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From: Mary Minnich< >
Subject: [FOLKLORE] Today in History - Oct. 4th
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 07:40:40 -0400


Today is Monday, October fourth, the 277th day of 1999.
There are 88 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:
On October fourth, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched
Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit.

On this date:
In 1777, George Washington's troops launched an assault on the British at
Germantown, Pennsylvania, resulting in heavy American casualties.

In 1822, the 19th president of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes, was
born in Delaware, Ohio.

In 1887, the first issue of the "International Herald Tribune" was published
as the "Paris Herald Tribune."

In 1895, the first US Open golf tournament was held, at the Newport Country
Club in Rhode Island.

In 1931, the comic strip "Dick Tracy," created by Chester Gould, made its
debut.

In 1940, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini conferred at Brenner Pass in the
Alps, where the Nazi leader sought Italy's help in fighting the British.

In 1958, the first trans-Atlantic passenger jetliner service was begun by
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) with flights between London and
New York.

In 1970, rock singer Janis Joplin, 27, was found dead in her Hollywood hotel
room.

In 1976, agriculture secretary Earl Butz resigned in the wake of a
controversy over a joke he'd made about blacks.

In 1978, funeral services were held at the Vatican for Pope John Paul the
First.

Ten years ago: Fawaz Younis, a Lebanese hijacker convicted of commandeering
a Jordanian jetliner with two Americans aboard in 1985, was sentenced in
Washington to 30 years in prison.

Five years ago: Exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide vowed in an
address to the UN General Assembly to return to Haiti in eleven days.
President Clinton welcomed South African President Nelson Mandela to the
White House.

One year ago: Russian envoys warned Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic
that NATO might launch airstrikes unless he took "decisive measures" to end
the humanitarian crisis in the southern province of Kosovo. Brazilian
President Fernando Henrique Cardoso won re-election.

Today's Birthdays:
Comedian Jan Murray is 82.
Actor Charlton Heston is 75.
Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is 70.
Actress Felicia Farr is 67.
Actor Eddie Applegate is 64.
Author Jackie Collins is 58.
Author Anne Rice is 58.
Actor Clifton Davis is 54.
Actress Susan Sarandon is 53.
Actor Armand Assante is 50.
Actor Alan Rosenberg is 49.
Producer Russell Simmons is 42.
Musician Chris Lowe (The Pet Shop Boys) is 40.
Country musician Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (Sawyer Brown) is 39. Actor David W.
Harper is 38. Singer Jon Secada is 38.
Actor Liev Schreiber is 32.
Rock musician Andy Parle (Space) is 29.
Actress Alicia Silverstone is 23.
Actress Rachel Leigh Cook is 20.
Actor Jimmy Workman is 19.
Actor Michael Charles Roman is 12.

Thought for Today:

"Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest
political end."
-- Lord Acton, English historian (1834-1902).

(Copyright 1999 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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