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Historical Events on October 4

18 significant historical events occurred on October 4. October 4 has seen several historical events over the years. Notable occurrences on this date include the 1936 Battle of Cable Street, a key anti-fascist confrontation in London's East End. There have also been tragic aviation incidents, such as the 1992 crash of El Al Flight 1862 in the Netherlands and the 2001 downing of Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 by Ukrainian forces. In sports, the 1964 and 1970 United States Grand Prix races in Formula One took place on October 4.

Total Events
18
Time Span
7372010
Categories
3
Top Category
war
11 events

19 famous birthdays on October 4

Including Kurt Wüthrich, Tomáš Rosický, Kenichi Fukui

Event Distribution by Century

Darker = Higher Density
8th C.21st C.

8th Century

1 event
war

Battle between the forces of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Turkic Turgesh tribes

11th Century

1 event
war

Conflict between a Dano-Norwegian army led by Magnus the Good, and an army of Wends

12th Century

2 events
politics

Treaty of Ágreda (1162)

war

1198 battle in France

17th Century

2 events
war

Battle (1636) during the Thirty Years' War in which a Swedish-allied army decisively defeated a combined Imperial-Saxon army

war

Battle on 4 October 1674 near Entzheim during the Franco-Dutch War

18th Century

1 event
war

October 1777 battle during the American Revolutionary War

19th Century

1 event
war

1896 battle of the Cuban War of Independence

20th Century

8 events
war

Battle fought on 4 October 1917 near Ypres in Flanders

war

Battle of Cable Street — Anti-fascist confrontation in the East End of London in 1936

general

1956 attack on Israeli civilians by Palestinian Arab fedayeen

general

1964 United States Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1964

war

Conflict in Africa in 1967

general

1970 United States Grand Prix — Formula One race

politics

1991 international treaty on environmental regulation in Antartica

general

El Al Flight 1862 — plane crash in the Netherlands in 1992

21st Century

2 events
war

Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 — aircraft shot down by the Ukrainian military on 4 October 2001

general

Ajka alumina plant accident — 2010 industrial accident in Hungary

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