Born on October 4
October 4 birthdays & history
If you were born on October 4, you share a birthday with Rutherford B. Hayes, Susan Sarandon and Buster Keaton. October 4 babies are Libra, with opal as their birthstone and the marigold as their birth flower. October 4 is the 278th day of the year in leap years (277th in other years).
Famous people born on October 4
- 1822Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States
- 1946Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist
- 1895Buster Keaton, American film actor, director, and producer
- 1923Charlton Heston, American actor, director and gun rights activist
- 1916Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1956Christoph Waltz, Austrian-German actor
- 1989Dakota Johnson, American actress
- 1941Anne Rice, American author
- 1814Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator
- 1976Alicia Silverstone, American actress, producer, and author
What happened on October 4
- 1824Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
- 1876Texas A&M University opened as the first public institution of higher education in the U.S. state.
- 1895Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
- 1920The Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, a Finnish non-governmental organization, is founded on the initiative of Sophie Mannerheim.
- 1927Gutzon Borglum and approximately 400 workers began sculpting Mount Rushmore.
- 1941Willie Gillis, one of Norman Rockwell's trademark characters, debuted on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
- 1957Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
- 1958The current constitution of France is adopted.
- 1965Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas.
- 1966Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
- 1983Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
- 1985The Free Software Foundation is founded.
Also observed on October 4
- Feast of St Francis of Assisi patron saints of Italy.
- Cinnamon Roll Day (Sweden and Finland)
- Day of Peace and Reconciliation (Mozambique)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lesotho from the United Kingdom in 1966.
- The beginning of World Space Week (International)
- World Animal Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is October 4?
People born on October 4 are Libra. Their birthstone is opal and their birth flower is the marigold.
Which famous people were born on October 4?
Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), Susan Sarandon (1946), Buster Keaton (1895), Charlton Heston (1923), Vitaly Ginzburg (1916), Christoph Waltz (1956) were all born on October 4.
What happened on October 4 in history?
Among other things: in 1966, Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho; in 1983, Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada; in 1985, The Free Software Foundation is founded.
Can I get a newspaper front page from October 4?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any October 4 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “October 4”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.