October 3
1226 - St. Francis of Assisi, found of the Franciscan order, died.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
1922 - Rebecca L. Fulton became the first female U.S. senator when she was appointed to finish the term of Sen. Thomas E. Watson.
1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes formally changed its name to Yugoslavia.
1944 - During World War II, U.S. Army troops cracked the Siegfried Line north of Aachen, Germany.
1955 - "Captain Kangaroo" and "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on television.
1990 - East Germany and West Germany united to become Germany, 45 years after being split into two countries following World War II.
1993 - Eighteen U.S. service members and hundreds of Somalis were killed in the Battle of Mogadishu — the deadliest battle for U.S. troops since the Vietnam War, and inspired the film “Black Hawk Down.”
1995 - The jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles found the former football star not guilty of the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman.
2008 - O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. (Simpson was later sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison; he was granted parole in July 2017 and released from prison in October of that year.)
2011 - An Italian appeals court freed Amanda Knox of Seattle after four years in prison, tossing murder convictions against Knox and an ex-boyfriend in the stabbing of their British roommate, Meredith Kercher.
2013 - A smugglers’ ship packed with African migrants sank off the coast of a southern Italian island, killing more than 365 people.
2023 - The House of Representatives voted to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy -- the first time in U.S. history a Speaker had been ousted from the position.
Birthdays
20 - Noah Schnapp (actor)
23 - C.J. Stroud (football player)
36 - A$AP Rocky (rapper)
36 - Alicia Vikander (actress)
40 - Jessica Parker Kennedy (actress)
40 - Ashlee Simpson (actress/singer)
41 - Tessa Thompson (actress)
48 - Seann William Scott (actor)
51 - Lena Headey (actress)
51 - Neve Campbell (actress)
53 - Kevin Richardson (singer)
55 - Gwen Stefani (singer/TV host)
60 - Clive Owen (actor)
62 - Tommy Lee (musician)
65 - Fred Couples (golfer)
70 - Dennis Eckersley (baseball player)
73 - Dave Winfield (baseball player)
75 - Lindsey Buckingham (musician)
83 - Chubby Checker (singer)
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Today in Sports History - October 3
1920 - American Pro Football Association (later the NFL) plays 1st full round of games; Dayton Triangles beat Columbus Panhandles, 14-0 in first official game at Triangle Park, Dayton
1951 - The New York Giants captured the National League pennant by a score of 5-4 as Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which became known as the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World.”
1951 - CBS-TV aired the first coast-to-coast telecast of a prizefight. Dave Sands defeated Carl Olson at Soldier Field in Chicago.
1974 - Frank Robinson was named the first African American manager in Major League Baseball, taking the helm of the Cleveland Indians.
1989 - Art Shell became the first African-American head coach in the modern NFL when he took over the Los Angeles Raiders.
2001 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) broke Babe Ruth's major league single-season record for walks at 171.
2001 - Rickey Henderson of the San Diego Padres scores his 2,245th career run, tying the major league record set by Ty Cobb.
2004 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. used a vulgar term during a live postrace television interview with NBC after winning a race in Talladega. On October 5, NASCAR penalized him $10,000 and 25 points in the Nextel Cup standings.
2004 - The New England Patriots win their 18th consecutive game, defeating the Buffalo Bills 31-17.
2004 - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners ends the season with a MLB record 262 hits.
2012 - Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers achieved baseball's first Triple Crown since 1967, ending the season leading the American League in batting average (.330), home runs (44) and RBIs (139).
2021 - Quarterback Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers becomes the NFL's all-time leader in career passing yardage with 80,358, passing Drew Brees.
1226 - St. Francis of Assisi, found of the Franciscan order, died.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
1922 - Rebecca L. Fulton became the first female U.S. senator when she was appointed to finish the term of Sen. Thomas E. Watson.
1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes formally changed its name to Yugoslavia.
1944 - During World War II, U.S. Army troops cracked the Siegfried Line north of Aachen, Germany.
1955 - "Captain Kangaroo" and "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on television.
1990 - East Germany and West Germany united to become Germany, 45 years after being split into two countries following World War II.
1993 - Eighteen U.S. service members and hundreds of Somalis were killed in the Battle of Mogadishu — the deadliest battle for U.S. troops since the Vietnam War, and inspired the film “Black Hawk Down.”
1995 - The jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles found the former football star not guilty of the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman.
2008 - O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. (Simpson was later sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison; he was granted parole in July 2017 and released from prison in October of that year.)
2011 - An Italian appeals court freed Amanda Knox of Seattle after four years in prison, tossing murder convictions against Knox and an ex-boyfriend in the stabbing of their British roommate, Meredith Kercher.
2013 - A smugglers’ ship packed with African migrants sank off the coast of a southern Italian island, killing more than 365 people.
2023 - The House of Representatives voted to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy -- the first time in U.S. history a Speaker had been ousted from the position.
Birthdays
20 - Noah Schnapp (actor)
23 - C.J. Stroud (football player)
36 - A$AP Rocky (rapper)
36 - Alicia Vikander (actress)
40 - Jessica Parker Kennedy (actress)
40 - Ashlee Simpson (actress/singer)
41 - Tessa Thompson (actress)
48 - Seann William Scott (actor)
51 - Lena Headey (actress)
51 - Neve Campbell (actress)
53 - Kevin Richardson (singer)
55 - Gwen Stefani (singer/TV host)
60 - Clive Owen (actor)
62 - Tommy Lee (musician)
65 - Fred Couples (golfer)
70 - Dennis Eckersley (baseball player)
73 - Dave Winfield (baseball player)
75 - Lindsey Buckingham (musician)
83 - Chubby Checker (singer)
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Today in Sports History - October 3
1920 - American Pro Football Association (later the NFL) plays 1st full round of games; Dayton Triangles beat Columbus Panhandles, 14-0 in first official game at Triangle Park, Dayton
1951 - The New York Giants captured the National League pennant by a score of 5-4 as Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which became known as the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World.”
1951 - CBS-TV aired the first coast-to-coast telecast of a prizefight. Dave Sands defeated Carl Olson at Soldier Field in Chicago.
1974 - Frank Robinson was named the first African American manager in Major League Baseball, taking the helm of the Cleveland Indians.
1989 - Art Shell became the first African-American head coach in the modern NFL when he took over the Los Angeles Raiders.
2001 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) broke Babe Ruth's major league single-season record for walks at 171.
2001 - Rickey Henderson of the San Diego Padres scores his 2,245th career run, tying the major league record set by Ty Cobb.
2004 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. used a vulgar term during a live postrace television interview with NBC after winning a race in Talladega. On October 5, NASCAR penalized him $10,000 and 25 points in the Nextel Cup standings.
2004 - The New England Patriots win their 18th consecutive game, defeating the Buffalo Bills 31-17.
2004 - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners ends the season with a MLB record 262 hits.
2012 - Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers achieved baseball's first Triple Crown since 1967, ending the season leading the American League in batting average (.330), home runs (44) and RBIs (139).
2021 - Quarterback Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers becomes the NFL's all-time leader in career passing yardage with 80,358, passing Drew Brees.
