October 4

Events

 * 1983 - U.S. President Reagan signs Radio Marti into law

Births

 * 1858 –, Serbian-born telephone pioneer (d. 1935)
 * 1929 –, American singer
 * 1942 –, American musician (Sweet Honey in the Rock)
 * 1946 –, English singer/songwriter and guitarist
 * 1947 –, French singer
 * 1947 –, American bassist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
 * 1959 –, British musician (Pet Shop Boys)
 * 1962 –, Cuban singer and songwriter
 * 1965 –, American musician
 * 1971 –, Australian guitarist
 * 1971 –, Hungarian singer
 * 1981 –, Japanese singer
 * 1984 –, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
 * 1985 –, Barbados born singer
 * 1986 –, Mexican singer
 * 1989 –, American rapper

Deaths

 * 1935 –, German soprano (b. 1874)
 * 1969 –, Italian singer (b. 1912)
 * 1970 –, American singer (b. 1943)
 * 1982 –, Canadian pianist (b. 1932)


 * 1990 –, British bandleader (b. 1924)
 * 1991 –, American singer (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers) (b. 1941)
 * 1994 –, American guitar virtuoso (b. 1945)
 * 1999 –, Norwegian black metal musician (b. 1969)
 * 1999 –, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1928)
 * 2009 –, Argentine singer (b. 1935)