October 4 - Present

Presents

Thanks, Aunt Sallie!

This Day In History

1535

The first complete English-language Bible (the Coverdale Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale.

1582

Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15.

1883

First run of the Orient Express.

1895

The first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship administered by the United States Golf Association is played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.

1927

Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.

1941

Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post.

1957

Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

1983

Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 mph driving Thrust 2 at the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.

2004

SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space twice in two weeks.

Famous Birthdays

1515

Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (d. 1586)

1542

Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (d. 1621)

1625

Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (d. 1661)

1657

Francesco Solimena, Italian painter (d. 1747)

1861

Frederic Remington, American painter (d. 1909)

1880

Damon Runyon, American writer (d. 1946)

1895

Buster Keaton, American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer (d. 1966)

1903

John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer (d. 1995)

1923

Charlton Heston, American actor (d. 2008)

1924

Donald Sobol, American children's author (d. 2012)

1941

Anne Rice, American novelist

1946

Susan Sarandon, American actress
1959
Chris Lowe, British musician (Pet Shop Boys)
1967
Liev Schreiber, American actor
1969
Abraham Benrubi, American actor
1976
Alicia Silverstone, American actress
1979
Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress