Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 4

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[edit] Births

• 1289 - King Louis X of France (d. 1316)
• 1626 - Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1712)
• 1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893) (pictured)
• 1895 - Buster Keaton, American comedian (d. 1966)
• 1916 - Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1924 - Charlton Heston, American actor
• 1937 - Jackie Collins, British author
• 1941 - Anne Rice, American writer
• 1946 - Susan Sarandon, American actress
• 1976 - Alicia Silverstone, American actress

[edit] Deaths

• 1305 - Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)
• 1582 - Teresa of Avila, Spanish saint (b. 1515)
• 1597 - Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1550)
• 1669 - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter (b. 1606)
• 1743 - John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (b. 1678)
• 1754 - Tanacharison, Catawba Indian chief
• 1859 - Karl Baedeker, German publisher (b. 1801)
• 1947 - Max Planck, Nobel laureate (b. 1858)
• 1970 - Janis Joplin, American singer (b. 1943)