On this day: October 4
POSTED: 05:01 PM PDT Oct 03, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Oct 03, 2012
Work begins on Mount Rushmore, Sputnik is launched into space, the pope visits America for the first time, Janis Joplin is found dead of an overdose, all on this day.
Robert Galbraith / Reuters
2011: Apple Inc. announces the release of its much-anticipated iPhone 4S. The phone retains the exterior design of its predecessor, the iPhone 4, but adds a voice recognition system known as Siri, a cloud storage service named iCloud and other improved hardware specifications and software updates.
