Celebrity Birthdays and On-This-Day October 4th:
2001 - In Washington, DC, Reagan National Airport re-opened. The airport had been closed since the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
1990 - FOX began airing "Beverly Hills 90210." It ran for 10 seasons.
1976 - Barbara Walters joined Harry Reasoner at the anchor desk of the "ABC Evening News" for the first time
1970 - Janis Joplin was found dead of a heroin overdose at the age of 27. She had just finished recording her second album "Pearl."
1962 - "Love Me Do" was released by the Beatles
1957 - "Leave it to Beaver" debuted on CBS-TV.
1931 - The comic strip "Dick Tracy" made its debut in the Detroit Daily Mirror. The strip was created by Chester Gould.
1535 - The first complete English translation of the Bible was printed in Zurich, Switzerland Elena Katina (singer for dance/rock duo Tatu) 1984 Rachel Leigh Cook ("She's All That", "Antitrust", "Josie and the Pussycats", "11:14") 1979 Alicia Silverstone ("Clueless", "A Blast From the Past" star got her start in the mid-'90s in several Aerosmith music videos) 1976 Anne Rice (author writes mainly about Witches and Vampires) 1941 Leroy Van Dyke (country/pop singer most famous for the hit "Just Walk On By") 1929 Charlton Heston ["Ben-Hur", "The 10 Commandments", "Planet of the Apes", was 3-term President of the National Rifle Association (NRA)] 1924 Rutherford B. Hayes (19th US President 1877-81) 1822
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