On this day in history - Today, October, 3

Today in History

• 1995 OJ Simpson acquitted in the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman

  The former football player had been accused of murdering his ex-wife and her friend on June 13, 1994

• 1952 UK tests its first atomic bomb

  Called Operation Hurricane the test was conducted near the Montebello Islands in Western Australia.

• 1932 Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom

  The West Asian country came under British control in 1920, after the end of the First World War. Aft

• 1863 National Thanksgiving Day proclamation

  American president Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day. The

• 1849 Edgar Allen Poe seen in public for the last time

  The Baltimore, Maryland-based American poet and author, best known for his poem The Raven was found