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| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Oct 1925 | Roger Wood, Belgian-American journalist (d. 2012) | |||
| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Oct 1950 | Meg Bennett: Los Angeles, California -- Actress (Young and the Restless) | |||
| 04 Oct 1950 | French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam | |||
| 04 Oct 1950 | Meg Bennett, American actress and screenwriter | |||
| 04 Oct 1950 |
death Howard Turner Barnes Died 4 Oct 1950 at age 77 (born 21 Jul 1873). American-Canadian physicist whose research included aspects of ice formation, and solving problems caused by ice jams and icebergs for hydroelectric plant intakes and navigation. |
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| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Oct 1975 | Joan Whitney Payson: Owner of New York Mets, dies at 72 | |||
| 04 Oct 1975 | Daniella Deutscher, American actress | |||
| 04 Oct 1975 | Panos Kiamos, Greek singer | |||
| 04 Oct 1975 | Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian footballer and manager | |||
| 04 Oct 1975 | Mohamed Jameel, Maldivian footballer | |||
| 04 Oct 1975 | Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1903) | |||
| 04 Oct 1975 | Pink Floyd went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Wish You Were Here'. The album featured a tribute to ex band member Syd Barrett, 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'. Also No.1 in the US. For one of the shots on the album's cover, two stuntmen were used, Danny Rogers and Ronnie Rondell, who was dressed in a fire-retardant suit covered by a business suit. Initially the wind was blowing in the wrong direction, and the flames were forced into Rondell's face, burning his moustache. The two stuntmen changed positions, and the image was later reversed. Read the full story | |||
| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Oct 2000 | Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 32nd Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1914) | |||
| 04 Oct 2000 | Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932) | |||
| 04 Oct 2000 | Craig David picked up the awards for Best R&B Act Best UK Newcomer and Best UK Single for 'Fill Me In' at the Mobo awards. | |||
| 04 Oct 2000 |
death Michael Smith Died 4 Oct 2000 at age 68 (born 26 Apr 1932). British-born Canadian biochemist who won (with Kary B. Mullis) the 1993 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his development of a technique called oligonucleotide-based site-directed mutagenesis, which enabled researchers to introduce specific mutations into genes and, thus, to the proteins that they encode. The prize recognized his groundbreaking work in reprogramming segments of DNA, the building blocks of life. His work launched a new era in genetics research. |
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Michael Smith (b. 1932), chemist, 1993 Nobel Prize winner | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Oct 2005 | Prince Emmanuel of Belgium | |||
| 04 Oct 2005 | Stanley K. Hathaway, American lawyer and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1924) | |||
| 04 Oct 2005 | Mike Gibbins, drummer with Badfinger died in his sleep at the age of 56. Badfinger had the 1970 UK No.4 & US No.7 single 'Come And Get It'. | |||
| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Oct 2010 | Norman Wisdom, English singer-songwriter, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1915) | |||
| 04 Oct 2010 | The Ajka plant accident in western Hungary releases about a million cubic metres (35 million cubic feet) of liquid alumina sludge. Nine people are killed and 122 injured, and the Marcal and Danube rivers are severely contaminated. | |||
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