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2022

Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees hits his 62nd home run. Judge set the American League single-season record, surpassing Roger Maris.

German race car driver Michael Schumacher, a seven-time Formula 1 world champion, announces that he will retire at the end of the season.

The WikiLeaks website is launched by activist Julian Assange.

The bodies of 48 members of the Order of the Solar Temple are found burned in Switzerland.

The TV series “Beverly Hills, 90210,” starring Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, and Shannen Doherty, premieres on Fox.

Singer Janis Joplin is found dead in Hollywood from a heroin overdose.

The USSR launches Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite, into orbit.

The first issue of Esquire magazine is published.

Chester Gould’s first “Dick Tracy” comic strip is published.

Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier lays the cornerstone of the École Polytechnique de Montréal.

The Chicago Cubs (MLB) defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 and finish the season with a 116-36 record, the best in history.

The first U.S. Open golf tournament is held in Newport. Nineteen-year-old Horace Rawlins wins the title.

The Orient Express makes its first trip between Paris and Istanbul.

The Toronto Argonauts Football Club (CFL) is formed. It is the oldest professional club in North America still using its original name.

It happened on… October 4