Janis Joplin discovered useless – Chicago Tribune

In the present day is Saturday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2025. There are 88 days left within the 12 months.

In the present day in historical past:

On Oct. 4, 1970, rock singer Janis Joplin was discovered useless in her Hollywood lodge room at age 27.

Additionally on this date:

In 1777, Gen. George Washington’s troops launched an assault on the British at Germantown, Pennsylvania, leading to heavy American casualties and the retreat of Washington’s Continental Military.

In 1927, sculptor Gutzon Borglum started building on what’s now Mount Rushmore Nationwide Memorial.

In 1957, the House Age started because the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the primary synthetic satellite tv for pc, into orbit.

In 1965, Pope Paul VI grew to become the primary pope to go to the Western Hemisphere as he addressed the U.N. Common Meeting.

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

In 2002, “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh obtained a 20-year sentence after a sobbing plea for forgiveness earlier than a federal decide in Alexandria, Virginia. (He was launched from jail in Might, 2019.)