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Today, October 3, 2025

First Friday In October: National College Radio Day: -- College radio stations worldwide play an important role in students' education while also providing a diverse schedule of local news, music, sports, and interviews. On the first Friday in October, World College Radio Day celebrates the impact these stations have on their students and audiences. The day also invites new listeners to tune in to experience college radio for the first time and aims to raise greater international awareness of the many college radio stations operating worldwide. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/columbia-revolt-1969-dvd-university-student-upri1969.html

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Today, October 3, 2025

October 3, 1789: Thanksgiving (United States) -- Following on a joint request by Congress, George Washington designates Thursday the 26th day of November 1789 as the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the US. When Washington was leader of the revolutionary forces in the American Revolutionary War, he proclaimed a Thanksgiving in December 1777 as a victory celebration honoring the defeat of the British at Saratoga. On Friday, September 25, 1280, Congressman Elias Boudinot from New Jersey proposed that the House and Senate jointly request of President Washington to proclaim a day of thanksgiving for "the many signal favors of Almighty God". Boudinot said that he "could not think of letting the session pass over without offering an opportunity to all the citizens of the United States of joining, with one voice, in returning to Almighty God their sincere thanks for the many blessings he had poured down upon them." As President, on October 3, 1789, George Washington made the following proclamation and created the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America: " Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor, and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me 'to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.' Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be. That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks, for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to their becoming a Nation, for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his providence, which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war, for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed, for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted, for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us. And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions, to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually, to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed, to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shown kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord. To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the encrease of science among them and Us, and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best. Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789." On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/meet-george-washington-the-man-behind-myth-dvd-mp4-us4.html

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Today, October 3, 2025

October 3, 1863: Thanksgiving (United States) -- President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation designating the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day. In the middle of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, prompted by a series of editorials written by Sarah Josepha Hale, proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated on the 26th, the final Thursday of November 1863. The document, written by Secretary Of State William H. Seward, reads as follows: "The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle, or the ship; the axe had enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years, with large increase of freedom. No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and voice by the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and Union. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-eighth." Since 1863, Thanksgiving has been observed annually in the United States. The holiday superseded Evacuation Day, a de facto national holiday that had been held on November 25 each year prior to the Civil War and commemorated the British withdrawal from the United States after the American Revolution. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/an-old-time-radio-thanksgiving-broadcast-mp3-c3.html

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Today, October 3, 2025

October 3: The 3 October Festival (Dutch: 3 Oktoberfeest, 3 Oktober, Leidens Ontzet): -- October 3, 1574: The European Wars Of Religion: The Eighty Years' War (The Dutch Revolt): The Anglo-Spanish Wars: The Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604): The Siege Of Leiden (October X, 1573 - October 3, 1574: The Second Siege And Relief Of Leiden: --- The Spanish under Francisco de Valdez who attempted to capture the rebellious city of Leiden, South Holland, the Netherlands fails when their siege of the city is successfully relieved. The 3 October Festival celebrates this lifting of the siege, which is held annually during the days leading up to the 3rd and often concludes that evening or the following day. It has been a local tradition since 1886. It is a festival with a funfair and a dozen open air discos in the night. The municipality gives free herring and white bread to the citizens of Leiden. The city of Leiden had plenty of food stored for The First Siege Of Leiden when it started. The siege was very difficult for the Spanish, because the soil was too loose to dig trenches, and the city's defense works were hard to break. Defending Leiden was a Dutch States rebel army consisting of English, Scottish, and Huguenot French troops. The leader of the Dutch rebels, William the Silent, Prince of Orange, attempted a relief of Leiden by sending an army into the Netherlands under the command of his brother, Louis of Nassau. Valdez lifted the siege in April 1574 to face the invading rebel troops, but Sancho d'Avila reached them first and defeated them in the Battle of Mookerheyde, where Louis was killed. During the brief respite from the siege, Orange counselled the citizens of Leiden to restock their city with supplies, and take in a larger garrison to help defend the town. They disregarded his advice, however, so when Valdez' army returned to renew the siege on May 26, 1574, they were in as poor a condition as they had previously been. The city considered surrendering, as there was almost no chance of relief and supplies were dwindling. The defeat of Louis' army was also a blow to morale. The Prince of Orange, however, was determined to relieve the city. Therefore, he sent a carrier pigeon into the city pleading for it to hold out for three months. To fulfil this promise, he planned to breach the dykes to allow the sea to flood the low-lying land. The siege could then be lifted using the rebel fleet, and the Spaniards would be forced to retire before the incoming sea. This tactic had also been used to relieve Alkmaar. The damage to the surrounding countryside would be enormous, and therefore the population of the area resisted the breaching of the dykes. However, in the end, the Prince prevailed and the outer dykes were broken on 3 August. Previously, the Prince's Admiral Louis Boisot had assembled a fleet of more than two hundred small flat-bottomed vessels, manned by 2,500 veteran Dutch seamen, and carrying a large store of provisions for the starving townspeople of Leiden. Soon after the first dykes were broken, the Prince of Orange came down with a violent fever which brought operations to a halt. More importantly, the flooding of the countryside took longer than expected because of unfavorable winds. On 21 August, the inhabitants of Leiden sent a message to the Prince saying that they had held out for three months, two with food and one without food. The Prince answered them, again by carrier pigeon, that the dykes had all been pierced and relief would come soon. However, only by the first day of September, when the Prince had recovered from his ailment, did the expedition continue in earnest. More than 15 miles lay between the relieving rebel fleet and Leiden, but ten miles were covered without difficulty. On the night of 10 September, the fleet came upon the Landscheiding, which blocked their path to Leiden, and captured it in a night-time surprise attack. The Spaniards had neglected to strongly fortify this important point. The next morning, the Spaniards tried to regain the position but were repulsed with the loss of several hundred men. The dyke was breached and the fleet proceeded towards Leiden. Admiral Boisot and the Prince of Orange had been misinformed as to the lie of the lands, and had assumed that the rupture of the Landscheiding would flood the country inland all the way to Leiden. Instead, the rebel flotilla once again found their path blocked, this time by the Greenway dike, less than a mile inland of the Landscheiding, which was still a foot above the water level. Again however the Spaniards had left the dike largely undefended, and the Dutch broke through it without much difficulty. Due to easterly winds driving the water back seawards, and the ever growing surface area of the land that the water covered, the flooding was by this time so shallow that the fleet was all but stranded. The only way that was deep enough for them to proceed was by a canal, leading to a large inland lake called the Zoetermeer (freshwater lake). This canal, and the bridge over it, were strongly defended by the Spaniards, and after a brief amphibious struggle, the Admiral gave up the venture. He dispatched a despondent message to the Prince, saying that unless the wind turned, and they could sail around the canal, they were lost. Meanwhile, in the city, the inhabitants clamoured for surrender when they saw that their countrymen had run aground. But Mayor van der Werff inspired his citizens to hold on, telling them they would have to kill him before the city could surrender, and that they could eat his arm if they were really that desperate. In fact thousands of inhabitants died of starvation. To add to their troubles, as so often happened in that age, the plague appeared in the city streets and near eight thousand died from that cause alone. The city only held out because they knew that the Spanish soldiers would massacre the whole population in any case, to set an example to the rest of the country, as had happened in Naarden and the other cities that had been sacked. Admiral Boisot sent a dove into the town, assuring them of speedy succour. On the 18th the wind shifted again, and blowing strongly from the west, piled the sea against the dams. With the rising water level, the flotilla was soon able to make a circuit around the bridge and canal, and successfully enter the Zoetermeer. In October, the Dutch patriots led by William the Silent destroyed the dykes in four locations in order to form an obstacle the Spanish troops could not overcome. As a result of this and the coming of a strong wind from the West, the water rose and Spanish troops lost their mobility. On one of these four locations, a monument has been established in remembrance of what happened called the Groenedijk Monument. The Sea Beggars under Admiral Louis de Boisot had ships to successfully use the water to their advantage. A succession of fortified villages now stood in the way of the patriot fleet, and the Dutch Admiral was afraid even now of losing his prize, but the Spaniards, panicked by the rising waters, barely offered any resistance. Every one of their strongholds, now become islands, were deserted by the Royalist troops in their flight, except for the village of Lammen. This was a small fort under the command of Colonel Borgia, and situated about three-quarters of a mile from the walls of Leiden. This was a formidable obstacle, but the Spaniards, adept at land fighting and not amphibious warfare, had despaired of maintaining so unequal a contest against the combined forces of the sea and the veteran Dutch seamen. Accordingly, the Spanish commander Valdez ordered a retreat in the night of 2 October, and the army fled, rendered more fearful by a terrible crash they heard from the city, and assumed to be the men of Leiden breaking still another dam upon them. In fact, part of the wall of Leiden, eroded by the sea water, had fallen, leaving the city completely vulnerable to attack, had any chosen to remain. The next day, the relieving rebels arrived at the city, feeding the citizens with herring and white bread. The people also feasted on hutspot (carrot and onion stew) in the evening. According to legend, a little orphan boy named Cornelis Joppenszoon found a cooking pot full with hutspot that the Spaniards had had to leave behind when they left their camp, the Lammenschans, in a hurry to escape from the rising waters. In 1575, the Spanish treasury ran dry, so that the Spanish army could not be paid anymore and it mutinied. After the pillaging of Antwerp, the whole of the Netherlands rebelled against Spain. Leiden was once again safe. The Leiden University was founded by William of Orange in recognition of the city's sacrifice in the siege. According to the ironical fiction still maintained by the Prince, that he was acting on behalf of his master Philip of Spain, against whom he was in fact in open rebellion, the university was endowed in the King's name. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-old-time-radio-history-megaset-dual-layer-mp3-dv3.html

