October 4

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1209 - Otto IV is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
1537 - The first complete English-language Bible (the Matthew Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale.
1636 - The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
1824 - Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
1830 - Creation of the state of Belgium after separation from The Netherlands.
1853 - Crimean War: The Ottoman Empire declares war on Russia.
1910 - Declaration of the Portuguese Republic. King Manuel II flees to the United Kingdom.
1940 - Meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini at the Brenner Pass.
1943 - The Posen Speech purportedly delivered by Heinrich Himmler.
1957 - Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
1958 - Fifth Republic of France is established.
1965 - The first Pope to ever visit the United States of America, Pope Paul VI arrives in New York.
1966 - Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
1992 - El Al Flight 1862: an El Al Boeing 747-258F crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
2004 - SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.

1626 - Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1712)
1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)
1861 - Frederic Remington, American painter (d. 1909)
1903 - Ernst Kaltenbrunner, German military officer (d. 1946)
1943 - H. Rap Brown, Black Panther
1946 - Chuck Hagel, American politician