October 3rd History, Trivia, and Fun Facts |
October 3rd History Highlights |
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The Mickey Mouse Club |
The Mickey Mouse Club was hosted by head Mousketeeer (and adult) Jimmie Dodd. The main cast members were called Mouseketeers, the most popular of the Mouseketeers were the Red Team, which was kept under contract for the entire run of the show (1955–1959), and its members included: Sharon Baird, Bobby Burgess, Lonnie Burr, Tommy Cole, Annette Funicello, Darlene Gillespie, Cubby O’Brien, Karen Pendleton, Doreen Tracey, Cheryl Holdridge (second and third year), Nancy Abbate (only first year), Johnny Crawford (only first year), Dennis Day (first and second year), Mike Smith (only first year), Jay-Jay Solari (only second year), Don Underhill (only first year) |
October 3rd is… |
Butterfly and Hummingbird Day Card Making Day Caramel Custard Day Look at the Leaves Day Techies Day |
October 3rd Birthday Quotes |
“We all have to go through hard times. Tragedies. Those are given to us to see what we’re going to do with them.” “At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation, and prejudice.” “You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other – our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That’s to help each other, not hurt each other.” “Teenagers are people who act like babies if they’re not treated like adults.” “I’m just grateful to be on this planet. I have no enemies that I know of. I’m just the guy who makes happy.” “I just find things that work and embellish them.” “You know what the most destructive force in the universe is? Regret.” |
October 3rd Birthdays |
1858 – Eleonora Duse, Italian-American actress (died in 1924) 1924 – Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist (died in 1993) 1925 – Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (died in 2012) 1938 – Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter (died in 1960) 1940 – Alan O’Day, American singer-songwriter (died in 2013) 1941 – Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter 1949 – Lindsey Buckingham, American singer-songwriter 1951 – Keb’ Mo’, American blues musician and songwriter 1954 – Al Sharpton, American minister, and political activist 1954 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died in 1990) 1959 – Jack Wagner, American actor, and singer 1962 – Tommy Lee, Greek-American singer-songwriter and drummer 1967 – Rob Liefeld, American comic book author, and illustrator 1969 – Gwen Stefani, American singer-songwriter 1973 – Lena Headey, British actress 1983 – Tessa Thompson, American actress 1988 – Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress |
October 3rd History |
1863 – The last Thursday in November was declared as Thanksgiving Day by US President Abraham Lincoln. 1872 – The Bloomingdale brothers opened their first store at 938 Third Avenue, in New York City. 1949 – WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opened in Atlanta. WERD was at 860 AM and is now WAEC. 1952 – The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet debuted 1955 – Captain Kangaroo premiered on CBS 1955 – The Mickey Mouse Club premiered on ABC 1957 – The California State Superior Court ruled that Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems was not obscene. 1960 – The Andy Griffith Show premiered on CBS 1961 – The Dick Van Dyke Show premiered on CBS 1985 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis made its first flight. 1988 – Turner Network Television (TNT) began on cable, with Gone With The Wind 1992- Singer Sinead O’Conner stirred up controversy when she ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live 1995 – More than 150 million people tuned in for the announcement of the verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial. The not-guilty verdict was met with both praise and criticism. So many people (100 million+) were watching/listening to the O.J. Simpson verdict that it cost an estimated $480 million in lost productivity. 1998 – #1 Hit October 3, 1998 – October 16, 1998: Monica – The First Night 2004 – Desperate Housewives premiered on ABC 2015 – #1 Hit October 3, 2015 – November 13, 2015: The Weeknd – The Hills 2021 – Ruth Hamilton was asleep in her home in British Columbia when she awoke to the sound of her dog barking, followed by “an explosion.” 1 1/2 pound meteor had landed on her bed. #1 Hit October 3, 2020 – October 9, 2020: Dynamite – BTS |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
As of 2014, Ashrita Furman had set 551 official Guinness Records and currently holds nearly 200 records, including the record for holding the most Guinness world records. The Capital of Kuwait is Kuwait City We live in a world where lemonade is made from Artificial Flavors and Furniture Polish is made from real Lemons. NOAA announced it was to start using lowercase letters in forecasts by saying “NOAA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS WILL STOP YELLING AT YOU” “Normally, someone would have to go to a bowling alley to meet someone of your stature.” – Hobson (John Gielgud) #moviequotes The Canadian $100 bill featured an Asian woman on the back using a microscope. People complained that it was stereotyping Asians as being good at technology. She was replaced with a Caucasian woman, and then more people complained that Caucasians were being favored. “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” – Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) in Dirty Dancing, 1987 “Goodbye Kid. Hurry back!” – Humphrey Bogart (spoken to wife Lauren Bacall as she left his bedside to go pick up their children) #LastWords In 1989’s “The Little Mermaid” Scuttle’s name for a fork was “Dinglehopper.” US President #20 James Garfield (1881-1881) President Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau, a lawyer upset with Garfield because he denied Guiteau a diplomatic post. He probably died from the doctors’ poking and prodding and infection, as the bullet was lodged in a NOT life-threatening location! Chevy Chase – Real Name: Cornelius Crane Chase |
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