Today in history
Today is Tuesday, October 3, he 276th day of 2017 and the 12th day of autumn.
On this date in the SCV: In 1929, The Signal reported that Mr. Remi Nadeau, the deer man, had returned from a trip to Arizona where he secured two more varieties of deer for his farm on the north side of Soledad Canyon Road at Whites Canyon Road. He now had about a dozen different varieties of the animals, white, spotted, black fallow, red, mule foot, in fact almost every known kind. Mr. Nadeau had started the deer farm in 1927 with the idea of raising them for the market. But he found that the animals were very much of a curiosity to most people, so he was establishing a sort of exposition park, and was contemplating charging admission. As an addition to his collection he had added a number of other animals, and had a long row of cages already occupied.
Today’s Highlights in History: In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln designated the last Thursday in November as a national day of thanksgiving. In 1952, the United Kingdom conducted a successful test of an atomic bomb off the coast of Australia, becoming the world’s third nuclear power. In 1990, East and West Germany were
reunified. In 1995, O.J. Simpson was acquitted of the
murders of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson
and her friend Ronald Goldman. In 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, a bailout of the U.S. financial system.
Today’s fact: In 1789, President George Washington announced that Nov. 26 of that year would be “a day of public thanksgiving and prayer,” the first in U.S. history.
Today’s sports: In 1951, New York Giants player Bobby Thomson hit the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World,” a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to clinch the National League pennant over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Today’s number: $1 trillion – amount of public and private funds that eastern Germany received from western Germany in the five years following reunification.
Today’s moon: Between first quarter moon (Sept. 27) and full moon (Oct. 5).