Once Upon A Time – October 3 – 1941 – Adolf Hitler Says Russia Is Already Broken And Will Never Rise Again

2333 BC State of Gojoseon (Modern-day Korea) founded by Dangun Wanggeom during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Yao

52 BC Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and battle of Alesia

1283 Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Gwynedd, Wales, becomes the first person executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered

1922 1st facsimile photo sent over city telephone lines, Washington, D.C.

1935 Italy invades Ethiopia, starting the Second Italo-Ethiopian War

1990 Reunification of East and West Germany. West German flag is raised above the Brandenburg Gate on the stroke of midnight.

HISTORICAL EVENTS TODAY

TODAY IN FILM & TV

1941 “The Maltese Falcon” directed by John Huston and based on Dashiell Hammett’s 1929 novel of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor, premieres in New York City

1992 Irish pop singer Sinéad O’Connor rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on “Saturday Night Live” [1]

1995 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson found not guilty of the murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman in Los Angeles, California

TODAY IN SPORT

1888 New Zealand Natives, a privately organised and mainly Māori rugby team, plays first game in UK; beats Surry 4-1; first national rugby team to wear all-black & perform the ‘haka’

1995 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson found not guilty of the murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman in Los Angeles, California

MORE FACTS…

1908 Pravda newspaper founded by Leon Trotsky, Adolph Joffe, Matvey Skobelev and other Russian exiles in Vienna

1941 Adolf Hitler says Russia is “already broken and will never rise again” in a broadcast to the German people

FAMOUS WEDDINGS

1609 Painter Peter Paul Rubens marries his first wife Isabella Brant in St. Michael’s Abbey, Antwerp

1833 French composer Hector Berlioz (29) marries actress Harriet Smithson (30)

1944 American comedian Jerry Lewis (18) marries American singer Patti Palmer (22); divorce in 1980