OCTOBER 3 | Birthdays and Events
Notable Birthdays for October 3
John Gorrie (1803-1855) - Inventor of cold-air process of refrigeration.
Clara Noyes (1869-1936) - Head of the American Red Cross during WWI.
Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993) - Founding editor of Mad magazine.
George Wein (1925-2021) - Pianist and producer who co-founded the Newport Folk Festival.
Gary England (1939-2025) - Meteorologist and who helped pioneer the weather warning system.
Chubby Checker (1941-Still Living) - Rock-n-roll singer who introduced the twist dance at the release of his infamous song The Twist.
Roy Horn (1944-2020) - Entertainer and half of the duo Siegfried & Roy.
Fred DeLuca (1947-2015) - Co-founder of the Subway franchise.
Lindsey Buckingham (1949-Still Living) - Fleetwood Mac co-lead singer and guitarist.
Kathryn Sullivan (1951-Still Living) - The first American woman to walk in space.
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990) - Considered on of the most influential musicians in the history of Blues music.
Tommy Lee (1962-Still Living) - Infamous drummer for the rock band Mötley Crüe.
Rob Liefeld (1967-Still Living) - Comic book writer and artist who created Deadpool.
Gwen Stefani (1969-Still Living) - Singer/songwriter known for her songs Just a Girl and Hollaback Girl.
Seann William Scott (1976-Still Living) - Actor widely recognized for the character Stifler in the American Pie movie series.
Memorable Events for October 3
1789 - President Washington proclaims Thursday November 26, 1789 as the first Thanksgiving Day.
1863 - President Lincoln declares the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
1913 - President Wilson signs the federal income tax into law.
1919 - MLB pitcher Adolfo Luque (Cincinnati Reds) becomes the first Latin American player to appear in a World Series.
1942 - President Roosevelt forms the Office of Economic Stabilization.
1945 - Elvis Presley (10 years old) makes his first public performance at a talent show. He takes 5th place.
1955 - The Mickey Mouse Club and Captain Kangaroo premiere on t.v.
1957 - The California State Superior Court rules the book Howl and Other Poems as not obscene.
1960 - The Andy Griffith Show premieres.
1995 - O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
2018 - The first exomoon (moon outside the solar system) is discovered 8,000 years away by astronomers at Columbia University.