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4 October 2017 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 4 October 2017 was a Wednesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Look What You Made Me Do” by Taylor Swift.
- Top Film of 2017
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2017–18 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 4 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 4 October 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 4 October 2017 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 4 October
- 1992 The Rome General Peace Accords end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.
- 1997 The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina.
- 2004 SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.
- 2006 WikiLeaks is launched.
- 2017 Joint Nigerien-American Special Forces are ambushed by Islamic State militants outside the village of Tongo Tongo.
Famous people born on October 4
- Dakota Johnson, American actress (born 1989)
- Vicky Krieps, Luxembourgish actress (born 1983)
- Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist (born 1946)
- Liev Schreiber, American actor and director (born 1967)
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Events of 2017 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2017 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 24 – The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards are announced. The nominees for Best Picture are Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight.
- February 26 – The 89th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Barry Jenkins' Moonlight winning Best Picture.
- May 5 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the 15th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Life in the US in 2017
President
Donald Trump
Gas (per gallon)
$2.42
Loaf of Bread
$2.08
Average House
$323,100
Weekly Wage
$869
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