WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2018

Today is Wednesday, October 3, the 276th day of 2018. There are 89 days left in the year.

1789 — Washington proclaims the first national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26

1863 — Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day

1904 — Mary McLeod Bethune opens Daytona Normal & Industrial School

1918 — Boris becomes king of Bulgaria

1920 — NFL (then American Pro Football Association) plays first games

1928 — French sub "Ondine" sinks returning to Toulon, drowning 42

1929 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia

1942 — Launch of the 1st A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km)