| Date | Text | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Oct 1924 | New York Giants become 1st team to appear in 4 consecutive World Series | |||
| 04 Oct 1924 | Donald J. Sobol, American soldier and author (d. 2012) | |||
| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Oct 1949 | Edmund Eysler: Austrian composer, dies at 75 | |||
| 04 Oct 1949 | Armand Assante, American actor and producer | |||
| 04 Oct 1949 | Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director, producer, and screenwriter | |||
| 04 Oct 1949 | Marion Albert Pruett, American murderer (d. 1999) | |||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Oct 1974 | Claudia Elena Vasquez: Miss Universe - Best Costume (Colombia, 1997) | |||
| 04 Oct 1974 | Anne Sexton: US poetess (Pulitzer 1967), dies at 45 | |||
| 04 Oct 1974 | John Lennon releases "Walls & Bridges" album | |||
| 04 Oct 1974 | Paco León, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter | |||
| 04 Oct 1974 | Anne Sexton, American poet and author (b. 1928) | |||
| 04 Oct 1974 | Founding of the New Democracy party in Greece. | |||
| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Oct 1999 | Erik Brødreskift, Norwegian drummer (Immortal and Borknagar) (b. 1969) | |||
| 04 Oct 1999 | Bernard Buffet, French painter and illustrator (b. 1928) | |||
| 04 Oct 1999 | Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer (The Jazztet) (b. 1928) | |||
| 04 Oct 1999 | It was reported that the sister of Jimi Hendrix was planning to exhume her brothers body and move it to a pay-to view mausoleum. Other plans for the new site included a chance for fans to buy one of burial plots around the guitarist's new resting-place. | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Oct 2004 | Gordon Cooper, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927) | |||
| 04 Oct 2004 | Rio Diaz, Filipino model, actress, and politician (b. 1959) | |||
| 04 Oct 2004 | SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space. | |||
04 Oct 2004
SpaceShipOne |
SpaceShipOne (space exploration) SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize after reaching an altitude of over 100 km (62 mi) for the second time in less than five days. |
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| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Oct 2009 | Gerhard Kaufhold, German footballer (b. 1928) | |||
| 04 Oct 2009 | Günther Rall, German general and pilot (b. 1918) | |||
| 04 Oct 2009 | Mercedes Sosa, Argentinian singer and activist (b. 1935) | |||
| 10 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Oct 2014 | Konrad Boehmer, German-Dutch composer and educator (b. 1941) | |||
| 04 Oct 2014 | Hugo Carvana, Brazilian actor (b. 1937) | |||
| 04 Oct 2014 | Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1959) | |||
| 04 Oct 2014 | Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (b. 1951) | |||
| 04 Oct 2014 | Paul Revere, singer with the American rock band Paul Revere & the Raiders (b. 1938) | |||
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