TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – OCT 3
2333 BC State of Gojoseon (Modern-day Korea) founded by Dangun Wanggeom during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Yao
52 BC Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and battle of Alesia
1776 Congress borrows five million dollars to halt the rapid depreciation of paper money in the colonies.
1789 Washington proclaims the 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26
1863 President Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
1873 Captain Jack and three other Modoc Indians are hanged in Oregon for the murder of General Edward Canby.
1913 Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%)
1922 1st facsimile photo send over city telephone lines, Washington, DC
1929 The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes officially changes its name to Yugoslavia.
1931 The comic strip Dick Tracy first appears in the New York News
1932 Iraq, became a sovereign State gaining full independence from Great Britain
1942 Germany conducts the first successful test flight of a V-2 missile, which flies perfectly over a 118-mile course.
1942 The Office of Economic Stabilization was established by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He also authorized controls on rents, wages, salaries and farm prices.
1952 The UK successfully conducts a nuclear weapon, becoming the world’s third nuclear power
1955 Two children’s television programs and a family sitcom all destined to become classics debut: Captain Kangaroo, Mickey Mouse Club, and The Dick Van Dyke Show.
1961 The United Auto Workers (UAW) calls for a company wide strike against Ford Motor Company.
1963 A violent coup in Honduras ends a period of political reform and ushers in two decades of military rule.
1964 The first Buffalo Wings (deep fried chicken wings coated with vinegar based cayenne pepper hot sauce and margarine or butter) are made at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York, hence the name
1974 Frank Robinson took over the management position of the Cleveland Indians baseball team. He was the first black manager in major league baseball.
1985 The space shuttle Atlantis was launched on its maiden voyage, carrying two military communications satellites in a mission dedicated to the US Department of Defense.
1990 Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obscenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records
1990 Countries unite ….East Germany and West Germany united to become Germany, 45 years after being split into two countries at the end of World War II.
1993 Battle of Mogadishu, in which 18 US soldiers and some 1,000 Somalis are killed during an attempt to capture officials of the warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid’s organization.
2002 Five more people are killed in random shootings in the Washington, D.C., area and authorities began to search for the “Beltway Sniper.”
2006 North Korea announced that it would conduct a nuclear test as a key step in the manufacture of atomic bombs that it viewed as a deterrent against a U.S. attack. A date for the test was not announced.
2008 The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase distressed assets of financial corporations and supply cash directly to banks to keep them afloat
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