October 4
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.