Today in History
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1992 End of the Mozambican Civil War
The 15-year long civil war was fought between the Mozambique Resistance Movement and the Mozambican
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1966 Lesotho independence
Lesotho gained independence from British rule.
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1957 World's first artificial satellite launched
The Soviet Union launched the Sputnik from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Baikonur Cosmodrom
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1895 First US Open for Golf
The now annual event was played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island, for the first
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1582 Last day of the Julian Calendar in Catholic countries
The next day, the Gregorian calendar took effect in Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain by the order
Births On This Day,
October, 4
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1988 Derrick Rose
American basketball player
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1973 Abyss
American wrestler
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1946 Chuck Hagel
American politician
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1895 Buster Keaton
American actor, director, producer
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1822 Rutherford B. Hayes
American politician, 19th President of the United States
Deaths On This Day,
October, 4
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1982 Glenn Gould
Canadian pianist, composer
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1974 Anne Sexton
American poet
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1970 Janis Joplin
American singer-songwriter
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1951 Henrietta Lacks
American patient, HeLa cells derived from her cervical cancer
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1669 Rembrandt
Dutch painter
