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October 4th

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World Animal Day

Annual observance on October 4 (feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi) raising standards for animal welfare worldwide.

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582 Notable birthdays

Ronald Hernández

Venezuelan association football player.

Born October 4th, 1997 (age 28 years) in Barinas.

Prince Albert of Prussia

Prussian colonel-general (1809-1872).

Born October 4th, 1809 in Königsberg.

Died October 14th, 1872 at 63 years old in Berlin.

Arundhati Reddy

Indian woman cricketer.

Born October 4th, 1997 (age 28 years) in Hyderabad.

Philip Van Zandt

Actor (1904–1958).

Born October 4th, 1904 in Amsterdam.

Died February 15th, 1958 at 53 years old in Los Angeles (intoxication).

Irm Hermann

German actress (1942–2020).

Born October 4th, 1942 in Munich.

Died May 26th, 2020 at 77 years old in Berlin (disease). [ref]

Éamon Zayed

Irish-libyan footballer.

Born October 4th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Dublin. [ref]

Meenakshi Thapa

Indian actress (1984-2012).

Born October 4th, 1984 in Dehradun.

Died April 19th, 2012 at 27 years old in Gorakhpur (decapitation).

Mykola Shaparenko

Ukrainian association football player.

Born October 4th, 1998 (age 27 years) in Rozdolne.

Jiang Yanyong

Chinese physician (1931-2023).

Born October 4th, 1931 in Hangzhou.

Died March 12th, 2023 at 91 years old in Chinese PLA General Hospital & Medical School. [ref]

Mikaela Engell

Danish high commissioner of greenland.

Born October 4th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Copenhagen.

Geoffrey S. Fletcher

American screenwriter.

Born October 4th, 1970 (age 55 years) in New London.

Martin Potter

British actor.

Born October 4th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Nottingham.

Franz Vranitzky

Austrian chancellor.

Born October 4th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Vienna.

Francisco Morales Bermúdez

President of peru (1921–2022).

Born October 4th, 1921 in Lima.

Died July 14th, 2022 at 100 years old in Lima. [ref]

Bridget St John

British singer-songwriter.

Born October 4th, 1946 (age 79 years) in London.

Étienne Davignon, 1st Count Davignon

Belgian retired diplomat and civil servant.

Born October 4th, 1932 in Budapest. [ref]

Died May 18th, 2026 at 93 years old in Ixelles. [ref]

Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes

Royal navy officer (1872-1945).

Born October 4th, 1872 in Punjab.

Died December 26th, 1945 at 73 years old in Buckinghamshire.

Anne W. Patterson

United states department of state official and diplomat.

Born October 4th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Fort Smith.

Horst Janson

German film and television actor (1935–2025).

Born October 4th, 1935 in Mainz-Kastel.

Died January 19th, 2025 at 89 years old in Munich. [ref]

Alain Daniélou

French historian, musicologist and indologist (1907–1994).

Born October 4th, 1907 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Died January 27th, 1994 at 86 years old in Lonay.

Kurt Wüthrich

Swiss chemist (born 1938).

Born October 4th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Aarberg. [ref]

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

French painter and sculptor (1891-1915).

Born October 4th, 1891 in Saint-Jean-de-Braye.

Died June 5th, 1915 at 23 years old in Neuville-Saint-Vaast.

Truck Robinson

American basketball player.

Born October 4th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Jacksonville.

Michiko Neya

Japanese voice actress.

Born October 4th, 1965 (age 60 years) in Echizen.

Li Hang

Chinese snooker player.

Born October 4th, 1990 (age 35 years) in Jinzhou. [ref]

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