October 4th (2013) was a Friday. 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 2013
» John Cloudsley-Thompson, Pakistani-English commander (b. 1921)
» Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (b. 1917)
» Akira Miyoshi, Japanese composer (b. 1933)
» Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence (Vietnam) named Minister of Defence for Vietnam (b. 1911)
» Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1917)
» Ştefan Stănculescu, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
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)