Monday, October 4

Today is Monday, October 4, the 277th day of 2010. There are 88 days left in the year.

Highlights in history on this date:

1830 - The provisional government of Belgium proclaims the country's independence from The Netherlands.

1853 - Turkey declares war on Russia, which occupied modern Romania three months earlier. Later Britain, France and Sardinia join the Crimean War on Turkey's side.

1865 - Napoleon III of France agrees to Prussian supremacy in Germany and to a united Italy after meeting Otto von Bismarck in Biarritz.

1895 - The first U.S. Open golf tournament is held, at the Newport Country Club in Rhode Island.

1910 - Portugal's King Manuel II …