Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/October 4
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- Today is World Animal Day.
- 1957 - Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
- 1957 - Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario.
- 1965 - The first Pope to ever visit the United States of America, Pope Paul VI arrives in New York.
- 1983 - Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 mph (1,019 km/h).