Did you know who's birthday is today, Oct 4?

Did you know what happened on this date in time?

2001 Barry Bonds hits his 70th home run of the season, tying the single-season record set by Mark McGuire in 1998.

1994 Grammy®-nominated country guitarist Danny Gatton dies at age 49.

1978 The Vatican holds funeral services for Pope John Paul I.

1976 Barbara Walters becomes the first woman to anchor a network TV newscast, teaming up with Harry Reasoner for the ABC Evening News.

1976 US Agriculture secretary Earl Butz resigns over controversy arising from a joke he made about African-Americans. Uncle Woody sez: With a name like his, I wouldn't go looking for trouble!

1970 Rock vocalist Janis Joplin dies from a drug overdose at age 27.

1963 Gambia, the smallest country in Africa, gains its independence from Great Britain.

1958 British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) begins the first scheduled passenger jet service between London and New York.

1957 Leave It to Beaver, starring Jerry Mathers, debuts on ABC-TV.

1957 Russia launches the world's first satellite into orbit. Sputnik I stayed aloft for nearly 3 months.

1933 The men's magazine Esquire debuts.

1905 US president Calvin Coolidge marries Grace Goodhue.

1895 The first US Open golf tournament is held (Newport Country Club - Newport, RI).

1777 Colonial troops suffer heavy casualties after attacking the British at Germantown, PA, during the American Revolution.