Category: This Day In History October 04

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This Day in History for October 04

Historic Events:

1883 - First run of the Orient Express.
1895 - British golfer Horace Rawlins won the first U.S. Open golf tournament.
1957 - The Soviet Union launched Sputnik.
1958 - The current constitution of France is adopted.
1967 - Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates.

Famous Birthdays:

1626 - Richard Cromwell, "Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland".
1669 - Rembrandt, Dutch painter and etcher.
1716 - Dr. James Lind, responsible for the correlation between the lack of vitamin C and scurvy.
1923 - Charlton Heston, Award-winning American actor.
1946 - Susan Sarandon, Award-winning American actress.
1956 - Christoph Waltz, Award-winning Austrian-German actor.

Famous Deaths:

1849 - Andrew Briscoe, organizer of the Texas Revolution.
1957 - Jacob Henk, South-African master painter.
1970 - Janis Joplin, Singer, songwriter.
1995 - Edward Lowe, inventor of kitty litter.
2014 - Paul Revere, lead singer of the rock band Paul Revere and the Raiders.

Subcategories (1)

Andrew Briscoe 25 Nov 1810 Claiborne, Mississippi Territory, United States - 04 Oct 1849

John (Carter) Heston 04 Oct 1923 Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States - 05 Apr 2008

Richard Cromwell 04 Oct 1626 Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England - 12 Jul 1712

Paul (Dick) Revere 07 Jan 1938 Harvard, Clay, Nebraska, United States - 04 Oct 2014

Janis Joplin 19 Jan 1943 Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, United States - 04 Oct 1970

James Lind 04 Oct 1716 Edinburgh, Scotland - 18 Jul 1794

Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef 13 Aug 1886 Pretoria, Transvaal, Zuid-Afrika - 04 Oct 1957

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn 15 Jul 1606 Leiden, Holland, Nederland - 04 Oct 1669

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