Top Social News Stories
October 4 2008
- Reddit: Judgement...Experience (1755 Score)
- Digg: Palin On Fox: Katie Couric Annoyed Me (3312 Diggs)
- YouTube: Bill O'Reilly Yells at Barney Frank (Time 3:46)
- Propeller: Bill Gates: Satanist in Sheep's Clothes? (7.9 Prop Score)
- Fark: OJail (23697 Clicks)
- VideoSift: Bill Maher: New Rules 10/3/08 (56 Sifts)
October 4 Historical Events
The 2000s
- 2003: A suicide bomber kills 21 people inside a restaurant in Haifa, Israel.
The 1990s
- 1993: Two Blackhawk Helicopters are shot down and 5 Americans are killed in Mogadishu during a humanitarian mission in Somalia.
The 1950s
- 1957: The Soviet Union successfully launch Sputnik into orbit.
The 1800s
- 1895: The first U.S. Open Golf tournament is held at the Newport Country Club in Rhode Island. The first champion was was Horace Rawlins
October 4 Historical Information
- Wikipedia: Today in History Entry
- Library of Congress: This Day in History
- The New York Times: Today in History News Archive
- BBC News: Historical Archive
- CBC News: Today in Canada Archive
- History.com: This Day in History
October 4 in Sports
- TodayInSportsHistory.com: Today in Sports History
- National Pastime: Today in Baseball History
October 4 Historical Articles
- BBC: US forces killed in Somali gun battle (1993)
- The New York Times: Soviets Fire Satellite into Space (1957)
October 4 Moment of Zen
- The Daily Show: Thomas R. Marshall with Pages (2006)
- The Daily Show: Double Banfield (2001)
- The Daily Show: Colbert Flub (2000)
- The Daily Show: Whole Tooth (1999)
- The Daily Show: Bush's Tongue Twister (2005)