September 3

This Day in Humor with Mike Durrett

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Born 1920: Mort Walker, cartoonist, "Beetle Bailey."

From The Los Angeles Grim Society:

''September 3rd, 1939 - NOW, A SHORT WORD FROM OUR ENEMIES... -- British Prime Minister Chamberlain's war announcement interrupts a Disney Cartoon, 'Mickey's Gala Premiere,' showing on the fledgling BBC television service. Television shuts down for the duration.

''September 3rd, 1946 - NOW, BACK TO OUR SCHEDULED PROGRAMME... -- After the war, the BBC television service resumes and an announcer says: 'Well now, where were we?' They continue the Mickey Mouse cartoon from where it was interrupted in 1939.''

Born 1965: Charlie Sheen, actor, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Major League," "Men at Work," "The Rookie," "Hot Shots!" "Loaded Weapon 1," "Hot Shots! Part Deux," "The Three Musketeers" (1993), "Major League II," "Money Talks," "Being John Malkovich," "Spin City," "Two and a Half Men," "Scary Movie 3."

1966: The final ABC-TV broadcast of "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,'' after 14 seasons.

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