On This Day October 4th

 OTD

October 4th is the two hundred seventy-seventh day of the year, and there are 88 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Event

 1535 – The Coverdale Bible is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.

1582 – Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian Calendar.

1795 – Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention.

1883 – First run of the Orient Express.

1927 – Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.

1941 – Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.

1957 – Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

2006 – WikiLeaks is launched.

 

Birthdays

 1759 – Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician and academic (d. 1803)

1835 – Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (d. 1921)

1895 – Buster Keaton, American film actor, director, and producer (d. 1966)

1903 – John Vincent Atanasoff, an American physicist and academic, invented the Atanasoff–Berry Computer (d. 1995)

1923 – Charlton Heston, American actor, director, and gun rights activist (d. 2008)

1934 – Sam Huff, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021)

1941 – Anne Rice, American author (d. 2021)

1963 – A. C. Green, American basketball player

1989 – Dakota Johnson, American actress

 

Holiday Spotlight

St. Francis of Assisi Feast Day

It is believed that Francis, born in Italy to a wealthy cloth merchant, renounced his family and lived as a beggar. He cared for the poor and sick in Assisi, founded the Friar’s Minor, and inspired the formation of the Poor Ladies. Francis traveled to preach the gospel and reorganized the Franciscan orders. Near the end of his life, he received stigmata, died in 1226, and was pronounced a saint two years later.

 

Holidays And Observance.

Blessing of the Animals at the Cathedral Day  

Dick Tracy Day

Improve Your Office Day

International Toot Your Flute Day

Kanelbullens Dag (Cinnamon Bun Day)

Kid's Music Day  

Lee's National Denim Day  

National Body Language Day  

National Diversity Day  

National Golf Day

National Manufacturing Day

National Ship in a Bottle Day

National Taco Day

National Vodka Day

Odd Socks Day  

Plaidurday  

Ten-Four Day

World Pet's Day

World Smile Day  

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