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Today, October 3, 2025

October 3: National Unity Day (German Unity Day): -- Commemorates the unification of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic into a single federal Germany on the same date in 1990. A public holiday, the day is characterized by concerts, communal meals, speeches by politicians, and fireworks. After WWII, Germany was divided into four military sectors, each controlled by France, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. In 1949, the Federal Republic of Germany was formed and, on October 7 of the same year, the German Democratic Republic (also known as the DDR - 'Deutsche Demokratische Republik') was formed. The political tensions in post-war Europe did not allow much interaction between the people of the two countries. The DDR exercised strong resistance against repression of its political opponents. Thousands of people were kept under surveillance by the German police. On September 4, 1989, a peaceful protest was carried out by the people of Leipzig against the DDR government. More such demonstrations in other DDR cities took place calling for political reforms and the opening of the borders. And on November 9 that year, the checkpoints between the two German countries were opened and people could travel freely once more. This date marked the 'fall' of the Berlin Wall. Democratic elections further paved the way for the people to come together in the DDR. Finally, in August 1990, the leaders of both countries signed the Treaty of Unification, and Germany's unification was made official on October 3, 1990. The Berlin Wall and the Brandenburg Gate are two very important symbols of Germany's division and the unification of Germany in 1990. Images of both of these are put on display on German Unity Day all across Germany. The day is celebrated as a three-day festival around the Brandenburg Gate and at the Reichstag around Platz der Republik. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/berlin-the-doomed-city-dvd-cities-at-war-wwii-germany.html

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Today, October 3, 2025

October 3, 52 BC: Rome: Ancient Rome: The Roman Republic: Wars Of The Roman Republic: The Gallic Wars: The Battle Of Alesia: The Siege Of Alesia: -- Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and Battle of Alesia, the last major engagement between Gauls and Romans in the Gallic Wars. The Battle Of Alesia was , and is considered one of Caesar's greatest military achievements and a classic example of siege warfare and investment. The Battle Of Alesia marked the end of Gallic independence in France and Belgium. After the Roman victory, Gaul (very roughly modern France) was subdued and became a Roman province. The Roman senate granted a thanksgiving of 20 days for his victory in the Gallic War. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/julius-caesar-and-the-battle-of-alesia-dvd-mp4-usb-driv4.html

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Today, October 3, 2025

October 3, 1226: #DOTD: #RIP: Francis Of Assisi, venerated as Saint Francis Of Assisi, also known in his ministry as Francesco, Italian Catholic friar, deacon, philosopher, mystic, and preacher (b. 1181 or 1182) #dies by choice aged 24 or 25 in the humble hut the Franciscan Movement begain in, next to the Porziuncola, a small Catholic church now located inside the grand Papal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi, during the evening hours while listening to a reading he had requested of Psalm 142 (Psalm 141 in different numbering systems, "Voce Mea Ad Dominum" (Latin: "To The Lord"), which he sang along with: ========= "I cry aloud to the Lord; I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy. I pour out before him my complaint; before him I tell my trouble. When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way. In the path where I walk people have hidden a snare for me." ========= The Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, which enshrines the remains of the Saint, stands upon a hill that in the early 1200s was commonly known as the "Colle dell'Inferno" [Hill of Hell]. This was probably because it was a place where death sentences were carried out. It also functioned as a kind of city dump. Francis died in the Portiuncula church in the evening of October 3, 1226. His body was immediately brought within the walls of the City of Assisi and was buried in the Chapel of San Giorgio, which later became part of the Basilica of St. Clare and is known today as the Chapel of the Crucifix. During the spring of 1227, the Colle dell'Inferno was donated to Pope Gregory IX. The pope ordered a basilica to be built there to house the body of St. Francis. Work began in the summer of 1227 and by the end of May, 1230 Francis' body was solemnly transferred to the new basilica and placed below the main altar. The pope proclaimed the new Basilica as the "Caput et Mater" [Head and Mother] of the entire Order of Friars Minor. The architectural planning was entrusted to Brother Elias of Cortona, a companion of St. Francis and the Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor. Brother Elias ordered the construction of a lower basilica, intended as a crypt, and an upper basilica, in Gothic style, for large celebrations. The upper basilica was erected immediately after the lower basilica. Great artists were called to fresco the walls of this complex, such as Cimabue, Giotto, Simone Martini, and Pietro Lorenzetti. They painted stories from the life of Christ and characters from the Old Testament as well as images of St. Francis and other saints. On the vaults above the main altar of the lower basilica, painted by Giotto, we find the Glory of St. Francis depicted along with allegories of the religious vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. The side walls of the upper basilica feature twenty-eight large frescoes showing scenes from the life of St. Francis. These are attributed to Giotto and his collaborators. In the post-Napoleonic era, excavations were made to determine the exact burial place of St. Francis and conduct a recognition of his body. Thus, the crypt was built, which was later reworked in the neo-Romanesque style we see today. Since then, the millions of pilgrims, tourists and devotees who visit Assisi every year are given close access to the tomb of the Seraphic Father St. Francis. His tomb is surrounded by the tombs of four of his closest friars: Leo, Masseo, Angelo and Rufino. Also nearby is the tomb of "Friar" Jacopa, the noble Roman woman and Franciscan tertiary who was very close to Francis. Pope St. John XXIII, Pope St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis made several pilgrimages to the tomb of St. Francis, in particular, to ask for the gift of peace, in communion with men and women from other Christian communities and from different faiths. Pope Francis specifically chose October 3, 2020, as the day to sign Fratelli tutti, his encyclical on fraternity and social friendship. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, this event took place on the altar of the crypt, at the foot of the urn that holds the remains of St. Francis. Francis Of Assisi was #born in Assisi, Umbria, Italy as Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone. He renounced his family's wealth, took a vow of poverty and founded the Order Of Friars Minor, also known as the Franciscan Order. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women's Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in Christianity. Pope Gregory IX canonized Francis on July 16, 1228. Along with Saint Catherine of Siena, he was designated patron saint of Italy. He later became associated with patronage of animals and the natural environment, and it became customary for churches to hold ceremonies blessing animals on or near his feast day of October 4. In 1219, he went to Egypt in an attempt to convert the Sultan to put an end to the conflict of the Crusades. By this point, the Franciscan Order had grown to such an extent that its primitive organizational structure was no longer sufficient. He returned to Italy to organize the Order. Once his community was authorized by the Pope, he withdrew increasingly from external affairs. Francis is also known for his love of the Eucharist. In 1223, Francis arranged for the first Christmas live nativity scene. 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Today, October 3, 2025

