October 4 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on October 4, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♎︎ Libra
Sep 23 – Oct 22
Birth stone
Opal
Birth flower
Marigold
How common
#74 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous October 4 birthdays
Jean-François Millet · French painter1814
Rutherford B. Hayes · President of the United States from 1877 to 18811822
Buster Keaton · American actor, comedian, and director1895
John Vincent Atanasoff · American computer pioneer1903
Vitaly Ginzburg · Russian physicist1916
Charlton Heston · American actor1923
Alvin Toffler · American writer, futurist and businessman1928
Richard Rorty · American philosopher1931
Anne Rice · American author1941
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir · Icelandic politician1942
Susan Sarandon · American actress and activist1946
Chuck Hagel · American soldier and politician1946
Christoph Waltz · Austrian-German actor1956
Liev Schreiber · American actor1967
Alicia Silverstone · American actress1976
Rachael Leigh Cook · American actress and model1979
Ilhan Omar · American politician1982
Derrick Rose · American basketball player1988
Melissa Benoist · American actress and singer1988
Dakota Johnson · American actress and model1989
On this day in history
1862American Civil War: After a naval battle in Galveston Harbor, Texas, Confederate commanders negotiated the surrender of the city to Union forces.
1876Texas A&M University opened as the first public institution of higher education in the U.S. state.
1997The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina.
2017Joint Nigerien-American Special Forces are ambushed by Islamic State militants outside the village of Tongo Tongo.
1918First World War: The Japanese merhant ship Hirano Maru was sunk by a German submarine in the Celtic Sea with the loss of 291 lives.
1925Great Syrian Revolt: Rebels led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji captured the city of Hama from the French Mandate of Syria.
1927Gutzon Borglum and approximately 400 workers began sculpting Mount Rushmore.
1941Willie Gillis, one of Norman Rockwell's trademark characters, debuted on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
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