The Valley Tribune: This Day in History...

Good Afternoon students, this is Dr. Cooper. I will admit, I had some difficulties determining what to blog about this week. I considered a post about abandoned Disney World parks, but I figured that would be more appropriate closer to Halloween. I also did not have enough time to do the lengthy, good-quality Vatican City history that I wanted. Therefore I decided to go with something easy, but somewhat fun and random: This day in history. Here are some...interesting events that happened on October 3rd throughout history.

2333 BC- The nation known today as Korea is founded.
1778- English explorer Captain Cook lands in Alaska.
1863- President Lincoln issues a proclamation establishing Thanksgiving in November.
1932- Iraq gains independence from Great Britain.
1935- Italy invades Ethiopia in a largely one-sided war.
1955- The Mickey Mouse Club airs on ABC.
1990- East and West Germany are reunited.
2008- President Bush authorizes a $700 billion bailout injection at the beginning of the Recession.

October 3rd was also the birthday of many famous people whom I have never heard of:

Many European athletes and entertainers with names I can't pronounce.
Many American athletes and entertainers whom I've never heard of, plus an astronaut named Charles Duke.

There were also a bunch of famous people who died on October 3rd who I haven't heard of either, with the notable exception of St. Francis of Assisi (Pope Francis' role model).

October 3rd Holidays include: