This Day in History Oct. 3

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Oct. 3

1789 George Washington makes the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the US ("Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November" GW)
Thanksgiving has been celebrated nationally on and off since. It has been celebrated as a federal holiday every year since 1863
1835 The Staedtler company is founded in Nuremberg, Germany
1913 Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%)
1952 1st video recording on magnetic tape, LA, Ca


Birthdays:

1803 John Gorrie inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration)
1854 William Crawford Gorgas US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever


Deaths:

1867 Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine


Thought for the day:

" It is Fortune, not wisdom that rules man s life. "
 

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