( #JCKaelin here: A great man to whom all of humanity should give a long deep bow of respect. ) ========= October 3, 1889: #BOTD: #HBD! Carl Von Ossietzky, German journalist, pacifist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. May 14, 938) is #born in Hamburg, Germany. He was the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in exposing the clandestine German re-armament. As editor-in-chief of the magazine Die Weltbuhne (German: The World Stage), a magazine centered on the "homeless left" who rejected Communism, but found the Social Democrats too inclined to compromise with the old order, Ossietzky published a series of exposes in the late 1920s, detailing German rearmament in violation of the Treaty Of Versailles by rebuilding an air force (the predecessor of the Luftwaffe) and training pilots in the Soviet Union. He was convicted of treason and espionage in 1931 and sentenced to eighteen months in prison, but was granted amnesty in December 1932. Ossietzky continued to be a vocal critic against German militarism after the Nazis' rise to power. Following the 1933 Reichstag fire, Ossietzky was again arrested and sent to the Esterwegen concentration camp near Oldenburg. In 1936, he was awarded the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize, but was forbidden from travelling to Norway and accepting the prize. After enduring years of mistreatment and torture in various camps, Ossietzky died of tuberculosis in 1938 in a Berlin hospital after enduring years of mistreatment and torture in various Nazi prison camps. He is buried in Friedhof Pankow IV in Niederschonhausen, Pankow, Berlin, Germany. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-nobel-century-nobel-prize-history-tv-series-dvd-mp4-us4.html

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Today, October 3, 2025

October 3, 1935: The Interwar Period (The Aftermath Of World War I, The Interbellum, Between The Wars): The Italo-Ethiopian War (The Italo-Abyssinian War, The Italian Invasion Of Ethiopia, The Italian Invasion Of Abyssinia): The Second Italo-Ethiopian War (The Second Italo-Abyssinian War): -- Italian forces initiate a war of aggression that lasts until February 19, 1937 when they invade The Ethiopian Empire (also known as Abyssinia). In Ethiopia it is often referred to simply as the Italian Invasion (Amharic: T'aliyani Werera), and in Italy as the Ethiopian War (Italian: Guerra d'Etiopia). Also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, this colonial war resulted in the defeat of Ethiopia, which was annexed and subjected to military occupation until the defeat of Italy in East Africa in 1941, during the East African Campaign of The Second World War. Italy and Ethiopia were members of the League Of Nations yet the League was unable to control Italy or to protect Ethiopia when Italy violated Article X of the Covenant of the League Of Nations. The Italo-Ethiopian War is seen as an example of the expansionist policy that characterized the Axis powers and the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations before the outbreak of the Second World War. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/fascist-legacy-italian-war-criminals-of-wwii-dvd-both-tv-shows.html

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Today, October 3, 2025

October 3, 1942: First Flights: Rocket Launches: Spaceflight: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): The Western Front Of World War II: Science And Technology During World War II: Science And Technology In Nazi Germany: Research And Development In Nazi Germany (R & D In Nazi Germany): Wunderwaffen (German: "Wonder Weapons", "Miracle Weapons"); V-Weapons (German: Vergeltungswaffen, "Vengeance Weapons", "Retaliatory Weapons", "Reprisal Weapons"): The V-2 (The V-2 Rocket, German: Vergeltungswaffe 2, "Vengeance Weapon 2"; Aggregat 4, German: "Aggregate 4", A-4): -- The first successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket occurs from Test Stand VII at Peenemunde. It becomes first man-made object to reach space, breaking the prior projectile altitude record of 42.3 kilometers (26.3 mi) set by the Paris Gun, a type of German long-range siege gun used during the First World War, when the rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude. Major-General Dr. Walter Dornberger, chief of the Peenemunde Army Research Center and a long-time supporter of chief V-2 rocket scientist Dr. Werner Von Braun, declared in a speech at Peenemunde later that day: "This third day of October, 1942, is the first of a new era in transportation, that of space travel...". On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/vweapons-v1-v2-german-wwii-weapons-2-dual-layer-d122.html

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Today, October 3, 2025

October 3, 1949: African American Firsts: Broadcasting: The History Of Broadcasting: Radio: The History Of Radio Broadcasting: Premieres: Radio Premieres: American Radio Premieres: -- WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta, Georgia, broadcasting on 860 AM (later WXAP in 1969, now since 1978 WAEC). Jesse B. Blayton Sr., accountant, bank president, and Atlanta University professor, purchased WERD in 1949 for 50K USD. He changed the station format to "black appeal", aimed specifically at the young African Americans, and hired his son Jesse Jr. as station manager. Jesse Jr. hired a friend of from Chicago, "Jockey Jack" Jack Gibson, and by 1951 Jockey Jack became the most popular DJ in Atlanta. The station was housed in the Prince Hall Masonic Temple & Tabor Building (Prince Hall Masonic Temple Auburn, or Prince Hall Masonic Temple for short) at 332-34 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Gerogia, then one of the wealthiest black neighborhoods in the United States. Located in that same building was the headquarters of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, formed in 1957, staffed by Ella Baker and led by Martin Luther King Jr., whose father and grandfather were Prince Hall Masons (though which grandfather is, as of 2020, uncertain per J. C. Kaelin). (Martin Luther King Jr. was named a Freemason "on sight" at death by Grand Master Benjamin P. Barksdale of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Georgia; interviews from 1968 indicate that Grand Master X. L. Neal of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Georgia had arranged for Dr. King to become a Freemason upon his return to Atlanta that year; King's assassination in Memphis on April 4th of 1968 prevented that from happening). According to Jockey Jack Gibson, King would tap the ceiling of SCLC office (just below WERD) with a broomstick to signal he had an announcement to make. Gibson would then lower a microphone from the studio window to King at the window below. Blayton sold the station in 1968, and in 1969 its call letters were changed to WXAP. WDIA, in Memphis, Tennessee, though white owned, was on the air in 1948 doing black - or Negro as it was then called - programming, and had Nat D. Williams as part of the first radio station programmed entirely for African Americans. Before the development of the radio format called "Top 40" was born, "Black Appeal Stations" reinvigorated radio. By playing a specific group of songs aimed specifically at the niche market of the young African American demographic, "Black Appeal Stations" helped keep radio alive. Its success is considered to have influenced other radio stations to employ what became known as the "Top 40" radio format, in which the vast majority found their stations to rise from the bottom to top of ratings in their markets. By employing "Top 40" as a radio format, stations were also making a decision to target a niche in the listening audience rather than trying to appeal to everyone, as they had done since the beginning. Thus, several different stations could engage in format radio that included songs that appealed to various niche audiences within a community. This strategy of marketing radio broadcasting was made clear and successful through the developments and maturation of early "Black Appeal Stations". On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/king-a-filmed-record--montgomery-to-memphis-dvd.html

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Today, October 3, 2025

October 3, 1952: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: Nuclear Warfare: Nuclear Weapons Testing: British Nuclear Warfare: British Nuclear Weapons Testing: Operation Hurricane: -- The United Kingdom successfully tests a 25 kiloton nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power, after the United States and the Soviet Union. A plutonium implosion device was detonated in the lagoon in the Monte Bello Islands in Western Australia. During the Second World War, Britain commenced a nuclear weapons project, known as Tube Alloys, but the 1943 Quebec Agreement merged it with the American Manhattan Project. Several key British scientists worked as part of the British contribution to the Manhattan Project, but after the war the Americans ended cooperation on nuclear weapons. In January 1947, a cabinet sub-committee decided, in response to an apprehension of American isolationism and fears of Britain losing its great power status, to resume British efforts to build nuclear weapons. The project was called High Explosive Research, and was directed by Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, with William Penney in charge of bomb design. Implicit in the decision to develop atomic bombs was the need to test them. The preferred site was the Pacific Proving Grounds in the US-controlled Marshall Islands. As a fallback, sites in Canada and Australia were considered. The Admiralty suggested that the Monte Bello Islands might be suitable, so the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Clement Attlee, sent a request to the Prime Minister of Australia, Robert Menzies. The Australian government formally agreed to the islands being used as a nuclear test site in May 1951. In February 1952, Attlee's successor, Winston Churchill, announced in the House Of Commons that the first British atomic bomb test would occur in Australia before the end of the year. A small fleet was assembled for Operation Hurricane under the command of Rear Admiral A. D. Torlesse; it included the escort carrier HMS Campania, which served as the flagship, and the LSTs Narvik, Zeebrugge and Tracker. Leonard Tyte from Aldermaston was appointed the technical director. The bomb for Operation Hurricane was assembled (without its radioactive components) at Foulness, and taken to the frigate HMS Plym for transport to Australia. On reaching the Monte Bello Islands, the five Royal Navy ships were joined by eleven Royal Australian Navy ships, including the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney. To test the effects of a ship-smuggled atomic bomb on a port (a threat of great concern to the British at the time), the bomb was exploded inside the hull of Plym, anchored 350 metres (1,150 ft) off Trimouille Island. The explosion occurred 2.7 metres (8 ft 10 in) below the water line, and left a saucer-shaped crater on the seabed 6 metres (20 ft) deep and 300 metres (980 ft) across. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/war-and-peace-in-the-nuclear-age-dvd-set-tv-series-7-disc7.html

