October 4 in History
4 October in History – 80 years ago
the Arctic 1944: Lapland War
Finland, which had entered the War to reclaim land taken by the Soviets, had been trying to... SEE MORE…
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Ending on 4 October 1993
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1993
Yeltsin cracks down on Russian parliament
1957
Soviets launch Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to be put in orbit
ends
1944
US-led Allies captures Morotai
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1944
US thwarts German efforts to set up weather stations in Greenland
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1918
Influenza pandemic strikes Australasia*
starts
1878
Argentina conquers southern tribes
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1865
Bismarck meets with Napoleon III at Biarritz
1859
Kansas votes to become a free state
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1849
Serbs in revolt against Hungarians in Vojvodina
447
In new treaty with Huns, Eastern Romans agree to withdraw from Danube*
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391
Romans defeat Gothic bandits in Macedonia*
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376
Romans ferry Tervingi across Danube; Greuthungi cross secretly*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 4 October for purposes of Omniatlas
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