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October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 88 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. AD 23 ...
October 30, 1964 (Friday) At New Delhi, India's Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri hosted Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the two leaders signed what has come to be known as the "Sirima–Shastri Pact", though its official name was the "Agreement on Persons of Indian Origin in Ceylon".
October 2, 1946 (Wednesday) Faraway Hill, the first soap opera ever shown on a TV network, debuted at 9:00 pm on the DuMont Television Network (limited to New York and Washington), and ran for 12 weeks. [ 6] Born: Ron Griffiths, Welsh singer for Badfinger; in Swansea. Ping Chong, Canadian-born American playwright, in Toronto.
July 2: President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. July 2 – President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, abolishing racial segregation in the United States. July 8 – U.S. military personnel announce that U.S. casualties in Vietnam have risen to 1,387, including 399 dead and 17 MIA.
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre Part of the Cold War, the Revolutions of 1989 and the Chinese democracy movement Protesters in Tiananmen Square on 2 June (top), and tanks in Beijing in July (bottom) Date Initial protests: 15 April – 4 June 1989 (1 month, 2 weeks and 6 days) Massacre: 3–4 June 1989 (1 day); 35 years ago Location Beijing, China and 400 cities nationwide Tiananmen ...
October 1, 1961 (Sunday) Baseball player Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run in the last game of the season, against the Boston Red Sox, beating the 34-year-old record held by Babe Ruth. The homer was made at 2:43 p.m. at Yankee Stadium, off of Boston pitcher Tracy Stallard, in the game's fourth inning.
Battle of South Street – an incident between BUF members and anti-fascists in Worthing on 9 October 1934. Battle of De Winton Field – a clash between BUF members and anti-fascists in the Rhondda on 11 June 1936. Battle of Holbeck Moor – a clash between BUF members and anti-fascists in Leeds on 27 September 1936.
1582. 1582 ( MDLXXXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) in the Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Proleptic Gregorian calendar. This year saw the beginning of the Gregorian calendar switch, when the papal bull Inter gravissimas introduced the ...