[NJARC] From the Press Association wire

[Michael Koste]

Additionally...

OCTOBER 2, 1932 Burgess Meredith stars in the maiden broadcast of
the daytime drama "Red Adams," which, through numerous format
changes, evolved into the memorable "Pepper Young's Family".

OCTOBER 2, 1953 Edward R. Murrow's celebrity interview program
"Person to Person" first airs on CBS-TV.




                                                                           
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Hi Folks,

Pay particluar attention to 1906. I think it was actually CQD, not CDQ.

JR

ON THIS DAY - OCTOBER 3

1226: St Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, died.
1888: The first performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeoman Of The
Guard took place at the Savoy Theatre, London.
1906: SOS was established as an international distress signal, replacing
the call sign CDQ (sometimes explained as Come Damn Quick).
1929: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was renamed Yugoslavia.
1941: The aerosol was patented by LD Goodhue and WN Sullivan.
1952: Britain's first atomic weapon was exploded in the Monte Bello
Islands, off Australia.
1956: The Bolshoi Ballet appeared at Covent Garden for the first time.
1959: The post code, required in the addressing of mail for mechanical
sorting, was first used in Britain in Norwich.



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