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Oct. 3
1778 Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska
1789 Washington proclaims the 1st national Thanksgiving Day
1862 Battle of Corinth, Miss
1863 Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day
1913 Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%)
1922 1st facsimile photo send over city telephone lines, Washington, DC
1929 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia
1942 Launch of the 1st A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 m the first man-made object to reach space
1945 World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member
1947 1st telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed
1950 The First Battle of Maryang San, Australian and British forces against communist China
1952 The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's 3rd nuclear power
1955 Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea
1960 SF's White House dept store 1st to accept Bank Americard
1962 Wally Schirra in Project Mercury: Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit
1967 William Knight sets X-15 speed rec of 7,297 KPH/4,534 MPH/Mach 6.72
1974 Watergate trial begins
1985 21st Shuttle Mission (51J)-Atlantis 1-all-military flight launched
1986 Soviet Yankee-class sub sinks off NC
1988 26th Space Shuttle Mission, Discovery 7 returns to Earth after 4-days
1989 Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails
1990 East Germany & West Germany merge to become Germany
1778 Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska
1789 Washington proclaims the 1st national Thanksgiving Day
1862 Battle of Corinth, Miss
1863 Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day
1913 Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%)
1922 1st facsimile photo send over city telephone lines, Washington, DC
1929 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia
1942 Launch of the 1st A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 m the first man-made object to reach space
1945 World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member
1947 1st telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed
1950 The First Battle of Maryang San, Australian and British forces against communist China
1952 The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's 3rd nuclear power
1955 Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea
1960 SF's White House dept store 1st to accept Bank Americard
1962 Wally Schirra in Project Mercury: Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit
1967 William Knight sets X-15 speed rec of 7,297 KPH/4,534 MPH/Mach 6.72
1974 Watergate trial begins
1985 21st Shuttle Mission (51J)-Atlantis 1-all-military flight launched
1986 Soviet Yankee-class sub sinks off NC
1988 26th Space Shuttle Mission, Discovery 7 returns to Earth after 4-days
1989 Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails
1990 East Germany & West Germany merge to become Germany