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October 3, 1997 Carolina Hurricanes 1st home game vs Pitts Penguins October 3, 1997 Gordie Howie, 69, plays in 7th decade, with IHL'S Detroit Vipers October 3, 1997 Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record at 280.3 mph October 3, 1997 Vancouver Canucks beats Mighty Ducks, 3-2 in Japan October 3, 1996 Thunderdome in Tampa Bay renamed Tropicana Field October 3, 1995 1st 1st-class match at Hurstville Oval, Sydney (NSW vs. W Prov) October 3, 1995 O. J. Simpson found not guilty in murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman October 3, 1994 Fernando Henrique Cardoso elected president of Brazil October 3, 1994 Gary Larson, announces he is retiring from doing "Far Side" cartoon October 3, 1993 "White Liars/Black Comedy" closes at Criterion New York City after 38 performances October 3, 1993 Battle at TV station Ostankino/Moscow townhall, about 25 killed October 3, 1993 Boris Yeltsin declares state of emergency in Moscow October 3, 1993 Evangelist Tammy Faye Bakker (52) weds Roe Messner (58) October 3, 1993 Harry Belafonte performs in Tivoli Copenhagen October 3, 1993 Indians play their last game at Cleveland Stadium, Chicago wins 4-0 October 3, 1993 Somali General Aidids arm forces kill 18 U.S. Rangers October 3, 1993 Giants need to beat Dodgers to force a playoff game with Braves for NL West title, but Dodgers destroy Giants 12-1, Giants end year 103-59 October 3, 1992 Atlanta Braves win franchise record 98th game (old record 95 in 1957) October 3, 1992 LeVar Burton weds Stephanie Cozart October 3, 1992 Madonna premieres her "Erotica" video on MTV October 3, 1992 Sinead O'Connor rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on SNL October 3, 1992 Toronto Blue Jays win AL East title October 3, 1991 25th Country Music Association Award: October 3, 1990 East Germany and West Germany merge to become Germany October 3, 1990 George Brett becomes 1st to lead league in batting in 3 decades October 3, 1990 Tiger Cecil Fielder becomes 11th, to hit 50 home runs (& 51st) October 3, 1990 Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obsenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records October 3, 1989 Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails October 3, 1988 26th Space Shuttle Mission, Discovery 7 returns to Earth after 4-days October 3, 1988 Criterion Center Theater opens at Broadway bet 44th and 45th Sts New York City October 3, 1988 Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh (held for 30 months) October 3, 1988 WBMW-FM, Washington D.C. changes calls to WJFK and begins airing Howard Stern October 3, 1987 Benito Santiago ends longest catcher/rookie hitting streak at 34 October 3, 1987 Michael Pruffer of France skis 135.26 MPH at Portillo, Chile October 3, 1987 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test October 3, 1986 Baltimore loses assuring Orioles of their 1st last-place finish October 3, 1986 Soviet Yankee-class sub sinks off NC, 3 die October 3, 1985 21st Shuttle Mission (51J)-Atlantis 1-all-military flight launched October 3, 1985 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) adopts constitution October 3, 1985 Pope John Paul II declares Titus Brandsma divine October 3, 1985 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands adopts constitution October 3, 1983 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release "Say, Say, Say" in UK October 3, 1982 Cox 4 rowing record set at 12:52 for 99 miles (Geneva, Switzerland) October 3, 1982 Milwaukee whips Baltimore 10-2 to win AL East championship October 3, 1982 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic October 3, 1982 Record 11,763 start a 186 mile cross-country race near Stockholm October 3, 1982 Scott Weiland runs Detroit marathon backwards in less than 5 hours October 3, 1981 Brewers (since 1970) and Expos (1969) clinch their 1st-ever postseason October 3, 1981 Irish Nationalist at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7-month hunger strike October 3, 1981 Mike Weaver beats Quick Tillis in 15 for heavyweight boxing title October 3, 1980 4 dies in attack on synagogue in Paris October 3, 1978 Gold hits record $223.50 an ounce in London October 3, 1977 "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" opens at Imperial New York City for 66 performances October 3, 1977 Indira Gandhi arrested October 3, 1976 Hank Aaron singles in his last at bat and drives in his 2,297th run October 3, 1976 Helmuth Kohl's CDU wins German parliament election October 3, 1975 George Harrison releases "Extra Texture" album in UK October 3, 1975 Ireland AKZO director Tiede Herrema kidnap October 3, 1974 Frank Robinson becomes baseball's 1st black manager (Cleve Indians) October 3, 1974 Pele retires as soccer player October 3, 1973 Willi Stoph succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader