This day in history, October 4:

• 1909: Ann Arbor City Council meeting; minutes; mayor William L. Walz
• 1954: Seventy-sixth Annual Choral Union Concert Series with soprano Roberta Peters
• 1957: Sputnik 1 is launched.
• 2006: Vic Heyliger (b. 1912) dies; University of Michigan ice hockey coach, 1944-1957.

Sources

• This week in history, Michigan Daily, October 4, 2011