Daily Calendar for Thursday, October 3, 2024
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Thursday, October 3, 2024
Died
- St. Francis of Assisi –
- Woody Guthrie (singer) –
- Roddy McDowall (actor) –
- William Steig (illustrator for The New Yorker, known as the King of Cartoons for his award-winning, best-selling children’s books including Shrek) –
- Janet Leigh (actress) –
Born
- John Ross (Cherokee Nation chief) –
- Leo McCarey (producer) –
- Gertrude Berg (actress) –
- Thomas Wolfe (author) –
- James Herriot (author) –
- Harvey Kurtzman (founding editor of Mad magazine) –
- Gore Vidal (author) –
- Eddie Cochran (singer) –
- Chubby Checker (singer) –
- Dave Winfield (baseball player) –
- Al Sharpton (minister & politician) –
- Gwen Stefani (singer) –
- Keiko Agena (actress) –
- Seann William Scott (actor) –
- Ashlee Simpson (singer) –
- Kaci (singer) –
- Noah Schnapp (actor) –
Events
- President Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day –
- Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women first published –
- First Canadian troops left for Britain to fight in World War I –
- The Andy Griffith Show made its television debut –
- The Dick Van Dyke Show debuted on television –
- At midnight, East and West Germany were reunited as one nation, the Federal Republic of Germany –
- The comic strip Cathy came to an end after 34 years –
- Rare yellow male northern cardinal spotted in Port St. Lucie, Florida. –
- A meteorite crashed through a roof in Golden, B.C. The homeowner, Ruth Hamilton, heard an explosion and found bits of the meteorite near her bed pillow, mere inches from where her head had been. –
Weather
- October Gale hit southern New England –
- Start of a 767-day dry spell in Bagdad, California. –
- A tornado hit Windsor Locks, Connecticut –