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Birthday October 03, 1605 Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor |
Birthday October 03, 1800 George Bancroft, historian |
Birthday October 03, 1803 John Gorrie, invented cold-air process of refrigeration |
Birthday October 03, 1804 Townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan |
Birthday October 03, 1814 Mikhail Lermontov, leading Russian Romantic poet, novelist |
Birthday October 03, 1859 Elenora Duse, in Italy, Actress |
Birthday October 03, 1888 Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist, pacifist (Nobel 1935) |
Birthday October 03, 1899 Gertrude Berg, Molly Goldberg |
Birthday October 03, 1925 Gore Vidal, writer (Myra Breckinridge, Lincoln) |
Birthday October 03, 1935 Charles M. Duke Jr, astronaut (Apollo 16) |
Birthday October 03, 1935 Eileen Brennan |
Birthday October 03, 1941 Chubby Checker, singer |
Birthday October 03, 1950 Pamela Hensley, in LA |
Birthday October 03, 1951 Dave Winfield, NY Yankee |
Birthday October 03, 1959 Jack Wagner, General Hospital's rocker |
Birthday October 03, 1964 Clive Owen born |
History October 03, 1264 The comet said to predict the death of Pope Urban IV is last seen |
History October 03, 1781 French and Americans cut off British supplies at Gloucester |
History October 03, 1789 Washington proclaims the 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26 |
History October 03, 1862 Battle of Corinth |
History October 03, 1863 Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day |
History October 03, 1863 Lincoln proclaims official Thanksgiving holiday |
History October 03, 1873 U.S. Army hangs four Modoc Indians for the murder of a Civil War hero |
History October 03, 1895 The Red Badge of Courage is published |
History October 03, 1913 Federal Income Tax is signed into law (at 1%) |
History October 03, 1917 War Revenue Act passed in U.S. |
History October 03, 1920 NFL (then American Pro Football Association) plays 1st games |
History October 03, 1932 Iraq wins independence |
History October 03, 1932 Iraq gains full independence from Britain |
History October 03, 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia |
History October 03, 1942 Germany conducts first successful V-2 rocket test |
History October 03, 1942 Launch of the 1st A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles |
History October 03, 1947 With only 1 out to go Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his world series no hit bid it scored 2 runs & he lost the game. |
History October 03, 1947 1st telescope lens 200 inches in diameter completed |
History October 03, 1948 NFL becomes 1st sport of the week |
History October 03, 1950 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV - Beulah |
History October 03, 1951 The shot heard round the world |
History October 03, 1951 Bobby Thomson HR - The Giants win the pennant |
History October 03, 1952 Britain successfully tests A-bomb |
History October 03, 1952 1st video recording on magnetic tape LA Ca |
History October 03, 1954 Father Knows Best premiers |
History October 03, 1955 Mickey Mouse Club premiers |
History October 03, 1955 Captain Kangaroo premieres Good Morning Captain! |
History October 03, 1960 Yanks win 8-7 & end season on a 15 game win streak |
History October 03, 1960 SF's White House dept store 1st to accept BankAmericard |
History October 03, 1961 Dick Van Dyke Show premiers |
History October 03, 1961 UAW walks out on Ford |
History October 03, 1962 Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into earth orbit |
History October 03, 1965 Whitey Ford notches #232 to become Yankees winningest pitcher |
History October 03, 1967 William Knight sets world speed record for fixed-wing craft of 4 534 MPH (Mach 6.72) in X-15 |
History October 03, 1967 Writer, singer and folk icon Woody Guthrie dies |
History October 03, 1967 Operation Wallowa commences |
History October 03, 1968 Twenty-four die in Army helicopter accident |
History October 03, 1972 Spaceflight 71-2 launched; 1st flexible substrate photovoltaic flown |
History October 03, 1981 Maze hunger strike called off |
History October 03, 1985 Space shuttle Atlantis makes all-military maiden flight |
History October 03, 1990 East and West Germany reunite after 45 years |
History October 03, 2005 Hurricane Stan bears down on Mexico |
History October 03, 2011 Amanda Knox murder conviction overturned in Italy |