October 3, 1972 Indians set a team record for lowest team batting avg .234 October 3, 1972 Spaceflight 71-2 launched; 1st flexible substrate photovoltaic flown October 3, 1972 Steve Carlton wins 27th game for Phillies (almost of their 59 wins) October 3, 1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test October 3, 1972 Balt Roric Harrison is last AL pitcher to homer until interleague play 25 years later October 3, 1971 Billie Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000 October 3, 1970 "Coco" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 333 performances October 3, 1970 Baseball umpires call their 1st strike October 3, 1970 WAPT TV channel 16 in Jackson, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting October 3, 1968 Howard Sacklers "Great White Hope," premieres in New York City October 3, 1968 Military coup overthrows President Fernando Belaunde Terry in Peru October 3, 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site October 3, 1967 KGSC (now KICU) TV channel 36 in San Jose, California (IND) begins October 3, 1967 King Boudouin inaugurates world's biggest floodgate (Antwerp) October 3, 1967 William Knight sets X-15 speed rec of 7,297 KPH/4,534 MPH/Mach 6.72 October 3, 1966 Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva elected president October 3, 1965 Cubs tie major league record of 3 triple plays in a season October 3, 1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational October 3, 1965 Whitey Ford notches #232 to become Yankees winningest pitcher October 3, 1964 Yankees clinch their 5th straight pennant, and 29th in club's history October 3, 1963 "Here's Love" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 338 performances October 3, 1963 Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die and 100,000 injured October 3, 1962 "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off" opens at Shubert New York City for 886 performances October 3, 1962 Dodgers set major league-record season attendance of 2,755,184 October 3, 1962 Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit October 3, 1961 "Dick Van Dyke Show" premieres on CBS-TV October 3, 1961 "Mr Ed" premieres October 3, 1961 "Sail Away" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 167 performances October 3, 1961 KMED (now KTVL) TV channel 10 in Medford, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting October 3, 1960 "Flair" (CBS' answer to Monitor) premieres on radio with Dick Van Dyke October 3, 1960 Janio Quadros elected president of Brazil October 3, 1960 San Francisco's White House department store 1st to accept BankAmericard October 3, 1960 Yanks win 8-7, ending season on a 15 game win streak, and record 193 HRs October 3, 1959 13th NHL All-Star Game: Montreal beat All-Stars 6-1 at Montreal October 3, 1957 Willy Brandt elected mayor of West Berlin October 3, 1956 Sal Maglie and Dodgers defeat Yanks 6-3 in opening game of World Series October 3, 1955 "Captain Kangaroo" premieres on CBS-TV, Good Morning, Captain! October 3, 1955 "Mickey Mouse Club" premieres October 3, 1955 Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira becomes President of Brazil October 3, 1955 Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea October 3, 1955 WDBJ TV channel 7 in Roanoke, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting October 3, 1955 WTVS TV channel 56 in Detroit, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting October 3, 1954 "Father Knows Best" premieres October 3, 1954 KFVS TV channel 12 in Cape Girardeau, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting October 3, 1953 10th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 6 -5 at Wentworth, England October 3, 1953 7th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 3-1 at Montreal October 3, 1953 KGGM TV channel 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (CBS) begins broadcasting October 3, 1952 1st British nuclear test at Monte Bello Is Australia October 3, 1952 1st video recording on magnetic tape, LA, Ca October 3, 1952 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Monte Bello Is Australia October 3, 1951 Bobby Thomson HR-Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers October 3, 1950 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah) October 3, 1950 Indonesian army opens assault on Ambon, South Moluccas October 3, 1950 Baseball rules Phils lefty Curt Simmons cannot play in World Series despite his being on furlough from Army October 3, 1949 WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta October 3, 1948 Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo October 3, 1948 NFL becomes 1st sport televised as sport of week October 3, 1947 "Under the Counter" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 27 performances October 3, 1947 1st telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed October 3, 1947 