A Brief History
This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on October 4th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event.
Digging Deeper
On October 4, 610 A.D., Heraclius arrived by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrew Byzantine Emperor Phocas in one of the most badass coups in history, and became Emperor.
On October 4, 1993, Russian Army tanks bombarded the Russian parliament, incredibly in the capital of the second most powerful country on Earth.
On October 4, 1997, the second largest money robbery in U.S. history took place in Charlotte, North Carolina at Loomis, Fargo and Company, with $17.3 million in cash taken.
On October 4, 2010, the Ajka alumina plant in Hungary lost control of 35 million cubic feet of alumina sludge that ended up killing nine people and polluting the Danube and Marcal Rivers.
On October 4, 2017, the third episode of season two of American horror anthology television series Channel Zero aired on SyFy.
On October 4, 2018, we were still recovering from the eye-candy comic book film fest that is Venom, the latest entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
On October 4, 2019, the latest and perhaps greatest of the DC Comics related movies was released to an eager and avid public.
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Andrews, John and Matt Baker. Timeline of World History. Thunder Bay Press, 2020.
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