Historical Events In October - 04
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1970 George Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1971 On this day in history borden's opens a turn-of-century ice cream parlor at Disney World
1971 On October - 04 edit Angold, actor (Suspense, Molly, Blue Angel), dies at 76
1972 Colin Gordon, actor (John-Baron), dies at 61 on this day in history.
1974 On October - 04 john Lennon releases "Walls & Bridges" album
1974 Anne Sexton, US poetess (Pulitzer 1967), dies at 45 on October - 04.
1975 Joan Whitney Payson, owner of New York Mets, dies at 72 on October - 04.
1976 On October - 04 agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns due to telling a racial joke
1976 On this day in history tV audiences watched as Barbara Walters joined Harry Reasoner at the anchor desk of the ABC Evening News for the first time
1976 Alexander Gray, singer (This is Music), dies at 74 on October - 04.
1977 On October - 04 pier 39 opens in SF
1978 Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I on this day in history.
1979 Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1981 On this day in history olympic star Bruce Jenner added the title of actor to his resume. He joined singer Harry Belafonte in their first dramatic roles on NBC-TV’ s Grambling’ s White Tiger
1982 On October - 04 ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi fieldmarshal/president/premier, dies
1983 On October - 04 richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car
1984 There it goes! It could be, it might be, it’ s..." A sad day for long-suffering Chicago Cubs fans. Chicago lost to the Padres 7-1 in the National League Championship Series. 1986 Oct 04, Dan Rather, of The CBS Evening News, was mugged by two men in New York City on this day in history.
1984 On this day in history uS govt closes down due to budget problems
1985 Henry G Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia on October - 04.
1985 On this day in history shite Muslims claim to have killed hostage William Buckley
1988 On October - 04 pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid
1989 Graham Chapman, comedian (Monty Python), dies of cancer at 48 on October - 04.
1990 On this day in history regional elections held, in what was East Germany
1990 Avis Bunnage, actor (Loneliness of Long Distance Runner), dies at 67 on this day in history.
1991 NHL NY Rangers trade Bernie Nichols to Edmonton for Mark Messier on this day in history.
1991 Leonard C Odell, wrote 7,000 Burma Shave poems, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1992 On October - 04 itzhak Fuks, El Al captain, crashes in Bijlmer Netherlands
1993 Fran Carlon, dies of cancer at 80 on this day in history.
1994 Bill Challis, arranger/Pianist, dies at 90 on this day in history.
1995 Peter Nicholson Gunn, writer, dies at 81 on October - 04.
1996 On this day in history martyn Harris, journalist, dies at 43
2005 On this day in history birth of Prince Emmanuel of Belgium, son of Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium
2005 On this day in history hurricane Stan hits Mexico and Central America killing over 1,620 people.
2006 The Dow Industrial Average closes above 11,800 for the first time rising 123.27 points, or 1.05%, finishing at 11,850.61 on this day in history.
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