Page 7: Historical Events In October - 04
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1970 On October - 04 george Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71
1971 Borden's opens a turn-of-century ice cream parlor at Disney World on this day in history.
1971 On October - 04 edit Angold, actor (Suspense, Molly, Blue Angel), dies at 76
1972 On October - 04 colin Gordon, actor (John-Baron), dies at 61
1974 John Lennon releases "Walls & Bridges" album on October - 04.
1974 On this day in history anne Sexton, US poetess (Pulitzer 1967), dies at 45
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 TV audiences watched as Barbara Walters joined Harry Reasoner at the anchor desk of the ABC Evening News for the first time on October - 04.
1976 Alexander Gray, singer (This is Music), dies at 74 on October - 04.
1977 Pier 39 opens in SF on this day in history.
1978 Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I on this day in history.
1979 Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer, dies at 56 on October - 04.
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 Ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi fieldmarshal/president/premier, dies on October - 04.
1983 Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car on October - 04.
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 October - 04 uS govt closes down due to budget problems
1985 Henry G Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia on this day in history.
1985 Shite Muslims claim to have killed hostage William Buckley on October - 04.
1988 On this day in history 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 Regional elections held, in what was East Germany on this day in history.
1990 Avis Bunnage, actor (Loneliness of Long Distance Runner), dies at 67 on October - 04.
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 October - 04.
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 October - 04.
1995 On October - 04 peter Nicholson Gunn, writer, dies at 81
1996 Martyn Harris, journalist, dies at 43 on October - 04.
2005 On October - 04 birth of Prince Emmanuel of Belgium, son of Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium
2005 Hurricane Stan hits Mexico and Central America killing over 1,620 people on October - 04.
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 October - 04.
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