It happened on a… October 4

2022

Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees hits his 62nd home run. Judge set the American League single-season record, surpassing Roger Maris.

2012

7-time Formula 1 world drivers champion Michael Schumacher of Germany announces his retirement from racing at the end of the season.

2006

WikiLeaks is launched, created by internet activist Julian Assange.

1994

Bodies of 48 members of the Order of the Solar Temple found in a burned-out farmhouse and three chalets in Switzerland.

1990

U.S. premiere of Fox TV’s “Beverly Hills, 90210” starring Luke Perry, Jason Priestley and Shannen Doherty.

1970

US singer Janis Joplin was found dead at the Landmark Hotel Hollywood after an accidental heroin overdose.

1957

The Soviet Union launched Sputnik I into orbit around the Earth. Sputnik was the first manmade satellite to enter space.

1933

Esquire magazine is 1st published.

1931

Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts.

1909

Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier lays the first stone of École Technique in Montreal.

1906

Chicago Cubs beat Pittsburg Pirates, 4-0 to end MLB season at 116-36 with .763 winning percentage; unmatched since.

1895

The first U.S. Open golf tournament took place in Newport, RI. Horace Rawlins, 19 years old, won the tournament.

1883

The Orient Express departs on its first official journey from Paris to Istanbul.

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.