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Yesterday: Hilo Hattie, the “Store of Hawaii,” declares bankruptcy. More >
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EVENTS ON THIS DAY — October 3rd
1966: Island Holidays Limited buys the Royal Lahaina Hotel in Ka’anapali. (The hotel is now owned by Hawaiian Hotels & Resorts), making it the first company to own a hotel on all four major Hawaiian islands.
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — October 3rd
1966: Island Holidays Limited buys the Royal Lahaina Hotel in Ka’anapali. (The hotel is now owned by Hawaiian Hotels & Resorts), making it the first company to own a hotel on all four major Hawaiian islands.
1913: The first Federal income tax is signed into law (at 1%)
1955: “Captain Kangaroo” premieres on on CBS-TV
1955: “Mickey Mouse Club” premieres on ABC-TV
1974: The Watergate trial begins
1989: The Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails
1990: East and West Germany reunite as a single country, after being divided since WWII
1995: The jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial finds the actor and former football star innocent of the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman
2002 Five people were killed in random shootings in the Washington, D.C., area within a 14-hour period.
2003: A tiger attacked magician Roy Horn of the duo “Siegfried & Roy” during a performance in Las Vegas
1955: “Captain Kangaroo” premieres on on CBS-TV
1955: “Mickey Mouse Club” premieres on ABC-TV
1974: The Watergate trial begins
1989: The Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails
1990: East and West Germany reunite as a single country, after being divided since WWII
1995: The jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial finds the actor and former football star innocent of the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman
2002 Five people were killed in random shootings in the Washington, D.C., area within a 14-hour period.
2003: A tiger attacked magician Roy Horn of the duo “Siegfried & Roy” during a performance in Las Vegas
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BORN ON THIS DAY — October 3rd
1900: Thomas Wolfe, American novelist
1925: Gore Vidal, writer/playwright
1938: Eddie Cochran, rocker
1939: James Darren, , actor/singer
1941: Chubby Checker, singer
1947: Lindsey Buckingham, rocker
1962: Tommy Lee, Greece, rock drummer
1964: Clive Owen, actor
1900: Thomas Wolfe, American novelist
1925: Gore Vidal, writer/playwright
1938: Eddie Cochran, rocker
1939: James Darren, , actor/singer
1941: Chubby Checker, singer
1947: Lindsey Buckingham, rocker
1962: Tommy Lee, Greece, rock drummer
1964: Clive Owen, actor
1973: Neve Campbell, actress