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Today, October 3, 2025

October 3, 1957: Literature: The History Of Literature: Censorship: Obscenity Controversies In Literature: Freedom Of Speech (Freedom Of Expression): Howl (Howl For Carl Solomon): The 1957 Howl Obscenity Trial: -- Judge Clayton W. Horn of the California State Superior Court rules that Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems is not obscene. "Howl", also known as "Howl for Carl Solomon", is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1954-1955 and published in his 1956 collection Howl and Other Poems. Ginsberg began work on "Howl" in 1954. "Howl" is considered to be one of the great works of American literature. It came to be associated with the group of writers known as the Beat Generation. Upon the poem's release, publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti of City Lights Books and Publishers, and the bookstore's manager, Shigeyoshi Murao, were charged with disseminating obscene literature, and both were arrested. On October 3, 1957, ruled that the poem was not obscene. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/allen-ginsberg-when-the-muse-calls-answer-in-my-kitchen-dvd.html

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Today, October 3, 2025
October 3: National No Sugar Day: -- Acting as a reminder that refined sugar is simply not good for people, National No Sugar Day is here to offer people encouragement to cut back on the amount of added sugars they eat. It is also an opportunity to offer healthy alternatives to the average Western diet that has been increasing in sugar content for many decades. The discovery of sugar and the processes that can be used to refine and crystallize it date back many hundreds, or even thousands, of years. However, it took many years for sugar to take the place in society that it has today. It wasn't until the 15th century that sugar gradually entered into the marketplace as an item sought out by urban consumers. Sadly, the history of the demand for sugar includes gruesome tales of the slave industry and trade, with two-thirds of the Africans who were kidnapped ending up on sugar plantations with the worst conditions. And by the 1860s, half of the world's sugar was still produced by people who were enslaved, and sugar rapidly became the world's most traded commodity. But, though popular, refined sugar was found to not only be bad for the many enslaved people who were producing it but it was soon realized that refined sugar was also hard on the bodies of those who ate lots of it. At the same time when sugar was the most traded commodity, the world's first book was written in Britain on the topic of maintaining a no sugar, low carbohydrate diet. By the early 20th century, the US government had gotten involved and, through subsidies, facilitated overproduction that led to low prices and even more refined sugar being eaten by Americans - even though it was known by then to be unhealthy. Now, the modern diet for Americans includes an average of more than 60 pounds of sugar consumed by an individual every year, which is 2-3 times the recommended amount for men and women, and even worse for children. National No Sugar Day was founded in 2022 by the No Sugar Company with the purpose of improving the lives and health of individuals, families and communities. The day is celebrated in support of the Heart and Stroke Foundation as well as the American Heart Association, which encourages the reduction of the use of refined sugar for a healthier heart and overall lifestyle. Even those who aren't interested in cutting out sugar from their diets completely can still celebrate National No Sugar Day by paying attention and cutting back on refined or added sugars! https://store.earthstation1.com/tv-commercials-the-classics-vol-8-dv8.html

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Today, October 3, 2025
October 3: World Temperance Day: -- A day which encourages people to give up alcohol, as well as a day to learn about the history of temperance movements around the world. Fermented beverages and alcoholic drinks date back thousands of years. The ancient Egyptians and Chinese were some of the first to consume alcohol. In 2700 B.C. the Babylonians were known to worship a wine goddess. An alcoholic drink called mead was very popular in Greece. The Bible also mentions the drinking of wine. In fact, turning water into wine was the second recorded miracle performed by Jesus. As you can see alcohol has been a part of society and culture for thousands of years. However, not everyone has looked at alcohol in a positive way. Greek literature is full of warnings about excessive alcohol consumption. During the 19th century, the temperance movement helped to promote the moderate use of alcohol. Some people wanted to ban it all together. Those in the temperance movements believed alcohol to be responsible for many of society's ills. This era was also known as Prohibition. Temperance movements were especially popular in English-speaking countries. They were also common amongst Scandinavians. Most of these movements were led by the religious leaders of the day. Some of these temperance organizations were successful as they persuaded governments around the world to ban the sale of alcohol. However, this caused other problems as people illegally made their own. Eventually, the ban on alcohol failed in many countries. There are some countries, however where alcohol is still banned. These countries include Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya, Bangladesh, and some states in India. https://store.earthstation1.com/demon-rum-dvd-american-alcohol-prohibition.html

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Today, October 3, 2025
October 3: National Techies Day: -- A celebration to bring to light the many opportunities youngsters can take advantage of in the technology industry. If the 21st century can be defined under one banner, then it is the technological banner. We haven't even reached the quarter-century mark and already we have gone from bulky and heavy computers to sleek and light laptops. There are printers that can print 3D material, some of which have already been used to create sustainable and environmentally friendly buildings and items. In the coming years, experts have already predicted that there will even be job opportunities that currently do not exist. In fact, in today's climate, for every one high-tech job, four more are automatically created. To bring attention to the fast-growing technological industry, National Techies Day was commemorated. The National Techies Day was created by CNT Networks (Computer Networking Technology) and techies.com in 1999. The former is a company specializing in storage networking solutions, while the latter used to be a job website focussing on connecting aspiring candidates with the right job postings in the technological industry. The main purpose of inventing the day was to raise awareness about the various technological careers youngsters could choose from. The industry has grown tremendously in the last 100 years, but if we were to go back right to the start of human civilization, we will truly come to realize how far the human species has come. 'Technology' comes from the Greek words 'techne' (meaning 'arts/craft') and 'logos' (meaning 'words'). In the beginning, the word 'technology' was used to refer to a discourse on applied arts. It wasn't until recently, namely the 20th century, that technology was being used to refer to a number of applied science projects related to concepts and processes. Human beings started using science and the sources available to them more than 3 million years ago, albeit with simpler technological items like knives, clubs, and fire. Gradually, miscellaneous things like efficient water/sewage systems, cars/trains/ships, cooking stoves, and the like started becoming more and more commonplace all around the world. Anthropologists and sociologists also take into account such technological progress as a way to measure human civilization. Gerhard Lenski, an American sociologist, states that a good way to understand societal advancement is how information travels through it in terms of technology, and this brings us back to National Techies Day. If we want our society to go in a positive direction, we must encourage the young people around us to get into the arena that will not only bring them closer to success but will also be a way of bringing the rest of the world up to speed. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-machine-that-changed-the-world-the-computer-dvd-mp4-downloa4.html

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Today, October 3, 2025
October 3: National Wide Awakes Day: -- Celebrates The Wide Awakes, a youth organization and, later, paramilitary organization fostered by the Republican Party, specifically the Lincoln campaign, during the United States' all-important presidential election in 1860. It was an open-source network of people who believed in the emancipation of all, abolition, and workers' rights. Despite adversity, false accusations, and several conspiracies to bring them down, the group's revolutionary members continued to march on. In early March 1860, Abraham Lincoln passionately spoke against the spread of slavery and the importance of workers' rights, including their right to strike in Hartford, Connecticut. Five store clerks founded a Republican group called The Wide Awakes and decided to carry torches along a parade for Lincoln, who was delighted by the torchlight escort back to his hotel after his speech and helped popularize the group. Over the coming weeks, the Lincoln campaign developed Wide Awakes across the country and used them to spearhead large voter registration drives because they knew that new and young voters tend to embrace new and young parties. By the middle of the 1860 campaign, members of the Republican Party bragged that they had Wide Awake chapters in every county of all free northern states. By the time Lincoln was elected president, The Wide Awakes organization had grown to 500,000 members, and the group had remained active for several decades. On October 3, 1860, The Wide Awakes, dressed in oilcloth cloaks and bearing lanterns, marched in massive torchlight parades in the name of emancipation around the country, including cities like Chicago, Boston, Cleveland, and Lower Manhattan. The group's activities included popular social events, an aura of competitive fraternity, and even promotional comic books. It introduced many people, mostly the youth, to political participation and hailed itself as the newfound voice of younger voters. Later, the structured, militant Wide Awakes attracted the generation that the partisan instability of the 1850s had profoundly shaken. In addition, the group offered young northerners a much-needed political identity. https://store.earthstation1.com/abraham-lincoln-radio-show-mp3-set-cd-download-us3.html

