
10-04-2004, 05:29 AM
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October 4th
1830 ~ Creation of the state of Belgium after separation from The Netherlands.
1880 ~ Birthday of Damon Runyon, Writer.
1883 ~ First run of the Orient Express.
1903 ~ Birthday of John Vincent Atanasoff, one of the inventors of the digital electronic computer.
1924 ~ Birthday of Charlton Heston, Actor.
1941 ~ Birthday of Anne Rice, horror/fantasy writer.
1943 ~ Birthday of H. Rap Brown, civil rights activist.
1957 ~ Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
1991 ~ The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was opened for signature.
1993 ~ At the climax of the Russian constitutional crisis, Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered the army to begin storming the Russian parliament building.
Holidays: Australian Labour Day
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