
A bit of October 4th history…
1363 - End of the Battle of Lake Poyang: the Chinese rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang defeat that of rival Chen Youliang; one of the largest naval battles in history with approx. 850,000 taking part
1537 - The 1st complete English-language Bible, the “Matthew Bible” is printed
1648 - Peter Stuyvesant establishes America’s 1st volunteer fire service
1678 - The pocket watch is patented
1883 - The Orient Express departs on its 1st official journey from Paris to Istanbul (pictured)
1922 - World Series is broadcast over radio for 1st time
1957 - Soviet Union launches Sputnik I, 1st artificial Earth satellite (pictured below)
2006 - WikiLeaks is launched by Julian Assange
2011 - US State Department lists Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (ISIC) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist with a $10 million reward for information leading to his capture
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