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Today, October 3, 2025
October 3: Buy British Day: -- A day to pour yourself some fine English tea, listen to "The Who Sell Out" and purpose the Pink Floyd song "Money" with keeping the wheels of commerce heading the UK's way! Since this day has two sources of origin, this day has an intriguing story. The first source dates back to the 1960s when some secretaries spearheaded the foundation. The second was in 2014 when a nationwide market objective was established by an organization known as Best of Britannia who organized a Buy British Day event in Clerkenwell, Central London, dedicated to promoting British brands and businesses. However, this was not the first time that a day, or a campaign, was established in honor of supporting British-produced goods. In 1968, a short-lived campaign called 'I'm Backing Britain' was created and put into action by five Surbiton secretaries who agreed to work an extra thirty minutes each day, without pay, to increase productivity and encourage others to do so the same. It drew an enormous response from the British public and quickly turned into a patriotic movement that even got the attention of the then Prime Minister, Harold Wilson. Some even credit this incredibly random event as the reason for the high visibility of the Union Flag logo that littered the high streets. After that, media proprietor and former Member of Parliament, Robert Maxwell, expressed his desire to take over the campaign by changing its name to 'Buy British.' A few months before putting the plan into action, it was realized the campaign had not made an impact on businesses or the economy at all, and it was eventually scrapped. It is said that, in 2014, this old, scrapped, and patriotic campaign was given a new life, probably by the Best of Britannia. Since the 1960s, the British public has once again taken to buying British goods. https://store.earthstation1.com/british-rock-the-first-wave-dvd.html

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October 3, 42 BC: Rome: Ancient Rome: Roman Civil Wars And Revolts: The Roman Republic: The Crisis Of The Roman Republic: Civil Wars Of The Roman Republic: The Liberators' Civil War: The Battle Of Philippi: The First Battle Of Philippi: -- Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight a decisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius. The Battle Of Philippi (First Battle Of Philippi: October 3, 42 BC; Second Battle Of Philippi: October 23, 42 BC) was the final battle in the Wars of the Second Triumvirate between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian (of the Second Triumvirate) and the leaders of Julius Caesar's assassination, Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus in 42 BC, at Philippi in Macedonia. The Second Triumvirate declared this civil war ostensibly to avenge Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, but the underlying cause was a long-brewing class conflict between the ancien regime represented in the Senate (Optimates), and the rising class (Populares). The battle, involving up to 200,000 men in one of the largest of the Roman civil wars, consisted of two engagements in the plain west of the ancient city of Philippi. The first occurred in the first week of October; Brutus faced Octavian, and Antony's forces fought those of Cassius. The Roman armies fought poorly, with low discipline, nonexistent tactical co-ordination and amateurish lack of command experience evident in abundance with neither side able to exploit opportunities as they developed. At first, Brutus pushed back Octavian and entered his legions' camp. However, to the south, Cassius was defeated by Antony, and Cassius committed suicide after hearing a false report that Brutus had also failed. Brutus rallied Cassius's remaining troops, and both sides ordered their army to retreat to their camps with their spoils. The battle was essentially a draw but for Cassius's suicide. A second encounter, on October 23, finished off Brutus's forces after a hard-fought battle. He committed suicide in turn, leaving the triumvirate in control of the Roman Republic. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-world-a-television-history-4-dual-layer-dvds-all-26-sh426.html

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Today, October 3, 2025
October 3, 1925: #BOTD: #HBD! Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, writer, historian, critic, satirists and public intellectual known for his patrician manner, epigrammatic wit, and polished style of writing (d. July 31, 2012) is #born Eugene Louis Vidal at West Point, New York into a political family; his maternal grandfather, Thomas Pryor Gore, served as United States senator from Oklahoma (1907-1921 and 1931-1937). He was a Democratic Party politician who twice sought elected office; first to the United States House Of Representatives (New York State, 1960), then to the U.S. Senate (California, 1982). As a political commentator and essayist, Vidal's principal subject was the history of the United States and its society, especially how the militaristic foreign policy reduced the country to a decadent empire. His political and cultural essays were published in The Nation, the New Statesman, the New York Review of Books, and Esquire magazines. As a public intellectual, Gore Vidal's topical debates on sex, politics, and religion with other intellectuals and writers occasionally turned into quarrels with the likes of William F. Buckley Jr. and Norman Mailer. As such, and because he thought all men and women are potentially bisexual, Vidal rejected the adjectives "homosexual" and "heterosexual" when used as nouns, as inherently false terms used to classify and control people in society. As a novelist Vidal explored the nature of corruption in public and private life. His polished and erudite style of narration readily evoked the time and place of his stories, and perceptively delineated the psychology of his characters. His third novel, The City and the Pillar, offended the literary, political, and moral sensibilities of conservative book reviewers, with a dispassionately presented male homosexual relationship. In the historical novel genre, Vidal re-created in Julian (1964) the imperial world of Julian the Apostate (r. AD 361-63), the Roman emperor who used general religious toleration to re-establish pagan polytheism to counter the political subversion of Christian monotheism. In the genre of social satire, Myra Breckinridge (1968) explores the mutability of gender role and sexual orientation as being social constructs established by social mores. In Burr (1973) and Lincoln (1984), the protagonist is presented as "A Man of the People" and as "A Man" in a narrative exploration of how the public and private facets of personality affect the national politics of the U.S. Gore Vidal died on July 31, 2012 of pneumonia at his home in the Hollywood Hills at the age of 86. A memorial service was held for him at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in New York City on August 23, 2012. He was buried next to Howard Austen in Rock Creek Cemetery, in Washington, D.C.. https://store.earthstation1.com/dick-cavett-interviews-gore-vidal-dvd.html

