October 4th (2012) was a Thursday. It's the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 88 days left to the end of the year.
October 4th Famous Deaths for 2012
» David Atkinson (baritone) known as David Atkinson, Canadian opera singer (b. 1921)
» Günter Böttcher, German handball player (b. 1954)
» K. C. N. Gowda, Indian film producer (b. 1928)
» Stan Mudenge, Zimbabwean politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Zimbabwe) known as Minister of Foreign Affairs for Zimbabwe (b. 1941)
» Daphne Slater, English actress (b. 1928)
» Tom Stannage, Australian footballer, historian, and academic (b. 1944)
» Gloria Taylor (patient) named Gloria Taylor, Canadian activist (b. 1948)
» Pramote Teerawiwatana, Thai badminton player (b. 1967)
» Erhard Wunderlich, German handball player (b. 1956)
October 4th Holidays in History
» Christian feast day:
» Saint Amun named Amun
» Francis of Assisi
» Saint Petronius of Bologna
» October 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Cinnamon Roll Day or 'kanelbullens dag' (Sweden)
» Day of Peace and Reconciliation (Mozambique)
» Independence Day (Lesotho), celebrates the independence of Lesotho from the United Kingdom in 1966.
» The beginning of World Space Week (International observance named International)