TUESDAY INHISTORY

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 3, the 276th day of 2017. There are 89 days left in the year.

Highlight in History:

On Oct. 3, 1967, folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie, the Dust Bowl Troubadour best known for “This Land Is Your Land,” died in New York of complications from Huntington’s disease; he was 55.

On this date:

In 1789, President George Washington declared Nov. 26, 1789, a day of Thanksgiving to express gratitude for the creation of the United States of America.

In1863, PresidentAbraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day.

In 1922, Rebecca L. Felton, D-Ga., became the first woman to be appointed to the U.S. Senate (however, she served only a day).

In 1962, astronaut Wally Schirra became the fifth American to fly in space.

In 1981, Irish nationalists at the Maze Prison near Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended seven months of hunger strikes that had claimed 10 lives.

In 1995, the jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles found the former football star not guilty of the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman.

In 2008, O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room.

Ten years ago: President GeorgeW. Bush quietly vetoed expansion of a children’s health insurance program.

Five years ago: Anaggressive Mitt Romney sparred with President Ba rack O ba ma on the economy and domestic issues in their first campaign debate.

One year ago: The United States suspended diplomatic contacts with Russia over failed efforts to end the war in Syria while President Vladimir Putin put on hold a deal with the U.S. on disposing weapons-grade plutonium.

Today’s Birthdays: Rock and roll star Chubby Checker is 76. Magician Roy Horn is 73. Former astronaut Kathryn Sullivan is 66. Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton is 63. Actor-comedian Greg Proops is 58. Actor Clive Owen is 53. Singer Gwen Stefani is 48. Actress Neve Campbell is 44. Actresssinger Ashlee Simpson is 33. Actress Alicia Vikander is 29. Actor Noah Schnapp is 13.

ThoughtforToday: “Ihatea song that makes you think that you are not any good. I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose... Songs that run you down or poke fun at you on account of your bad luck or hard traveling. I amout tofight thosesongs to my very last breath of air and my last drop of blood.” — WoodyGuthrie (1912-1967).