Historical events on October 4
OCTOBER 4, 1862
American Civil War: Union forces capture Galveston, Texas.
During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states,
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OCTOBER 4, 1448
Skanderbeg and Gjergj Arianiti sign a peace treaty to end the Albanian–Venetian War.
Gjergj Kastrioti, commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian feudal lord and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire
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OCTOBER 4, 1363
Red Turban Rebellions: The rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang won the Battle of Lake Poyang by deploying ships intentionally set aflame when the emperor tried to escape.
The Red Turban Rebellions were uprisings against the Yuan dynasty between 1351 and 1368, eventually leading to its collapse. Remnants of the
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OCTOBER 4, 1209
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (seal pictured), was crowned.
Otto IV was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 until his death in 1218.
OCTOBER 4, 1957
The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The Soviet space program was the state space program of the Soviet Union, active from 1951 until the dissolution of the Soviet
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OCTOBER 4, 1943
World War II: Allied forces execute Operation Leader, an air raid against German shipping near Bodø, Norway.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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OCTOBER 4, 1918
An ammunition plant in Sayreville, New Jersey, U.S., exploded, killing around 100 people and destroying more than 300 buildings.
Sayreville is a borough in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Sayreville is within the heart of the Raritan
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OCTOBER 4, 1917
First World War: The Allies devastated the German defence at the Battle of Broodseinde, prompting a crisis among German commanders and causing a severe loss of morale in the 4th Army.
World War I or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the
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OCTOBER 4, 2003
A suicide bomber killed 21 people, including a two-month-old baby, and injured 60 others inside a restaurant in Haifa, Israel.
The Maxim restaurant bombing was a Palestinian suicide bombing which occurred on October 4, 2003, in the beachfront restaurant Maxim in Haifa,
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OCTOBER 4, 1633
Forces from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth break the Russian siege of Smolensk.
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic, was a federative real union between the Kingdom of
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OCTOBER 4, 1925
Great Syrian Revolt: Rebels led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji captured the city of Hama from the French Mandate of Syria.
The Great Syrian Revolt, also known as the Revolt of 1925, was a general uprising across the State of Syria and Greater
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