October 3

Today in History
• 1778 - Captain James Cook anchors at Alaska
• 1789 - Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26
• 1863 - Abraham Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day
• 1872 - Bloomingdale's department store in NY opens
• 1873 - Modoc Chief Kintpuash, the only Native American leader ever charged with war crimes
• 1899 - J S Thurman patents motor-driven vacuum cleaner
• 1913 - US Federal income tax signed into law (at 1%) by President Woodrow Wilson
• 1922 - 1st facsimile photo sent over city telephone lines, Washington, D.C.


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Boqueron Battle Victory Day
• Buy British Day
• Francisco Morazán's Day
• Iraq Independence Day
• National Fruit at Work Day
• National Techies Day
• National Unity Day
• National Wide Awakes Day

Birthdays
• 1605 - Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary who dethroned last Ming emperor
• 1790 - John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
• 1792 - Francisco Morazán, 2nd President of The Federal Republic of Central Americ
• 1803 - John Gorrie, American scientist and inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration)
• 1844 - Patrick Manson, Scottish physician and parasitologist (Father of tropical medicine)
• 1856 - Timothy Thomas Fortune, American orator, civil rights leader, writer and publisher
• 1869 - Clara Noyes, American nurse (head of the American Red Cross WW1)
• 1902 - Arturo da Costa e Silva, 27th President of Brazil (1967-69)