On this day: October 4
Events
Founding of H&MOctober 4, 1947 · Companies
Release of The Last EmperorOctober 4, 1987 · Film
Release of Mortal Kombat: DeceptionOctober 4, 2004 · Gaming- Release of BraveOctober 4, 2007 · Music
2009 Greek legislative electionOctober 4, 2009 · Politics- Release of Doo-Wops & HooligansOctober 4, 2010 · Music
- Release of RageOctober 4, 2011 · Gaming
- Release of The BodyOctober 4, 2012 · Film
- Release of AndhadhunOctober 4, 2018 · Film
2021 Facebook outageOctober 4, 2021 · World History
Born on this day
Lucas Cranach the ElderOctober 4, 1472 – October 16, 1553 · Art
Lucas Cranach the YoungerOctober 4, 1515 – January 25, 1586 · Art
Francisco GuerreroOctober 4, 1528 – November 8, 1599 · Music
Christen Sørensen LongomontanusOctober 4, 1562 – October 8, 1647 · Science
Péter PázmányOctober 4, 1570 – March 19, 1637 · Culture
Francesco SolimenaOctober 4, 1657 – April 3, 1747 · Culture
Giovanni Battista PiranesiOctober 4, 1720 – November 9, 1778 · Culture
Augustin Saint-HilaireOctober 4, 1779 – September 3, 1853 · Exploration
Jean-François MilletOctober 4, 1814 – January 20, 1875 · Art
Rutherford B. HayesOctober 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893 · Politics
John AndersonOctober 4, 1833 – August 15, 1900 · Exploration
Elizabeth Jane GardnerOctober 4, 1837 – January 28, 1922 · Art
Viktor KnorreOctober 4, 1840 – August 25, 1919 · Science
Sidney PagetOctober 4, 1860 – January 28, 1908 · Art
Frederic RemingtonOctober 4, 1861 – December 26, 1909 · Art
Luis TrenkerOctober 4, 1892 – April 12, 1990 · Culture
Buster KeatonOctober 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966 · Film
John Vincent AtanasoffOctober 4, 1903 – June 15, 1995 · Technology
Alain DaniélouOctober 4, 1907 – January 27, 1994 · Culture
Vitaly GinzburgOctober 4, 1916 – November 8, 2009 · Science
George SidneyOctober 4, 1916 – May 5, 2002 · Film
Violeta ParraOctober 4, 1917 – February 5, 1967 · Art
Kenichi FukuiOctober 4, 1918 – January 9, 1998 · Science
Charlton HestonOctober 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008 · Film- Maurice KarnaughOctober 4, 1924 – November 8, 2022 · Science
Marlen KhutsievOctober 4, 1925 – March 19, 2019 · Film
Torben UlrichOctober 4, 1928 – December 20, 2023 · Art- Judith Jarvis ThomsonOctober 4, 1929 – November 20, 2020 · Culture
Richard RortyOctober 4, 1931 – June 8, 2007 · Culture
Christopher AlexanderOctober 4, 1936 – March 17, 2022 · Culture
Kurt WüthrichOctober 4, 1938 – present · Science
Robert WilsonOctober 4, 1941 – July 31, 2025 · Culture
Mick JacksonOctober 4, 1943 – present · Film
Susan SarandonOctober 4, 1946 – present · Film
Stephen GyllenhaalOctober 4, 1949 – present · Film
Andreas VollenweiderOctober 4, 1953 – present · Music
Christoph WaltzOctober 4, 1956 – present · Film
Chris LoweOctober 4, 1959 – present · Music
Jon SecadaOctober 4, 1961 – present · Music
Eugene KasperskyOctober 4, 1965 – present · Technology
Liev SchreiberOctober 4, 1967 – present · Film
Hiroyuki ImaishiOctober 4, 1971 – present · Film
Dennis GanselOctober 4, 1973 – present · Film
Lena KatinaOctober 4, 1984 – present · Film
Sara ForestierOctober 4, 1986 – present · Film
Ralf MackenbachOctober 4, 1995 – present · Science