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October 4
1887The International Herald Tribune was published for the first time. 1895The first U.S. Open Golf tournament was held in Newport, Rhode Island. 1957The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into orbit around the earth, ushering in the Space Age and Space Race. 1965Pope 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. 1970Rock singer Janis Joplin was found dead of a drug overdose at age 27. 1990The German parliament met for the first time since the reunification of Germany. 2001Authorities confirmed a tabloid editor in Florida had contracted anthrax. He died the next day. 2002John Walker Lindh, the "American Taliban," received a 20-year sentence. 
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