October 3
Today in America's Present Past
1656 | Myles Standish died.
1778 | Explorer James Cook anchored off Alaska.
1789 | Admiral Francis Gregory was born.
1793 | George Washington proclaims the first national Thanksgiving.
1800 | Historian George Bancroft was born.
1803 | Inventor John Gorrie was born.
1830 | Inventor George Brayton was born.
1838 | Sauk Chief Black Hawk died.
1856 | Activist Timothy Thomas Fortune was born.
1860 | Painter Rembrandt Peale died.
1862 | Civil War: Battle of Corinth, Mississippi.
1863 | POTUS: Republican President Lincoln issued the “Thanksgiving Proclamation.”
1867 | Inventor Elias Howe died.
1869 | Humanitarian Clara Noyes was born.
1872 | Department store Bloomingdale’s opens in New York City.
1873 | Indian Wars: Modoc tribe Chief Kintpuash was executed.
1897 | Humanitarian Josephine Riley Matthews, “Mama Jo,” was born.
1900 | Novelist Thomas Wolfe was born.
1903 | POTUS: Democrat President Wilson signed the Federal Income Tax into law.
1919 | Economist James M. Buchanan is born.
1922 | First facsimile photo sent over telephone wires.
1922 | Rebecca Latimer Felton was appointed the first female U.S. Senator.
1925 | Novelist Gore Vidal was born.
1936 | Football coach John Heisman died.
1941 | Film: “The Maltese Falcon” debuted.
1941 | Musician Chubby Checker was born.
1944 | Comedian Jerry Lewis wed Patti Palmer.
1945 | Musician Elvis Presley, aged 10, places 5th in a talent show, in his first public appearance.
1954 | TV: ”Father Knows Best” debuted.
1953 | Baseball manager Sparky Anderson weds Carol Valle.
1954 | Activist Al Sharpton was born.
1954 | Musician Stevie Ray Vaughn was born.
1955 | TV: “The Mickey Mouse Club” debuted.
1960 | TV: “The Andy Griffith Show” debuted.
1962 | Musician Tommy Lee was born.
1967 | Musician Woody Guthrie died.
1969 | Musician Gwen Stefani was born.
1990 | SCOTUS: Justice David Souter was sworn in.
1992 | POTUS: President Barack Obama wed Michelle Robinson.
1995 | Celebrity O.J. Simpson acquitted of murder charges.
2004 | Actress Janet Leigh died.
2008 | POTUS: Republican President Bush signs the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.
2014 | Musician B. B. King performed his final concert.
2022 | Playwright Charles Fuller died.