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What happened in history on this day: October 3?
On October 3 in ...
- 1789 - US President George Washington proclaims the first national Thanksgiving Day on November 26.
- 1849 - Edgar Allan Poe is found unconscious in Baltimore, Maryland. He may have been a victim of "cooping", forced to vote repeatedly.
- 1862 - Battle of Corinth, Mississippi, CSA.
- 1863 - US President Abraham Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
- 1913 - US Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1 percent).
- 1922 - First facsimile photo sent over city telephone lines, Washington, DC.
- 1945 - World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member.
- 1945 - The President signs Executive Order 9637, creating the Presidential Medal of Merit.
- 1947 - First telescope lens 200 inches (508cm) in diameter completed.
- 1952 - First video recording on magnetic tape, Los Angeles, California.
- 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".
- 1960 - San Francisco's White House department store is first to accept BankAmericard credit card.
- 1967 - William Knight sets X-15 speed record of 7,297 KPH/4,534 MPH/Mach 6.72.
- 1974 - Nancy Wilcox disappears from Salt Lake City, Utah (possible Ted Bundy victim).
- 1974 - Watergate trial begins.
- 1979 - A EF4 Tornado hits Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA causing extensive damage to the town.
- 1986 - Soviet Yankee-class submarine sinks off North Carolina, three die.
- 1993 - A large scale battle erupts between U.S. forces and local militia in Mogadishu, Somalia; two Black Hawk helicopters are shot down; 19 Americans and 500 Somalis are killed.
- 1995 - O.J. Simpson is found not guilty of double murder for the deaths of former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
- 2005 - St. Tammany Parish Schools reopen in Louisiana, just over a month after Hurricane Katrina closed them.
- 2005 - U.S. President George W. Bush nominates Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 2007 - Hundreds of witnesses report seeing a flaming ball cross the skies of Minnesota, accompanied by a sonic boom, and a rain of debris.
- 2008 - The U.S. House of Representatives approves the modified US$700 billion bank bailout plan, voting 263 in favor, 171 against. President George Bush quickly signs the bill into law.
- 2008 - US President George Bush tells congress the US will sell US$6.5 billion worth of weaponry to Taiwan.
- 2015 - A United States airstrike on a Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) hospital in Afghanistan accidentally kills an estimated 20 people.
Births on October 3
- 1899 - Birth of Gertrude Berg in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA; actress (Molly Goldberg - The Goldbergs).
- 1900 - Birth of Jay Irving in New York City, New York, USA; cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh).
- 1912 - Birth of Van Arsdale France in Seattle, Washington, USA; trained Disneyland employees, established Disney University, created Backstage Disneyland magazine for cast members, established Disneyland Alumni Club, retired 1978, named Disney Legend in 1994.
- 1934 - Birth of Madlyn Rhue in Washington, DC, USA; actress (Bracken's World, Executive Suite).
- 1935 - Birth of Charles M Duke Junior in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Brigadier General US Air Force/astronaut (Apollo 16).
- 1936 - Birth of Steve Reich in New York City, New York, USA; composer (My Name is).
- 1938 - Birth of Eddie Cochran in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; rocker ("C'Mon Everybody").
- 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).
- 1951 - Birth of Kathryn D Sullivan in Paterson, New Jersey, USA; PhD/astronaut (STS 41-G, 28, 31, 45).
- 1962 - Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit.
Deaths on October 3
- 1979 - Charles White, artist, dies at age 61 in Los Angeles, California.
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