
A bit of October 3rd history…
1712 - The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor
1849 - American author Edgar Allen Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death
1955 - “Mickey Mouse Club” premiers
1971 - American tennis star Billie Jean King becomes 1st female athlete to win $100,000 in prize money in a single year; wins the $4,000 Virginia Slims Tournament in Arizona
1992 - Sinaed O’Connor rips up picture of Pope John Paul II on “Saturday Night Live”
1995 - Former NFL running back, broadcaster, and actor, OJ Simpson, found not guilty of the murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman in Los Angeles, CA (pictured)
2003 - Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy is attacked by one of the shows tigers; cancels show for good (pictured below)
2008 - The $700 billion bailout bill for the US financial system is signed by President GW Bush
2018 - 259 people have died taking selfies since 2011 according to study in “Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care”
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