessie Smith, killed in Mississippi car wreck, is buried |
| History October 04, 1940 Wrestling returns to Madison Sq Garden after 12 year lay off |
| History October 04, 1943 Heinrich Himmler encourages his SS group leaders |
| History October 04, 1944 Ike warns of the risk of shell shock |
| History October 04, 1948 Indians beat Red Sox in 1st AL playoff game |
| History October 04, 1955 So-called Brooklyn bums win their first World Series |
| History October 04, 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory beating Yankees |
| History October 04, 1957 USSR launches Sputnik I the 1st artificial earth satellite |
| History October 04, 1957 Soviet Union launches Sputnik I |
| History October 04, 1957 Leave It to Beaver debuts on CBS |
| History October 04, 1958 Transatlantic coml jet passenger service began |
| History October 04, 1959 USSR Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side |
| History October 04, 1960 Courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit |
| History October 04, 1962 Whitey Ford's world series 33 2/3 scoreless inning streak ends |
| History October 04, 1964 Johnson orders the commencement of Oplan 34A raids |
| History October 04, 1965 Pope visits U.S. |
| History October 04, 1966 Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day) |
| History October 04, 1966 Pope calls for end to the Vietnam War |
| History October 04, 1969 UN starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters |
| History October 04, 1970 Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose |
| History October 04, 1970 Janis Joplin dies at 27 |
| History October 04, 1976 Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns after racial 'joke' |
| History October 04, 1977 pier 39 opens in SF |
| History October 04, 1984 Yanks clinch AL East |
| History October 04, 1985 21st Space Shuttle Mission - Atlantis 1 is launched |
| History October 04, 1987 James Jefferson of Winnipeg scores 2 TDs on interception returns without making an interception. (He scored on laterals.) |
| History October 04, 1988 Jim Bakker is indicted on federal charges |
| History October 04, 1990 Beverly Hills, 90210 debuts |
| History October 04, 1992 Plane crashes into apartment building |
| History October 04, 1993 White House siege ends in Moscow |
| History October 04, 2011 Man who served 25 years for murder exonerated by DNA |