Today is Monday, October 3, the 276th day of 2011. There are 89 days left in the year.
2333 B.C. ― Dangun establishes Kingdom of Joseon, Korea (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
1970 ― Baseball umpires call their first strike
1971 ― Billie Jean King became first female athlete to win $100,000
1974 ― Watergate trial begins
1990 ― East Germany & West Germany merge to become Germany
1990 ― Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obscenity, for selling two Live Crew rap records