Today is Thursday, October third, the 277th day of 2024. There are 89 days left within the yr.
Today in history:
On October 3, 1995, the jury within the OJ Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles found the previous football star not guilty of the 1994 murders of his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
Also on this date:
In 1944, during World War II, U.S. Army troops broke through the Siegfried Line north of Aachen, Germany.
In 1974, Frank Robinson was named the American League's first black manager after being hired by the Cleveland Indians.
In 1990, West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division and declared the creation of a reunified country.
In 1993, 18 U.S. soldiers and lots of of Somalis were killed within the Battle of Mogadishu – the deadliest battle for U.S. troops for the reason that Vietnam War, which inspired the film “Black Hawk Down.”
In 2008, OJ Simpson was convicted of robbing two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. (Simpson was later sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison; he was granted parole in July 2017 and released from prison in October of that yr.)
In 2011, an Italian appeals court released Amanda Knox of Seattle after 4 years in prison and convicted Knox and an ex-boyfriend of murder for the stabbing attack on her British roommate Meredith Kercher.
In 2013, a smuggling ship loaded with African migrants sank off the coast of a southern Italian island, killing greater than 365 people.
In 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to question House Speaker Kevin McCarthy – the primary time in U.S. history that a speaker was faraway from office.
Today's birthdays:
- The composer Steve Reich is 88.
- Rock 'n' roll star Chubby Checker is 83.
- The musician Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) is 75.
- Blues musician Keb' Mo' is 73.
- Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield is 73.
- Baseball Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley is 70.
- Golf Hall of Famer Fred Couples is 65.
- Rock drummer Tommy Lee is 62.
- Actor Clive Owen is 60.
- Film director Denis Villeneuve is 57.
- Singer and TV personality Gwen Stefani is 55.
- Pop singer Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys) is 53.
- Actor Neve Campbell is 51.
- Actress Lena Headey is 51.
- Singer India.Arie is 49.
- Rapper Talib Kweli is 49.
- Actor Seann William Scott is 48.
- Soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimović is 43.
- Actress Tessa Thompson is 41.
- Actress and singer Ashlee Simpson is 40.
- Actress Alicia Vikander is 36.
- Rapper A$AP Rocky is 36.
- Actor Ayo Edebiri is 29.
- Actor Noah Schnapp (TV: “Stranger Things”) is 20.
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