WMAL (now WJLA) TV channel 7 in Washington, D.C. (ABC) begins October 3, 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 and he lost game October 3, 1946 Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0 October 3, 1945 Elvis Presley's 1st public appearance, he is 10 October 3, 1945 Tigers and Cubs meet in World Series for 4th time October 3, 1945 World Federation of Trade Unions forms; CIO a member October 3, 1944 1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland October 3, 1944 RAF bombs West Kapelse October 3, 1943 British 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy October 3, 1943 Operations begin at PETA Java, defending (Japanese) fatherland October 3, 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt forms Office of Economic Stabilization October 3, 1942 Launch of 1st A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km) October 3, 1942 New York Yankees Frank Crosetti shoves ump Bill Summers in World Series, he is fined $200 and suspended for 1st 30 days of 1943 season October 3, 1941 Adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" and would "never rise again" October 3, 1941 All elderly Jewish men of Kerenchug Ukraine, are killed by SS October 3, 1941 Nazi's blow up 6 synagoges in Paris October 3, 1940 France Vichy government proclaims end to Jewish status October 3, 1940 Reds beat Tigers ending NL's 10-game World Series losing streak October 3, 1940 U.S. forms parachute troops October 3, 1939 Lemmer-Urk Dike closes October 3, 1936 Yanks set new attendance record of 64,842 in 3rd game of World Series October 3, 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia October 3, 1933 Gustave "Staf" de Clerq forms Flemish National Covenant October 3, 1932 Iraq gains full independence from Britain, joins League of Nations October 3, 1929 British Labour government recovers diplomatic relations with U.S.S.R. October 3, 1929 Julius Curtius succeeds Stresemann as German foreign minister October 3, 1929 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia October 3, 1928 French sun "Ondine" sinks returning to Toulon, drowning 42 October 3, 1926 1st congress of Paneuropabeweging opens in Vienna October 3, 1926 Violet Percy runs female record marathon (3:40:22) October 3, 1924 King Hussein of Hedzjaz abdicts throne October 3, 1923 Germany's Stresemann resigns October 3, 1922 1st facsimile photo send over city telephone lines, Washington, D.C. October 3, 1922 Rebecca Felton of Georgia becomes 1st woman in Senate October 3, 1920 Browns 1st baseman George Sisler gets his record 257th hit of season October 3, 1920 NFL (then American Pro Football Association) plays 1st games October 3, 1919 Reds Adolfo Luque is 1st Latin player to appear in a World Series October 3, 1919 Serbian, Croatian and Slavic parliment accord for 8 hr work day October 3, 1918 Boris becomes king of Bulgaria October 3, 1918 Czar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria does distance of throne October 3, 1918 Selwyn Theater opens at 229 W 42nd St. New York City October 3, 1913 Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%) October 3, 1906 SOS adopted as warning signal by 1st conference on wireless telegraphy October 3, 1906 U.S. regime names Charles Magoon, governor of Cuba October 3, 1906 William Vaughan Moody's "Great Divide," premieres in New York City October 3, 1904 France and Spain sign treaty for Morocco Independence October 3, 1904 Giants Christy Mathewson strikes out then record 16 Cards October 3, 1904 Mary McLeod Bethune opens Daytona Normal and Industrial School October 3, 1900 Edward Elgar/Cardinal Newmans oratorium premieres in Birmingham October 3, 1899 J. S. Thurman patents motor-driven vacuum cleaner October 3, 1890 Capt Guillaume of Kerckhoven marches into Boma Congo October 3, 1872 Bloomingdale's department store in New York opens October 3, 1863 Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day October 3, 1862 Battle of Corinth, Mississippi October 3, 1862 Skirmish at Bardstown, Kentucky October 3, 1833 Composer Hector Berlioz marries actress Harriet Smithson October 3, 1789 Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day October 3, 1778 Capt Cook anchors at Alaska October 3, 1735 France and Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord October 3, 1691 English and Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland October 3, 1657 French troops occupy Mardyke October 3, 1605 Chinese uprising on Philippines, Tondo/Quiapo massacre October 3, 1574 Fleet under Admiral Boisot seize Spanish October 3, 1569 Battle of Montcontour: Duke of Anjou beats Huguenots October 3, 1430 Jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia October 3, 1264 Comet said to predict death of Pope Urban IV is last seen October 3, 1247 Willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor October 3, 1143 Cardinal Guido elected Pope Coelestinus II |