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• On Oct 3, 1995,   O.J. Simpson was acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
• On Oct. 4, 1777,  troops under George Washington were repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe at the Battle of Germantown outside Philadelphia.
• On Oct. 5, 1947,  the first televised White House address was given by President  Harry S. Truman.
• On Oct. 6, 1683,  German immigrant families founded Germantown, in the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of German people to America.
• On Oct. 10, 1973,  Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged with federal income tax evasion.
• Bills are made of a cotton (75% ) and linen (25% ) fiber mix known as "rag paper."  This is distinctly different from regular paper, made from the cellulose in trees.