Posted on 10/04/2024 10:52:03 AM PDT by Red Badger
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS FOR OCTOBER 4
Barney Oldfield (1878-1946) - American race car driver and actor.
Rutherford B. Hayes (1893-1822) – General, lawyer, and 19th President of the U.S.
Jenny Twitchell Kempton (1835-1921) – Opera singer and educator.
James Whitcomb (1795-1852) - Lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana.
Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918) - Pastor and theologian.
Frederic Remington (1861-1909) - Painter, sculptor, and illustrator.
Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930) - American author and publisher.
Francis Xavier Seelos (1819-1867) - German-American priest and missionary.
Florence Eliza Allen (1960-1876) - American mathematician and suffrage activist.
Robert Edwards (1879-1948) - American artist, musician, and writer.
Catherine Booth (1-29-1890 - English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army.
Robert Lawson (1892-1957) - American author and illustrator.
Buster Keaton (1895-1966) - American film actor, director, and producer.
John Vincent Atanasoff (1903-1995) - American physicist and academic, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer.
Joan Whitney Payson (1903-1975) - American businesswoman and philanthropist.
Mary Celine Fasenmyer (1906-1996) - American mathematician.
John Collins (1913-2001) - American guitarist.
Jan Murray (1916-2006) - American comedian, actor, and game show host.
George Sidney (1916-2002) - American director and producer.
Ken Wood (1916-1997) - inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer.
Don Lenhardt (1922-2014) - American baseball player and coach.
Charlton Heston (1923-2008) - American actor, director and gun rights activist.
Donald J. Sobol (1924-2012) - American soldier and author.
Raymond Watson (1926-2012) - American businessman.
Gordon Cooper (1927-2004) - American colonel, engineer, and astronaut.
Wolf Kahn (1927-2020) - American painter and academic.
Art Farmer (1928-1999) - American trumpet player and composer.
Scotty Beckett (1929-1968) - American actor and singer.
John E. Mack (1929-2004) - American psychiatrist and author.
Leroy Van Dyke (1929-Still Living) - American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Loretta Lynn (1932-2022) - American singer-songwriter and musician.
Jimmy Orr (1935-2020) - American football player.
Jackie Collins (1937-2015) - English-American author and actress.
David Crocker (1937-Still Living) - American philosopher and academic.
Dave Pike (1938-2015) - American vibraphone player and songwriter.
Steve Swallow (1940-Still Living) - American bass player and composer.
Alberto Vilar (1940-2021) - American businessman and philanthropist.
Karen Cushman (1941-Still Living) - American author.
Robert Wilson (1941-Still Living) - American director and playwright.
Bernice Johnson Reagon (1942-2024) - American singer-songwriter.
Karl W. Richter (1942-1967) - American lieutenant and pilot.
Janis Joplin (1943-1970) - American singer-songwriter.
Tony La Russa (1944- Still Living) - American baseball player and manager.
Clifton Davis (1945- Still Living) - American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister.
Larry Clapp (1946-2013) - American lawyer and politician.
Chuck Hagel (1946-Still Living) - American sergeant and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Defense.
Susan Sarandon (1946-Still Living) - American actress and activist.
Neal Walk (1948-2015) - American basketball player.
Linda McMahon (1948-Still Living) - American businesswoman and politician.
Duke Robillard (1948-Still Living) - American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Stephen Gyllenhaal (1949-Still Living) - American director, producer, and screenwriter.
Alan Rosenberg (1950-Still Living) - American actor.
Truck Robinson (1951-Still Living) - American basketball player and coach.
Anita DeFrantz (1952-Still Living) - American rower and sports administrator.
Jody Stephens (1952-Still Living) - American rock drummer.
Charlie Leibrandt (1956-Still Living) - American baseball player.
Sherri Turner (1956-Still Living) - American golfer.
Clark Middleton (1957-2020) - American actor.
Russell Simmons (1957-Still Living) - American businessman, founded Def Jam Recordings and Phat Farm.
Skip Heller (1965-Still Living) - American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer.
Steve Olin (1965-1993) - American baseball player.
Micky Ward (1965-Still Living) - American boxer.
Vicky Bullett (1967-Still Living) - American basketball player and coach.
Blaise Alexander (1976-2001) - American race car driver.
Alicia Silverstone (1976-Still Living) - American actress, producer, and author.
Rachael Leigh Cook (1979-Still Living) - American actress.
Sarah Fisher (1980-Still Living) - American race car driver.
HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR OCTOBER 4
1777 – British troops under the command of William Howe push back troops under George Washington during an Revolutionary War battle.
1876 – Texas A & M (Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas) opens as the first public college in Texas.
1895 – Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
1918 – A New Jersey shell loading plant explodes and kills 100 people while making ammunition for troops fighting in WWI.
1941 – The Saturday Evening Post prints Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis on the cover of the paper, debuting the character on a journey as he enlists in the military.
1960 – 62 people died after an airliner crash during takeoff at the Boston's Logan International Airport.
1970 - Janis Joplin dies of an accidental drug overdose.
1983 – Richard Noble sets a new land speed record at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada driving 633.468 miles per hour.
1985 – The Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts as a nonprofit organization that promotes the freedom of open source software users.
1991 – The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
1993 – 18 U.S. Special Forces, two UN Peacekeepers and at least 600 Somalia militiamen and civilians died during the Battle of Mogadishu.
1997 – The Loomis Fargo Heist in Charlotte, North Carolina, occurs and becomes known as the second largest robbery in U.S. history.
2004 – Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, funds SpaceShipOne and wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight. The success of the spacecraft lays the foundation for commercial flight into space.
2006 – WikiLeaks is launched.
2011 - New York Yankees Aaron Judge breaks Roger Maris’ home run record when hits his 62nd home run of the season.
2021 – Bubba Wallace wins a major NASCAR race at the Talladega Superspeedway to become the first Black Driver winner.
2022 – American John F. Clauser, along with Frenchman Alain Aspect and Austrian Anton Zeilinger, were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
PinGGG!....................
Janis' birthday was on January 19th. It is correct that October 4th is the anniversary of her death, however.
My sister was born Oct 6, I was born Oct 15, and my brother was born Oct 5, 3 consecutive years running.
January was a busy month.
My wife’s birthday is Christmas Eve...................
My Aunt/godmother's birthday and wedding anniversary were December 25.
Bkmrk
“January, a busy month.”
Well, it is cold in January and that leads to ‘Cuddling!” (Grin)
Happy Birthday, to you on the 15th!
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