October 04
1887
The International Herald Tribune was published for the first time.
1895
The first U.S. Open Golf tournament was held in Newport, Rhode Island.
1957
The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into orbit around the earth, ushering in the Space Age and Space Race.
1965
Pope Paul VI made the first visit to the Western Hemisphere by a reigning pope. He came to New York to address the UN General Assembly.
1970
Rock singer Janis Joplin was found dead of a drug overdose at age 27.
1990
The German parliament met for the first time since the reunification of Germany.
2001
Authorities confirmed a tabloid editor in Florida had contracted anthrax. He died the next day.
2002
John Walker Lindh, the “American Taliban,” received a 20-year sentence.
Birthdays
Rutherford B. Hayes
1822–1893, American President
Jean Francois Millet
painter (1814)
Frederic Remington
painter/sculptor (1861)
Damon Runyon
short story writer (1884)
Buster Keaton
actor (1895)
Charlton Heston
actor (1924)
Anne Rice
author (1941)
Susan Sarandon
actress (1946)
Alicia Silverstone
actress, producer (1976)
Rachael Leigh Cook
actress (1979)