Page 7: Historical Events In October - 04

1974  In this year, John Lennon releases "Walls and Bridges" album.   

1974  Anne Sexton, US poetess (Pulitzer 1967), dies at 45   

1975  Joan Whitney Payson, owner of New York Mets, dies at 72.   

1976  Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz steps down due to telling a racial joke.   

1976  TV audiences watched as Barbara Walters joined Harry Reasoner at the anchor desk of the ABC Evening News for the inaugural time.   

1976  Alexander Gray, singer (This is Music), dies at 74   

1977  Pier 39 opens in SF.   

1978  Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I.   

1979  Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer, dies at 56   

1981  Olympic star Bruce Jenner added the title of actor to his resume. He joined singer Harry Belafonte in their inaugural dramatic roles on NBC-TV’ s Grambling’ s White Tiger   

1982  Ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi fieldmarshal/president/premier, dies   

1983  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   

1984  US govt closes down due to budget problems   

1985  Henry G Perry completes 157 day, 14021 mile bicycle tour of Australia.   

1985  Shite Muslims claim to have killed hostage William Buckley   

1988  Pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid.   

1989  Graham Chapman, comedian (Monty Python), dies of cancer at 48   

1990  Regional elections held, in what was East Germany.   

1990  Avis Bunnage, actor (Loneliness of Long Distance Runner), dies at 67.   

1991  NHL NY Rangers trade Bernie Nichols to Edmonton for Mark Messier   

1991  Leonard C Odell, wrote 7000 Burma Shave poems, dies at 83   

1992  Itzhak Fuks, El Al captain, crashes in Bijlmer Netherlands.   

1993  Fran Carlon, dies of cancer at 80   

1994  Bill Challis, arranger/Pianist, dies at 90   

1995  Peter Nicholson Gunn, writer, dies at 81   

1996  Martyn Harris, journalist, dies at 43   

2005  Prince Emmanuel of Belgium, son of Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium is born   

2005  Hurricane Stan hits Mexico and Central America killing over 1620 people   

2006  The Dow Industrial Average closes above 11800 for the inaugural time rising 123.27 points, or 1.05%, finishing at 11850.61.   

2007  Spanish authorities arrest 22 people associated with the banned Batasuna party which campaigns for Basque independence, but also has ties to the terrorist group ETA.   

2011  The death toll from the flooding of Cambodia's Mekong River and attendant flash floods reaches 207   

2011  2011 Mogadishu bombing: 100 people are killed in a car bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu   

2012  Turkey’s parliament approves cross-border military operations in Syria   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1160  Alys: Countess of the vexin, daughter of louis vii of france   

1276  Margaret of brabant: Queen of germany   

1289  Louis x: The stubborn, king of france (1314-16)   

1331  James butler: 2nd earl of ormonde   

1379  King henry iii of castile: King henry iii of castile (d. 1406)   

1515  Lucas cranach: The younger, german painter   

1542  Roberto bellarmino: Italian theologist/diplomat   

1542  Robert bellarmine: Italian saint   

1072  Death of Sancho ii: King of castile/bro of alfonso vi, murdered at about 35   

1221  William iii talvas: Count of ponthieu (b. 1179)   

1250  Death of Herman vi: Margrave of baden   

1305  Emperor kameyama of japan: Emperor kameyama of japan (b. 1249)   

1540  Death of Helius eobanus hessus: German humanist/poet (silvae),   

1564  Death of Pietro p vergerio: Italian theologist/bishop of croatia,   

1571  Claude togniel d'espence: French theologist (sorbonne),   

1582  Theresia van avila: Spanish mystic writer,