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Today in History - October 4

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October 4
1777 - Gen. George Washington’s troops launched an assault on the British at Germantown, Pennsylvania, resulting in heavy American casualties.

1927 - Sculptor Gutzon Borglum began construction on what is now Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

1957 - The Soviet Union launched the first man-made satellite into orbit around the Earth, named Sputnik.

1965 - Pope Paul VI made the first visit to the Western Hemisphere by a reigning pope as he arrived in New York to address the U.N. General Assembly.

1970 - Rock singer Janis Joplin died from 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.

2001 - A Russian airliner flying from Israel to Siberia was accidentally downed by a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile over the Black Sea, killing all 78 people aboard.

2002 - John Walker Lindh, the so-called "American Taliban," received a 20-year prison sentence. (He was released from prison in May 2019.)

2004 - The SpaceShipOne rocket plane broke through Earth’s atmosphere to the edge of space for the second time in five days, capturing the $10 million Ansari X prize aimed at opening the final frontier to tourists.

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35 - Lil Mama (rapper)
35 - Stacey Solomon (singer)
35 - Dakota Johnson (actress)
36 - Derrick Rose (basketball player)
36 - Melissa Benoist (actress)
45 - Rachael Leigh Cook (actress)
45 - Caitriona Balfe (actress)
48 - Alicia Silverstone (actress)
55 - Abraham Benrubi (actor)
57 - Liev Schreiber (actor)
63 - Jon Secada (singer)
67 - Bill Fagerbakke (actor)
67 - Russell Simmons (entrepreneur)
68 - Christoph Waltz (actor)
75 - Armand Assante (actor)
78 - Susan Sarandon (actress)
80 - Tony La Russa (baseball manager)

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Today in Sports History - October 4

1873 - Toronto Argonauts Football Club (CFL) forms as Argonaut Rowing Club rugby-football squad; oldest existing pro sports team in North America still using original name.

1895 - The first U.S. Open golf tournament was held in Newport, Rhode Island. Horace Rawlins, 19 years old, won the tournament.

1906 - The Chicago Cubs end the season with a record of 116-36; their .763 winning percentage has been unmatched since.

1938 - The New York Yankees sweep the Chicago Cubs to win the World Series.

1953 - The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in six games to win the World Series.

1955 - The Brooklyn Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees in seven games to win the World Series.

1959 - he first World Series to be played west of St. Louis began in Los Angeles.

1967 - The World Series begins between the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox; it is the first World Series since 1948 to not feature the Yankees, Giants or Dodgers.

1987 - NFL owners used replacement personnel to play games despite the player's strike.

2001 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 70th home run of the season to tie Mark McGwire's major league record.

2001 - Rickey Henderson of the San Diego Padres scores his 2,246th career run to break Ty Cobb's major league record.

2001 - The Boston Bruins retire Ray Bourque's #77.

2003 - Texas Tech quarterback B.J. Symons sets a Big 12 Conference record with 8 touchdown passes in a 59-28 win over Texas A&M.

2018 - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady becomes just the third player in NFL history with 500 career touchdown passes.

2022 - New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge breaks Roger Maris's single-season American League home run record with his 62nd of the year.
 
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