On October 3, 1941, the film "The Maltese Falcon" opened. In 1945, ten-year-old Elvis Presley made his first public appearance in a talent show at the Mississippi-Alabama Dairy Show, singing "Old Shep." He won second place and $5.
In 1954, "Father Knows Best" premiered on CBS. In 1955, "Captain Kangaroo" premiered on CBS, and "The Mickey Mouse Club" made its debut on ABC. In 1957, "The Woody Woodpecker Show" made its premiere on ABC.
In 1967, folk singer Woody Guthrie died in New York at the age of 55. Guthrie had been in the hospital for most of the last decade of his life, suffering from Huntington's disease. In 1998, actor Roddy McDowall died of cancer in Los Angeles.
He was 70. In 2000, singer and bassist Benjamin Orr of The Cars died of pancreatic cancer in Atlanta. He was 53.
In 2003, Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy was mauled by a white tiger during a performance in Las Vegas.
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