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Today, October 3, 2025
October 3, 1985: #DOTD: #RIP: Charles Collingwood, American radio and television broadcast journalist, war correspondent, early member of Edward R. Murrow's group of radio foreign correspondents that was known as the "Murrow Boys", television host and spy fiction author (b. June 4, 1917) #dies of cancer at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City at the age of 68. His burial details are not publicly disclosed. Charles Collingwood was born in Three Rivers, Michigan. During World War II he covered Europe and North Africa for CBS News. Collingwood was also among the early ranks of television journalists that included Walter Cronkite, Eric Sevareid, and Murrow himself. Collingwood was born in Three Rivers, Michigan. He attended Deep Springs College and graduated from Cornell University. In 1939, he received a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University. Collingwood covered World War II for United Press in London and was soon recruited to CBS by Edward R. Murrow in 1941. He established himself as an urbane and spontaneously-eloquent on-air journalist. In 1942, Collingwood was sent to cover the North African Campaign, where he proved his reporting abilities despite being considered "green" as a broadcast journalist. On D-Day, he landed at Utah Beach hours after the first wave of soldiers had hit the beaches. Of the CBS reporters accompanying the ground invasion, he recorded a report on June 6 that made it to broadcast two days later. The other CBS correspondents on the ground, Bill Downs and Larry LeSueur, were not able to deliver reports until days later because of trouble setting up mobile transmitters. When General Omar Bradley told Collingwood that the French Resistance was about to rise up and liberate Paris, Collingwood prepared and sent a recording with news of the liberation to CBS in London so that it would be ready when the city was actually freed. The recording bore a label that said to hold it back until Paris was actually liberated, but the technician at CBS did not read the label and immediately aired the recording. On that day, August 22, there were still thousands of German troops in Paris, and the Resistance fighters who were fighting and dying did not appreciate that the world was told that Paris had been liberated. The city would not be actually liberated until three days later, on August 25. After the war, Collingwood remained with CBS and established himself as a television journalist. One of his first roles on television was as host of the CBS documentary series Adventure, which was produced in collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History and aired from May 1953 to July 1956. In December 1955, Charles Collingwood was elected president of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Orson Bean was the first vice president and John Henry Faulk the elected second vice president. Collingwood, Bean and Faulk were part of a middle-of-the-road slate of non-communist, anti-AWARE organization candidates; twenty-seven of thirty-five vacant seats on the board went to the middle-of-the-road slate. AWARE, Inc., a for-profit corporation inspired by Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, published "Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television", an anti-Communist pamphlet-style book issued by the right-wing journal "Counterattack", itself weekly, subscription-based, anti-communist, mimeographed newsletter operated from 1947 into the 1950s by a "private, independent organization" started by three ex-FBI agents. On June 22, 1950, Red Channels named 151 actors, writers, musicians, broadcast journalists, and others in the context of purported Communist manipulation of the entertainment industry. Some of the 151 were already being denied employment because of their political beliefs, history, or association with suspected subversives. Red Channels effectively placed the rest on the industry blacklist. AWARE offered a "clearance" service to major media advertisers and radio and television networks; for a fee, AWARE would investigate the backgrounds of entertainers for signs of Communist sympathy or affiliation. Collingwood and his fellow members AFTRA officers earned the ill will of the blacklisting organization when they wrested control of their union. In reprisal, AWARE labeled them Communists. Charles Collingwood and Orson Bean decided to agree to AWARE's demand that they participate in AWARE's blacklisting of fellow AFTRA members, while Faulk refused to back down. As a result, Faulk's radio career at CBS ended in 1957, a victim of this Cold War blacklisting, for which Faulk held his former AFTRA colleagues in comtempt for the rest of his life. Collingwood then went on to become the chief correspondent of CBS and the third host of its Eyewitness To History series from 1962 to 1963. In 1959 he succeeded Edward R. Murrow as host of Person to Person. He was a leading figure in CBS's expansion to include international coverage, and was CBS News's first United Nations correspondent. He later served as the network's White House correspondent. Collingwood accompanied then-First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy on a televised tour of the White House which she had renovated during the first year of the presidency of her husband, United States President John F. Kennedy. The resulting program, A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy, was broadcast on Valentine's Day in 1962 and was seen by 80 million viewers and broadcast in 50 countries, including Russia and China. He served as substitute anchor during portions of CBS's coverage of the Kennedy assassination on November 22, 1963, relieving Walter Cronkite only minutes after Cronkite had announced the official confirmation of Kennedy's death. Collingwood was CBS's chief foreign correspondent from 1964 to 1975, covering warfare in Southeast Asia. In 1968, he became the first US reporter allowed into North Vietnam. The inspiration for Collingwood's 1970 espionage novel The Defector largely came from this visit. The book received critical praise for its merits as a thriller and for its insights into the complexities of the Vietnam War. Collingwood retired in 1982. He was married to actress Louise Allbritton from 1946 until she died of cancer in 1979. He married the Swedish singer Tatiana Angelini-Jolin (nee Scheremetiew) (1923-2006) in 1984, whom he remained married until his death a year later. His honors include: two Peabody Awards - the Peabody Award for Outstanding Reporting of the News in 1942; he received a second Peabody Award in 1955; two Natioinal Headliner's Club Awards - an award from the National Headliner's Club in 1943 for "consistently accurate and interesting accounts of the fighting in North Africa war zone"; he received a second award in 1949 for "coverage of the Arizona-Colorado dispute over the division of water from the Colorado River"; the General Federation of Women's Club Television Award in education in 1956; and the "Better Understanding" award from the English-Speaking Union in 1957; made Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1975 for contributions to British-American friendship and understanding; and made a Chevalier in the French Legion of Honour. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-splendid-discovery-dvd-treasures-of-king-tutankhamun.html

