TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY

On Oct. 3, 1974, Frank Robinson was named major league baseball’s first Black manager as he was placed in charge of the Cleveland Indians.

ALSO ON THIS DATE 1863

President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day.

1941

Adolf Hitler declared in a speech in Berlin that Russia had been “broken” and would “never rise again.”

1944

During World War II, U.S. Army troops cracked the Siegfried Line north of Aachen, Germany.

1955

“Captain Kangaroo” and “The Mickey Mouse Club” premiered on CBS and ABC, respectively.

1967

Folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie died in New York of complications from Huntington’s disease; he was 55.

1970

The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration was established under the Department of Commerce.

1991

Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton entered the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

1995

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

2001

The Senate approved an agreement normalizing trade between the United States and Vietnam.

2003

A tiger attacked magician Roy Horn of duo “Siegfried & Roy” during a performance in Las Vegas, leaving the superstar illusionist in critical condition on his 59th birthday.