This Day In History

October 3rd

1893  The vacuum cleaner patented J.S. Thurman of St. Louis, Missouri.
1901  The Victor Talking Machine Company was incorporated (now RCA)
1906  W.T. Grant opened a .25 cent department store becoming one of the great pioneers of this business.
1954  Father Knows Best aired on CBS, then moved to NBC in 1956
1955  The Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Club primierd on ABC-TV.
1961  The Dick Van Dyke Show on CBS-TV airs.

1873  Etiquette Authority Emily Post (Price)
1900  Author Thomas Wolfe
1902  Mad Magazine Cartoonist - Harvey Kurtzman (cartoonist; founder of "Mad" magazine)
1938  Singer Eddie Cochran
1941  Singer Chubby Checker
1947  Musician Lindsay Buckingham
1954  Musician Stevie Ray Vaughan
1959  Actor Jack Wagner

1955

• Love is a Many-Splendored Thing - The Four Aces

• Autumn Leaves - Roger Williams

• Moments to Remember - The Four Lads

• I Don't Care - Web Pierce

1963

• Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton

• Sally, Go 'Round the Roses - The Jaynettes

• Be My Baby - The Ronettes

• Abilene - George Hamilton IV

1971

• Maggie May/Reason to Believe - Rod Stewart

• The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez

• Superstar - Carpenters

• The Year that Clayton Delaney Died - Tom T. Hall

1980

• Upside Down - Diana Ross

• Give Me the Night - George Benson

• Late in the Evening - Paul Simon

• Do You Wanna Go to Heaven - T.G. Sheppard

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