Historical timeline for October 4

Joint Nigerien-American Special Forces are ambushed by Islamic State militants outside the village of Tongo Tongo.

The Ajka plant accident in Hungary releases a million cubic metres of liquid alumina sludge, killing nine, injuring 122, and severely contaminating two major rivers.

WikiLeaks is launched.

SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.

The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs.

Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.

The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina.

Battle of Mogadishu occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two UN Peacekeepers and at least 600 Somalian militia men and civilians.

Tanks bombard the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside.

El Al Flight 1862 crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.

The Rome General Peace Accords end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.

The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.

The Free Software Foundation is founded.

Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.

Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son.

Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.

Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas.

Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.

Eastern Airlines flight 375 crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people of the 72 aboard.

The current constitution of France is adopted.