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Today in History: Tuesday, October\u00a0 04, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit.
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1822<\/td>\nRutherford B. Hayes, the 19th president of the United States, was born in Delaware, Ohio.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1895<\/td>\nThe first U.S. Open golf tournament was held, at the Newport Country Club in Rhode Island.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1923<\/td>\nActor Charlton Heston was born John Charles Carter in Evanston, Ill.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1931<\/td>\nThe comic strip “Dick Tracy” by Chester Gould made its debut.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1957<\/td>\nJimmy Hoffa was elected president of the Teamsters Union.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1957<\/td>\n“Leave It to Beaver” premiered on CBS.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970<\/td>\nRock singer Janis Joplin, 27, was found dead of an accidental heroin overdose.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1990<\/td>\nGerman lawmakers held the first meeting of the reunified country’s parliament in the Reichstag in Berlin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nDozens of cheering, dancing Somalis dragged the body of an American soldier through the streets of Mogadishu.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nAuthorities said a man in Boca Raton, Fla., had contracted the inhaled form of anthrax; he died the following day.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nJohn Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban,” was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a federal judge in Alexandria, Va.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nRichard Reid pleaded guilty in a federal court to trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nThe Supreme Court began a new era with three women serving together for the first time as Elena Kagan took her place at the end of the bench.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Actress Susan Sarandon turns 70 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Sam Huff<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eddie Applegate<\/td>\nActor (“The Patty Duke Show”)<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jackie Collins<\/td>\nAuthor<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roy Blount Jr.<\/td>\nAuthor<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anne Rice<\/td>\nAuthor<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clifton Davis<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chuck Hagel<\/td>\nFormer Secretary of defense<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mike Mullen<\/td>\nFormer joint chiefs of staff chairman<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lee Blessing<\/td>\nPlaywright<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Armand Assante<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christoph Waltz<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David W. Harper<\/td>\nActor (“The Waltons”)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jon Secada<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liev Schreiber<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alicia Silverstone<\/td>\nActress (“Clueless”)<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachael Leigh Cook<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cubbie Fink<\/td>\nRock musician (Foster the People)<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jered Weaver<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dakota Johnson<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Music producer Russell Simmons turns 59 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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