| 1739 |
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Russia signs a treaty with the Turks, ending a three-year conflict between the two countries. |
| 1776 |
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Congress borrows five million dollars to halt the rapid depreciation of paper money in the colonies. |
| 1862 |
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At the Battle of Corinth, in Mississippi, a Union army defeats the Confederates. |
| 1873 |
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Captain Jack and three other Modoc Indians are hanged in Oregon for the murder of General Edward Canby. |
| 1876 |
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John L. Routt, the Colorado Territory governor, is elected the first state governor of Colorado in the Centennial year of the U.S. |
| 1906 |
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The first conference on wireless telegraphy in Berlin adopts SOS as warning signal. |
| 1929 |
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The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes officially changes its name to Yugoslavia. |
| 1931 |
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The comic strip Dick Tracy first appears in the New York News. |
| 1940 |
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U.S. Army adopts airborne, or parachute, soldiers. Airborne troops were later used in World War II for landing troops in combat and infiltrating agents into enemy territory. |
| 1941 |
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The Maltese Falson, starring Humphrey Bogart as detective Sam Spade, opens. |
| 1942 |
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Germany conducts the first successful test flight of a V-2 missile, which flies perfectly over a 118-mile course. |
| 1944 |
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German troops evacuate Athens, Greece. |
| 1951 |
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A "shot is heard around the world" when New York Giants outfielder Bobby Thomson hits a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers to win the National League pennant. |
| 1955 |
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The children's television program Captain Kangaroo debuts. |
| 1989 |
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Art Shell becomes the first African American to coach a professional football team, the Los Angeles Raiders. |
| 1990 |
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After 40 years of division, East and West Germany are reunited as one nation. |
| Born on October 3 |
| 1800 |
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George Bancroft, historian, known as the "Father of American History" for his 10-volume A History of the United States. |
| 1900 |
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Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (Look Homeward Angel) not to be confused with American novelist Tom Wolfe (The Right Stuff). |
| 1916 |
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James Herriot, Yorkshire veterinarian and author of All Creatures Great and Small. |
| 1925 |
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Gore Vidal, writer. |
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