Today is Friday, October 3, the 277th day of 2007. There are 89 days left in the year.
2333 B.C. _ Tangun establishes Kingdom of Joseon (legendary)
1863 _ Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day
1922 _ First facsimile photo send over city telephone lines, Washington, D.C.
1929 _ Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia
1945 _ World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member
1947 _ First telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed
1971 _ Billie Jean King became first female athlete to win $100,000
1974 _ Watergate trial begins
1983 _ Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release ``Say, Say, Say" in U.K.
1990 _ East Germany & West Germany merge to become Germany