Launch of Sputnik, Nepal crisis and more: Key events that took place on Oct 4

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Take a look at important events that took place across the globe on October 4.

By CNBCTV18.comOct 4, 2021 9:53:24 AM IST (Published)

1957 - The Soviet Union became the first nation in space, launching the Sputnik-I satellite into orbit 500 miles above the Earth. 1958 - The first transoceanic passenger jet service was inaugurated between New York and London by the British Overseas Airways Corporation. (Representative Image | text: Reuters)

1993 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin crushed a hardline communist rebellion.

2002 - Nepal's King Gyanendra dismissed prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and took over the government.

2003 - A Palestinian suicide bomber killed 23 people in a popular restaurant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. (Image & text: Reuters)

2004 - US scientists Frank Wilczek, David Gross and David Politzer won the Nobel physics prize for explaining how the basic building blocks of nature, quarks, interact.

2005 - Turkey opened membership negotiations with the European Union, 42 years after first being given the prospect of membership in the wealthy bloc.