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Today, October 3, 2025
October 3, 1911: #BOTD: #HBD! Michael Hordern, English stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly 60 years (d. May 2, 1995) is #born Michael Murray Hordern in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, Southern England. Sir Michael Murray Hordern, CBE (Commander Of The British Empire) is best known for his Shakespearean roles, especially that of King Lear, which he played to much acclaim on stage in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1969 and London in 1970. He then successfully assumed the role on television five years later. He often appeared in film, rising from a bit part actor in the late 1930s to a member of the main cast; by the time of his death he had appeared in nearly 140 cinema roles. His later work was predominantly in television and radio. Born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, into a family with no theatrical connections, Hordern was educated at Windlesham House School where he became interested in drama. He went on to Brighton College where his interest in the theatre developed. After leaving the college he joined an amateur dramatics company, and came to the notice of several influential Shakespearean directors who cast him in minor roles in Othello and Macbeth. During the Second World War he served on HMS Illustrious where he reached the rank of lieutenant commander. Upon his demobilisation he resumed his acting career and made his television debut, becoming a reliable bit-part actor in many films, particularly in the war film genre. Hordern came to prominence in the early 1950s when he took part in a theatrical competition at the Arts Theatre in London. There, he impressed Glen Byam Shaw who secured the actor a season-long contract at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre where he played major parts, including Caliban in The Tempest, Jaques in As You Like It, and Sir Politick Would-Be in Ben Jonson's comedy Volpone. The following season Hordern joined Michael Benthall's company at the Old Vic where, among other parts, he played Polonius in Hamlet, and the title role in King John. In 1957 he won a best actor award at that year's British Academy Television Awards for his role as the barrister in John Mortimer's courtroom drama The Dock Brief. He appeared as Scathelock in the Walt Disney's Disneyland television presentation The Story Of Robin Hood (1956). Along with his theatrical responsibilities Hordern had regular supporting roles in various films including Cleopatra (1963), and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966). Other movies Hordern appeared in include The Bed Sitting Room (1969) and Sink The Bismarck! (1960). In the late 1960s Hordern met the British theatre director Jonathan Miller, who cast him in Whistle and I'll Come to You, which was recorded for television and received wide praise. Hordern's next major play was Jumpers which appeared at the Royal National Theatre at the start of 1972. His performance was praised by critics and he reprised the role four years later. His television commitments increased towards the end of his life. His credits include Paradise Postponed, the BAFTA award-winning Memento Mori, and the BBC adaptation of Middlemarch. He was appointed a CBE in 1972 and was knighted eleven years later. Hordern suffered from kidney disease during the 1990s and died from it in 1995 at the age of 83. He is buried at St. James Churchyard in Winterbourne, West Berkshire Unitary Authority, Berkshire, England. https://store.earthstation1.com/sink-the-bismarck-dvd-wwii.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Outer Space Mission MP3 MegaSet DVD, Audio Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, October 3, 2025
October 3, 1962: Rocket Launches: The History Of Rocketry: The History Of Spaceflight: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Space Age: The Space Race: Space Programs Of The United States: Human Spaceflight Programs: Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8): -- The Sigma 7 spacecraft is launched from Cape Canaveral with astronaut Wally Schirra aboard atop an Atlas LV-3B ( Atlas D Mercury Launch Vehicle or Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle) rocket from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) at 12:15:12 UTC for a six-orbit, nine-hour flight. Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) was the fifth United States manned space mission, part of NASA's Mercury program. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., orbited the Earth six times in the Sigma 7 spacecraft on October 3, 1962, in a nine-hour flight focused mainly on technical evaluation rather than on scientific experimentation. This was the longest U.S. manned orbital flight yet achieved in the Space Race, though well behind the several-day record set by the Soviet Vostok 3 earlier in the year. It confirmed the Mercury spacecraft's durability ahead of the one-day Mercury-Atlas 9 mission that followed in 1963. https://store.earthstation1.com/outer-space-mission-mp3-dvd-megaset-4-dis34.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: We Remember: The Space Shuttle Pioneers 1981-1986 DVD, Download, USB
Today, October 3, 2025
October 3, 1985: Maiden Flights: The History Of Rocketry: The History Of Spaceflight: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Space Age: The Space Race: Space Programs Of The United States: Human Spaceflight Programs: The Space Shuttle Program (The Space Transportation System (STS)): Space Shuttle Mission STS-51-J -- The Space Shuttle Atlantis takes its first flight with the 21st NASA Space Shuttle mission when it is launched on a secret mission at 15:15:30 UTC from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) carrying a payload for the U.S. Department of Defense: two (2) of the The Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) United States Space Force satellites, part of a constellation of such satellites that provides the United States with military communications to support globally distributed military users. Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base Runway 23 on October 7, 1985 at 17:00:08 UTC. Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-104) is a Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle belonging to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States. Manufactured by the Rockwell International company in Southern California and delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Eastern Florida in April 1985, Atlantis is the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Atlantis is named after RV Atlantis, a two-masted sailing ship that operated as the primary research vessel for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from 1930 to 1966. Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission, also the final mission of a space shuttle, STS-135, on 8 July 2011. STS-134 by Endeavour was expected to be the final flight before STS-135 was authorized in October 2010. STS-135 took advantage of the processing for the STS-335 Launch on Need mission that would have been necessary if STS-134's crew became stranded in orbit. Atlantis landed for the final time at the Kennedy Space Center on 21 July 2011. By the end of its final mission, Atlantis had orbited the Earth a total of 4,848 times, traveling nearly 126,000,000 mi (203,000,000 km) or more than 525 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon. https://store.earthstation1.com/we-remember-the-space-shuttle-pioneers-198119811986.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Green Hornet Audio/Video MegaSet DVD, MP4 & MP3 Download, USB Drive
Today, October 3, 2025
October 3, 1888: #BOTD: #HBD! Wade Boteler, American actor, film director, soldier and screenwriter (d. May 7, 1943) is #born in Santa Ana, California. He appeared in more than 430 films between 1919 and 1943, notably as Michael Axford, a reporter for the Daily Sentinel, in both Green Hornet movie serials. Boteler graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After he graduated, he stayed there as a director until he joined the Army in World War I. For three years in the mid-1920s, he worked for Douglas MacLean's film company as both actor and writer. On Broadway, Boteler appeared in the play The Silent Voice (1914). He died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack at the age of 55. His remains were cremated; the location of his ashes are unknown. https://store.earthstation1.com/7-disc-green-hornet-dvd-and-mp3-movie-and-radio-discount-s73.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Subterraneans 1960 Leslie Caron George Peppard DVD, Download, USB
Today, October 3, 2025
October 3, 1998: #DOTD: #RIP: Roddy McDowall, English-American actor, voice artist, film director and photographer (b. September 17, 1928) #dies of lung cancer at his home in Studio City, California, age 70. His body was cremated and his ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean on October 7, 1998 off Los Angeles County. Dennis Osborne, a screenwriter, had cared for McDowall in his final months, and was quoted as saying, "It was very peaceful. It was just as he wanted it. It was exactly the way he planned". Roddy McDowall was born Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall at 204 Herne Hill Road, Herne Hill, London, England. Roddy McDowall is best known for portraying Cornelius and Caesar in the original Planet of the Apes film series, as well as Galen in the spin-off television series. He began his acting career as a child in England, and then in the United States, in How Green Was My Valley (1941), My Friend Flicka (1943) and Lassie Come Home (1943). As a teenager during World War II, he worked as a bus boy in the Hollywood Canteen, a Hollywood club offering food, dancing and entertainment for servicemen, usually on their way overseas. As an adult, McDowall appeared most frequently as a character actor on radio, stage, film, and television. For portraying Augustus in the historical drama Cleopatra (1963), he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Other titles include The Subterraneans (1960), The Longest Day (1962), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), That Darn Cat! (1965), Inside Daisy Clover (1965), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Funny Lady (1975), The Black Hole (1979), Class of 1984 (1982), Fright Night (1985), Overboard (1987), Fright Night Part 2 (1988) and A Bug's Life (1998). He also served in various positions on the Board of Governors for the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences and the Selection Committee for the Kennedy Center Honors, further contributing to various charities related to the film industry and film preservation. He was a founding Member of the National Film Preservation Board in 1989, and represented the Screen Actors Guild on this Board until his death. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-subterraneans-dvd-1960-leslie-caron-george-pep1960.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Cream: Farewell Concerts At Royal Albert Hall 1968 Plus Bonus MP4 DVD
Today, October 3, 2025
October 3, 1969: #DOTD: #RIP: Skip James, African American Delta blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist (b. June 9, 1902) #dies of cancer of the penis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, aged 67. He is buried at Merion Memorial Park in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. History's first supergroup. the White blues band Cream, recorded his song "I'm So Glad" in 1966 to raise money for an operation to save his life, using the royalty money Cream paid James for using his song. It provided James with 10K USD in royalties, the only windfall of his career, and likely extended his life a further four more years. At Cream's final concert of November 26, 1968, the third song they played was Skip James' "I'm So Glad". Skip James was born Nehemiah Curtis James in Bentonia, Mississippi, U.S. His guitar playing is noted for its dark, minor-key sound, played in an open D-minor tuning with an intricate fingerpicking technique. James first recorded for Paramount Records in 1931, but these recordings sold poorly, having been released during the Great Depression, and he drifted into obscurity. After a long absence from the public eye, James was "rediscovered" in 1964 by blues enthusiasts, helping further the blues and folk music revival of the 1950s and early 1960s. During this period, James appeared at folk and blues festivals, gave concerts around the country and recorded several albums for various record labels. James subsequently recorded for Takoma Records, Melodeon Records, and Vanguard Records and performed at various engagements until his death from cancer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the age of 67. He is buried at Merion Memorial Parkin Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. His songs have influenced generations of musicians and have been adapted by numerous artists. He has been hailed as "one of the seminal figures of the blues." https://store.earthstation1.com/cream-farewell-concerts-at-royal-albert-hall-1968-plus-bonus-mp19684.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Woody Guthrie Documentary Biography DVD, Video Download, Flash Drive
