OCTOBER 4 IN HISTORY

1332 - Letter issued by papal Chancellery in Avignon, attesting the existence of the social classes in SW Moldova, mentioning "the powerful of those lands"
1853 - Crimean War begins (1853-1856). The Romanian Principalities became theatre of occupation and military confrontations
1873 - Birth of mathematician Gheorghe Titeica, member, vice-president and secretary general of the Romanian Academy (d. February 5, 1939)
1881 - Birth of engineer, inventor Gogu (George) Constantinescu, member of the Romanian Academy (d. December 11/12, 1965)
1883 - Birth of actress Maria Filotti (d. November 4, 1956)
1929 - The Bucharest Studio of the National Theatre opens under the directorate of prose writer, dramatist Liviu Rebreanu, with 'The geranium in the window' by Victor Ioan Popa
1933 - Birth of George Astalos, poet and playwright, established from 1971 in France (d. April 27, 2014)
1934 - Birth of actor Mircea Albulescu (d. April 8, 2016)
1937 - Birth of poet Ioanid Romanescu (d. March 20, 1996)
1940 - Death of Petre Andrei, sociologist, philosopher, political man, a post-mortem member of the Romanian Academy (31 January, 1991) (b. 29 June, 1891)
1943 - Birth of actor, director and songwriter Florian Pittis (d. August 5, 2007)
1943 - Birth of pop music singer, composer Marian Nistor, founder of Savoy band
1944 - Birth of Ion Vartic, essayist and literary critic
1957 - Birth of actress Valeria Sitaru
1963 - The open-air Museum of Dumbrava Sibiului is inaugurated
1974 - Birth of director Sergiu Negulici
1978 - Birth of actor Marius Manole
1993 - The Council of Europe Ministers' Committee accepts Romania as full member of the Council of Europe
1994 - Death of pop music, romance singer Luigi Ionescu (b. 3 April, 1927)
1999 - In Bucharest unfold the works of the 15th Planetary Congress of the Cosmic Space Exploreres' Agency attended by over 250 cosmonauts, astronauts. The congress's theme was "The cosmic space and astronomy - towards a new millennium"
2011 - Death of physician Mircea Olteanu, honorary member of the Romanian Academy, one of the world's first eye surgeons who has operated newborns under two weeks of age under general anesthesia (b. December 15, 1926).AGERPRES reports.