History for October 3

History for October 3 - On-This-Day.com
Thomas Wolf 1900, Harvey Kurtzman 1902 - Founder of "Mad" magazine, Chubby Checker 1941 


Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) 1947 - Stevie Ray Vaughan 1954, Tommy Lee 1961 Musician (Motley Crue)


1893 - The motor-driven vacuum cleaner was patented by J.S. Thurman. 


1906 - W.T. Grant opened a 25-cent department store. 


1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes officially changed its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. 


1941 - Adolf Hitler stated in a speech that Russia was "broken" and they "would never rise again." 


1954 - "Father Knows Best" began airing on CBS-TV. 


1955 - "Captain Kangaroo" premiered on CBS-TV. 


1955 - "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on ABC-TV. 


1961 - "The Dick Van Dyke Show" debuted on CBS-TV. 


1974 - Frank Robinson took over the management position of the Cleveland Indians baseball team. He was the first black manager in major league baseball. 


2006 - North Korea announced that it would conduct a nuclear test as a key step in the manufacture of atomic bombs that it viewed as a deterrent against a U.S. attack. A date for the test was not announced.