Historical milestones and anniversaries of October 4

Historical records highlight several significant global and Greek events occurring on October 4. In 1853, the Crimean War was declared between the Ottoman Empire, supported by France and England, and Russia. In 1912, the First Balkan War began following the refusal of the Ottoman Empire to implement administrative reforms for Christian ethnic groups.

Regarding 20th-century history, Heinrich Himmler delivered a speech in occupied Poznan, Poland, in 1943 detailing the extermination of Jews, which later served as evidence during the Nuremberg Trials. In 1974, Konstantinos Karamanlis founded the New Democracy political party in Greece.

Other notable milestones include the inaugural journey of the Orient Express in 1883, the first external pacemaker implantation by Dr. Paul Zoll in 1952, and the death of theoretical physicist Max Planck in 1947.