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What happened in history on this day: October 3?
On October 3 in ...
- 1952 - CBS premieres the Our Miss Brooks 30-minute comedy TV show.
- 1952 - First video recording on magnetic tape, Los Angeles, California.
- 1954 - CBS premieres the Father Knows Best 30-minute comedy TV show, starring Robert Young.
- 1955 - CBS debuts the Captain Kangaroo children's television show.
- 1955 - The ABC TV network launches Disney's second TV show The Mickey Mouse Club. It is a daily one-hour series, showing cartoons and introducing the talents of the "Mouseketeers".
- 1957 - ABC-TV debuts The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom weekly music show.
- 1957 - ABC-TV debuts the comedy series The Real McCoys.
- 1958 - CBS resumes airing The Jackie Gleason Show 30-minute comedy variety series.
- 1960 - CBS premieres The Andy Griffith Show 30-minute comedy show.
- 1961 - CBS-TV airs the first episode of comedy The Dick Van Dyke Show, starring Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, and Morey Amsterdam.
- 1961 - TV show about a talking horse Mr Ed, starring Alan Young, first appears.
- 1976 - NBC airs the first episode of TV show Quincy M.E. as a 90-minute movie entitled Go Fight City Hall -- to the Death!.
- 1998 - The television show Mortal Kombat: Conquest first airs in the US.
- 2004 - ABC airs the first episode of TV show Desperate Housewives.
Births on October 3
- 1899 - Birth of Gertrude Berg in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA; actress (Molly Goldberg - The Goldbergs).
- 1911 - Birth of Michael Hordern in England; actor (Friar Domingo - Shogun).
- 1934 - Birth of Madlyn Rhue in Washington, DC, USA; actress (Bracken's World, Executive Suite).
- 1939 - Birth of James Darren in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor/singer (Gidget, Diamond Head).
- 1946 - Birth of Bob Dotson in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; newscaster (Primetime Sunday).
- 1950 - Birth of Pamela Hensley in Glendale, California, USA; actress (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century).
- 1956 - Birth of Hart Bochner; actor (Supergirl, Die Hard).
- 1959 - Birth of Jack Wagner; rocker/actor (General Hospital, Santa Barbara).
- 1969 - Birth of Shane Butterworth; actor (Timmy - Bad News Bears).
Deaths on October 3
- 1959 - William Bishop, actor (Steve - It's a Great Life), dies at age 42.
- 1965 - Death of Zachary Scott at age 51 of a malignant brain tumor; actor (Spotlight Playhouse).
- 1983 - John K.M. McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at age 69.
- 1985 - Maurice Copeland, actor (Ralph - Those Young Charmings), dies at age 74.
- 2022 - Death of Charles Fuller at age 83; playwright (A Soldier's Play, Pulitzer prize winner).
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