4 October

List of events which occurred on the 4th of October.

Events[]

1694: Scottish General George Murray is born.
1699: Master painter Rembrandt dies.
1895: Actor/director Buster Keaton is born.
1909: The United States Navy's screw sloop USS Enterprise is decommissioned in Massachusetts. (Star Trek: The Magazine vol. 2, Issue 7: "Enterprise Lineage from Schooner to Starship")
1927: Sculpting of Mount Rushmore begins.
1947: Physicist Max Planck dies.
1957

The space age is inaugurated with the launch of Sputnik 1, Earth's first satellite. (TOS novel: Mission to Horatius, ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology)
A Vulcan ship sent to investigate Sputnik 1 crash lands near Carbon Creek, Pennsylvania, leading to an unofficial first contact with Humans. (ENT episode: "Carbon Creek")

2162: Travis Mayweather accepts Captain Malcolm Reed's invitation to be promoted to lieutenant commander and serve as USS Pioneer's executive officer. (ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: A Choice of Futures)
2165: On Cotesc, Rinheith Chepp decides to aid Starfleet efforts to change the Ware, becoming the deciding vote on the matter with the Partnership of Civilizations. (ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Live by the Code)
2363: The USS Enterprise-D is commissioned and launches from the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards orbiting Mars. (TNG reference: On Board the USS Enterprise, TNG episodes: "Lonely Among Us", "Encounter at Farpoint")
2376: The Federation Security Council decides to keep secret the relationship between Trill Symbionts and Parasites during an investigation into the Trill government's initial decision to unilaterally act against the Parasites. (DS9 novel: Unity; DS9 - Worlds of Deep Space Nine novel: Trill: Unjoined)

1968: TOS episode: "The Paradise Syndrome" airs.
1969: TOS comic: "Spectre of the Zond" continues with the 2nd installment, in TV21 & Joe 90 #2.
1980: The 28th installment of TOS comic: "Husian Gambit" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
1981: The 75th installment of TOS comic: "Quarantine" is published.
1982: The 30th installment of TOS comic: "A Merchant's Loyalty" is published.
1983: The 44th installment of TOS comic: "The Retirement of Admiral Kirk" is published.
1988: First airing of TOS episode: "The Cage".
1993: TOS episode: "Interface" airs (week of).
2000: VOY episode: "Unimatrix Zero", part 2 airs.
2011: ST - Typhon Pact novel: The Struggle Within is published by Pocket Books.
2017: Graphic Novel Collection, Volume 6 is reprinted in Italian by RCS MediaGroup.
2018: Short Treks episode: "Runaway" debuts on CBS All Access, launching Star Trek: Short Treks.
2023: DFT comic: "Issue 8", TNG - Holo-Ween comic: "Issue 1", SNW - The Scorpius Run comic: "Issue 2", and TOS - Year Five omnibus: Deluxe Edition, Volume 1 are released by IDW Publishing.