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About October 3rd is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 89 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1943 - Jeff Bingaman, U.S Senator (New Mexico) 1944 - Roy Horn, magician, animal trainer (Siegfried & Roy) 1951 - Dave Winfield, Hall of Fame baseball outfielder 1954 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, guitarist (The Sky Is Crying) 1959 - Greg Proops, comedian, actor (Whose Line Is It Anyway?) 1969 - Gwen Stefani, singer, fashion designer (No Doubt) Deaths 1896 - William Morris, designer, craftsman, poet 1936 - John Heisman, college football coach, namesake of the Heisman Trophy Events 1922 - The governor of Georgia appoints Rebecca L. Felton to the U.S. Senate, making her the first female senator. 1974 - Frank Robinson becomes MLB's first black manager. 1992 - President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama get married 1995 - O.J.Simpson is acquitted of the 1994 murders of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. |
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