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On This Day In History for October 4, 2023

This is the 277th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 88 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1582, that The Gregorian Calendar was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII

On October 4, 1883, First run of the Orient Express

Also on October 4, 1927, Gutzon Borglum began sculpting Mount Rushmore

Also today in 1957, Sputnik 1 became the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

October 4, 1983, Richard Noble set a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada

It was 38 years ago today, that The Free Software Foundation was founded

Also today in 2004, SpaceShipOne won the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight

October 4, 2006, WikiLeaks was launched

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Danish astronomer and author, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, born on this date in 1562.

French mathematician and academic, Louis François Antoine Arbogast was born 264 years ago today.

American mathematician and suffrage activist, Florence Eliza Allen, born on this date in 1876.

Hermann Glauert, English aerodynamicist and author was born on that same date in 1892.

Buster Keaton, the American film actor, director, and producer was born 128 years ago today.

English reporter, who secretly posed as a man to become a soldier during World War I, Dorothy Lawrence was born 127 years ago today.

John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and academic, invented the Atanasoff & Berry computer was born on that same date in 1903.

inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer, Ken Wood was born 107 years ago today.

Charlton Heston, American actor, director and gun rights activist was born on that same date in 1923.

English-American author and actress, Jackie Collins, born on this date in 1937.

American actress and activist, Susan Sarandon is 77 today.

Listener Birthdays

6 – John Deurholt (Jo Dho)

9 – Itsuko Rumpke (sounds like IT SUE-Koe)

9 – Mario (New Jersey)

10 – Victor Cajiao

10 – Garrett Riffal

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for October 4, 2023

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