Today In History - October 3

1264 A comet is said to predict the death of Pope Urban IV
1430 The Jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia
1789 Washington proclaims the first national Thanksgiving Day on November 26
1863 Lincoln designates the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day
1913 Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%)
1922 The first facsimile photo is sent over city telephone lines
1928 French submarine "Ondine" sinks returning to Toulon, drowning 42
1945 World Federation of Trade Unions formed
1947 The first telescope lens 200" in diameter is completed
1949 WERD, first black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta
1952 The first video recording on magnetic tape, LA, Ca
1954 TV series "Father Knows Best" premieres
1955 TV series "Captain Kangaroo" premieres
1955 TV series "Mickey Mouse Club" premieres
1955 The Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea
1961 TV series "Dick Van Dyke Show" premieres on CBS-TV
1961 TV series "Mr Ed" premieres
1971 Billie Jean King became first female athlete to win $100,000
1974 The Watergate trial begins
1975 George Harrison releases "Extra Texture" album in UK
1978 Gold hits a record $223.50 an ounce in London
1982 Scott Weiland runs Detroit marathon backwards in less than 5 hours
1983 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release "Say, Say, Say" in UK
1986 Soviet Yankee-class sub sinks off NC, 3 die
1988 Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh
1989 The Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails
1990 East Germany and West Germany merge to become Germany
1990 Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obscenity for selling 2 Live Crew rap records

1605 Li Tzu-ch'eng
1800 George Bancroft
1803 John Gorrie
1804 Townsend Harris
1814 Mikhail (Yurevich) Lermontov
1854 William Crawford Gorgas
1859 Elenora Duse
1886 Henri Alain-Fournier
1899 Gertrude Berg
1900 Jay Irving
1900 Thomas Wolfe
1904 Charles Pedersen
1911 Michael Hordern
1925 Gore Vidal
1928 Erik Bruhn
1934 Madlyn Rhue
1938 Eddie Cochran
1939 James Darren
1940 Jean Ratelle
1941 Chubby Checker
1945 Viktor Saneyev
1946 Bob Dotson
1947 Lindsey Buckingham
1950 Pamela Hensley
1951 Dave Winfield
1951 Kathryn D. Sullivan
1956 Hart Bochner
1959 Jack Wagner
1962 Tommy Lee
1963 Patrick Flatley
1969 Shane Butterworth