October 4th (2001) was a Thursday. 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.
Historical Events for 4th October, 2001
» NATO confirms invocation of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
» Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: a Sibir Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian SA-5 Gammon e.g S-200 missile. 78 people are killed.
October 4th Famous Deaths for 2001
» Blaise Alexander, American race car driver (b. 1976)
» George Claydon, English actor (b. 1933)
» John Collins (jazz guitarist) named John Collins, American guitarist (b. 1913)
» Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (b. 1917)
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)