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Today is Monday, Oct. 3, the 277th day of 2016. There are 89 days left in the year.

Highlight in History:

On Oct. 3, 1951, the New York Giants captured the National League pennant by a score of 5-4 as Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the “shot heard ‘round theworld.”

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, President Abraham 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 1932, Iraq became independent of British administration.

In 1990, West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division, declaring the creation of a reunified country.

In 1991, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton entered the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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.

Tenyears ago: North Korea triggered global alarm by saying it would conduct a nuclear test, but the North also said it was committed to nuclear disarmament, suggesting a willingness to negotiate.

Five years ago: Three scientists, Bruce Beutler of the U.S., Jules Hoffmann of France and Canadian-born Ralph Steinman (who had died three days earlier), won the Nobel Prize in medicine.

One year ago: A U.S. airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the northern Afghanistan city of Kunduz killed 14 staff and 28 patients and caretakers.

Today’s Birthdays: Rock and roll star Chubby Checker is 75. Magician Roy Horn is 72. Blues singer Keb’ Mo’ is 65. Former astronaut Kathryn Sullivan is 65. Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield is 65. Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton is 62. Actorcomedian Greg Proops is 57. Singer Gwen Stefani is 47. Actress Neve Campbell is 43. Actress-singer Ashlee Simpson is 32.

Thought for Today: “The worst disease in the world is the plague of vengeance.” — Dr. KarlMenninger, American psychiatrist (1893-1990).