Today, October 3, 2025
October 3, 1967: #DOTD: #RIP: Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, regarded as one of the most significant figures in American folk music, whose songs, including social justice songs, such as "This Land Is Your Land", have inspired several generations both politically and musically (b. July 14, 1912) #dies of complications of Huntington's disease at Creedmore State Hospital (now known as Creedmoor Psychiatric Center) in Queens Village, Queens, New York, aged 55. According to a Guthrie family legend, he was listening to his son Arlo's "Alice's Restaurant", a recording of which Arlo had delivered to Woody's bedside, shortly before he died. There are two accounts of the dispostion of his remains; he has a well-attended gravestone at Highland Cemetery in Okemah, Oklahoma, while his remains were also reputed to have breen cremated and scattered at sea (though which sea is a matter of conjecture; likely, the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of New York). By the time of Guthrie's death, his work had been discovered by a new audience, introduced to them through Dylan, Pete Seeger, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, his ex-wife Marjorie and other new members of the folk revival, including his son Arlo Guthrie. Woody Guthrie was born Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, in Okemah, a small town in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, named after Woodrow Wilson, at that time the Governor of New Jersey and the Democratic candidate for President of the United States, who was elected to that office the following November 5th. He wrote hundreds of political, folk, and children's songs, along with ballads and improvised works, sometimes with a Communist leaning. His album of songs about the Dust Bowl period, Dust Bowl Ballads, is included on Mojo magazine's 100 Records That Changed The World. Many of his recorded songs are archived in the Library of Congress. Songwriters such as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Hunter, Harry Chapin, John Mellencamp, Pete Seeger, Andy Irvine, Joe Strummer, Billy Bragg, Jerry Garcia, Jay Farrar, Bob Weir, Jeff Tweedy, Bob Childers, Sammy Walker and Tom Paxton have acknowledged Guthrie as a major influence. He frequently performed with the slogan "This machine kills fascists" displayed on his guitar. https://store.earthstation1.com/woody-guthrie-dvd-tv-documentary.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: DJ Madness! 1950s-60s-70s Radio Shows DVD, MP3 Download, USB Drive
Today, October 3, 2025
October 3, 1938: #BOTD: #HBD! Eddie Cochran, pioneer American Rock & Roll and rockabilly singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. April 17, 1960) is #born Edward Raymond Cochran in Albert Lea, Minnesota. His rockabilly songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody", and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s. He experimented with multitrack recording, distortion techniques, and overdubbing even on his earliest singles. He played the guitar, piano, bass, and drums. His image as a sharply dressed and good-looking young man with a rebellious attitude epitomized the stance of the 1950s rocker, and in death he achieved an iconic status. Eddie Cochran died in a car crash on Easter Sunday while being driven by a taxi driver named George Martin while on tour in England from January through April of 1960; his friend and fellow performing artist Gene Vincent was in the same car crash and survived his injuries. They had just finished performing at the last of their scheduled concerts at the Bristol Hippodrome on April 16, a Saturday night. They were traveling along the Bath Road in a taxi (a cream-coloured 1960 model Ford Consul Mark II saloon) from Bristol towards London. In addition to Cochran and Vincent, the other passengers in the vehicle were Sharon Sheeley (a 20-year-old songwriter who was also Cochran's fiancee at the time), Patrick Tompkins (the tour manager, 29 years old), and George Martin (the 19-year-old taxi driver). At about 11:50 p.m. that night, Martin lost control of the vehicle, which subsequently crashed into a concrete lamppost at Rowden Hill in Chippenham. At the moment of impact Cochran, who was seated in the centre of the back seat, threw himself over Sheeley to shield her. The force of the collision caused the left rear passenger door to open, and Cochran was ejected from the vehicle, sustaining a massive traumatic brain injury from blunt force trauma to the skull. The pavement was dry and the weather was good, but the vehicle was later determined to be traveling at an excessive speed. No other vehicle was involved in the incident. The occupants of the vehicle were all taken to Chippenham Community Hospital and later transferred to St Martin's Hospital in Bath. Cochran never regained consciousness, and died at 4:10 p.m. the following day - Easter Sunday. Sheeley suffered injuries to her back and thigh, Vincent suffered a fractured collarbone and severe injuries to his legs, and Tompkins sustained facial injuries and a possible fracture of the base of the skull. Martin did not sustain significant injuries. Vincent and Sheeley returned to the United States after the accident. Cochran's body was flown home, and after a funeral service was buried on April 25, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Cypress, California. Martin was convicted of dangerous driving, fined 50 PS (and in default of payment six months imprisonment), and disqualified from driving for 15 years. His driving disqualification was lifted on May 7, 1968, after the judge at Bristol Assizes determined that Martin "had suffered considerable financial hardship". The car and other items from the crash were impounded at the local police station until a coroner's inquest could be held. David Harman, a police cadet at the station, who would later become known as Dave Dee of the band Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, is said to have played on Cochran's Gretsch 6120 guitar whilst it was held at the station. There is a plaque marking the site of the car crash on Rowden Hill. There is also a memorial stone on the grounds of St Martin's Hospital in Bath, commemorating Cochran's death. The stone was restored in 2010 on the 50th anniversary of his death and can be found in the old chapel grounds at the hospital. A memorial plaque was also placed next to the sundial at the back of the old chapel. The Eddie Cochran Memorial Project spearheaded a fundraising campaign in 2018 to restore the plaque and install a brand new "Three Steps to Heaven" base at the Chippenham crash site. https://store.earthstation1.com/dj-radio-airchecks-mp3-dvd-1950s60s70s-dis319506070.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Rock & Roll An Unruly History 10 Part TV Series MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, October 3, 2025
October 3, 1941: #BOTD: #HBD! Chubby Checker, African American rock and roll singer singer, songwriter and dancer, is #born Ernest Evans in Spring Gully, South Carolina. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles, including The Twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters' R & B song "The Twist", and the Pony dance style with the 1961 cover of the song "Pony Time". His biggest UK hit, "Let's Twist Again", was released one year later (in 1962); that year, he also popularized the song "Limbo Rock", originally a previous year instrumental hit by the Champs to which he added lyrics, and its trademark Limbo dance, as well as other dance styles such as The Fly. In September 2008, "The Twist" topped Billboard's list of the most popular singles to have appeared in the Hot 100 since its debut in 1960, an honor it maintained for an August 2013 update of the list. https://store.earthstation1.com/rock-amp-roll-an-unruly-history-10-part-tv-series-mp4-video-download-104.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: John Hammond: Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen DVD, MP4, Flash Drive
Today, October 3, 2025
October 3, 1954: #BOTD: #HBD! Stevie Ray Vaughan, nicknamed SRV, American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock band Double Trouble and his studio sessions on David Bowie's Let's Dance album (d. August 27, 1990) is #born in Dallas, Texas, where he is raised. Vaughan began playing guitar at age seven, initially inspired by his elder brother Jimmie Vaughan. In 1972, he dropped out of high school and moved to Austin, where he began to gain a following after playing gigs on the local club circuit. Vaughan formed the band Double Trouble in 1978 and established it as part of the Austin music scene, which soon became one of the most popular acts in Texas. He performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1982 where David Bowie saw him play and contacted him for a studio gig, resulting in Stevie playing his blues guitar on the album Let's Dance (1983) before being discovered by the great record producer John Hammond, who interested major label Epic Records in signing them to a record deal. Within months, Vaughan achieved mainstream success with Double Trouble for the critically acclaimed debut album Texas Flood. With a series of successful network television appearances and extensive concert tours, he became the leading figure in the blues revival of the 1980s. Playing his guitar behind his back or plucking the strings with his teeth like Jimi Hendrix did, he earned unprecedented stardom in Europe which later resulted in breakthroughs for guitar players like Robert Cray, Jeff Healey, Robben Ford and Walter Trout amongst others. During the majority of his life, Vaughan struggled with drug and alcohol addiction. He also struggled with the personal and professional pressures of fame, and his marriage to Lenora "Lenny" Bailey. He successfully completed rehabilitation and began touring again with Double Trouble in November 1986. His fourth and final studio album In Step reached number 33 in the United States in 1989; it was one of Vaughan's most critically and commercially successful releases and included his only number-one hit "Crossfire". He became one of the world's most highly demanded blues performers, and he headlined Madison Square Garden in 1989 and the Beale Street Music Festival in 1990. On August 27, 1990, Vaughan and four others were killed in a helicopter crash in East Troy, Wisconsin, after performing with Double Trouble at Alpine Valley Music Theatre. The pilot, Jeff Brown, was unqualified at the time of the crash, and an investigation concluded that the cause was pilot error. Vaughan's family later filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Omniflight Helicopters, which was settled out of court. He is buried at Laurel Land Memorial Park in Dallas, Texas. Vaughan's music continued to achieve commercial success with several posthumous releases and has sold over 15 million albums in the United States alone. In 2003, David Fricke of Rolling Stone ranked him the seventh greatest guitarist of all time. Vaughan was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015, along with Double Trouble bandmates Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon, and Reese Wynans. https://store.earthstation1.com/john-hammond-from-bessie-smith-to-bruce-springsteen-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Teenage Dating Films 1946-1958 DVD, MP4 Video Download, USB Drive
Today, October 3, 2025
October 3: National Boyfriend Day: -- National Boyfriend Day (sometimes referred to as National Boyfriend's Day) on October 3rd recognizes the sweetheart in your life. Like special days for family members, this day dedicates attention to the boyfriends in our lives. Whether the relationship is new or seasoned, boyfriends bring unique meaning to our lives. From romantic evenings, date nights, and adventure, each relationship develops over time. Each year, you build upon the relationship with new memories and experiences. What makes your boyfriend extra special? Like a good friend, a boyfriend supports your dreams and ambitions. Together you're a team. Often, there's an unexplained attraction. Does his character make you want to be a better person? We describe our boyfriends with words like energetic, creative, loving, and kind. Perhaps your boyfriend is a bad boy or a handsome geek. No matter what type your boyfriend is, celebrate him all day long! To observe National Boyfriend Day: Do something nice for your boyfriend today. While planning the day, consider all his favorite things. If you're uncertain, do some sleuthing before hand. Let him know how important he is to you. Consider taking him on a scavenger hunt. Surprise him with a romantic getaway to a place he's talked about. Take him to a movie of his choosing. Pick a sporting event to his favorite team. Whatever you choose to do, let him know you appreciate him! https://store.earthstation1.com/teenage-dating-films-194619461958.html