October 3rd History Tidbit: 1922 Rebecca L. Felton becomes the first female to serve as a U.S. Senator after being appointed by Gov. Thomas W. Hardwick of Georgia to fill a vacancy...1941 Adolf Hitler states in a speech that Russia is “broken” and “will never rise again.”...1955 “The Mickey Mouse Club” begins airing on ABC TV.... 1967 Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Guthrie, godfather of the 1950s folk revival movement and writer-singer of “This Land Is Your Land,” dies from complications of Huntington’s chorea at Creedmore Psychiatric Center in Queens, N.Y., at the age of 55...1974 Frank Robinson takes over the management position of the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black manager in major league baseball... 1990 Less than a year after the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, East and West Germany come together on what is known as “Unity Day,” unifying Germany after 45 years of division and effectively marking the end of the Cold War...1995 Following an epic 252-day trial, former Buffalo Bills football star O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the 1994 stabbing deaths of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman...2006 The Dow Jones industrial average closes at a new high, ending the day at 11,727.34 and at one point during the session reaching 11,758.95. Both previous records were set on January 14, 2000.
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