On this day: October 3
POSTED: 10:53 PM PDT Oct 02, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Oct 02, 2012
Bobby Thomson hits the "shot heard 'round the world," Woody Guthrie passes away, Germany comes together, and O.J. Simpson is found not guilty, all on this day.
Walt Disney
1955: The variety TV show "The Mickey Mouse Club" debuts. The series, created by Walt Disney and featuring the a cast of child performers known as the "mousketeers," would be revived, reformatted and reimagined after its initial 1955-1959, first in 1977 for syndication, and again, from 1989 to 1995 on the Disney Channel.
