4th October anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1858
  • "Birth of Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (also known as Michael Pupin), Serbian physicist who greatly extended the range of long-distance telephones."
• event
  • 1535
  • 1st English Translation of the Bible printed
  • 1883
  • Foundation of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow by William Smith
  • 1883
  • "The first Boys’ Brigade meeting was held in Glasgow, Scotland ."
  • 1957
  • "The Soviet Union put the first man-made satellite, Sputnik I, into orbit."
  • 1958
  • "BOAC (now British Airways) launched the first regular transatlantic passenger jet service, between London and New York."
  • 1962
  • Beatles release 1st single - Love me Do
  • 1983
  • "British driver Richard Noble set a new land speed record of 633.468 mph (1,019 km/h) driving ‘Thrust II’ at Black Rock Desert, Nevada."
  • 1988
  • American televangelist Jim Bakker was charged with fraud .
  • 1993
  • "Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered tanks to storm the parliament building, crushing a hardline Communist rebellion."
• Death
  • 1859
  • "Death of Karl Baedeker, German publisher of guidebooks for tourists"
  • 1989
  • "Death of Graham Chapman, British comedian (Monty Python)"