ON THIS DAY OCTOBER 3 2023

This Day in History: October 3

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1961







The Dick Van Dyke Show, a pioneer of the sitcom genre, began airing on CBS.


The Dick Van Dyke Show
American television program




The Dick Van Dyke Show, American television situation comedy that ran from 1961 to 1966 on CBS. Considered a pioneer in the genre, the show received 15 Emmy Awards during its five seasons. The Dick Van Dyke Show chronicles the professional and personal life of Rob Petrie (played by Dick Van Dyke), a young comedy writer for the fictitious Alan Brady Show, a television variety program whose seldom-seen star was played by the series’ creator, Carl Reiner. Rob’s principal colleagues were a pair of fellow writers—wisecracking Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam) and Sally Rogers (Rose Marie), who was always on the ...(100 of 305 words)

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Gwen Stefani
American singer and songwriter







Gwen Stefani, in full Gwen Renée Stefani, (born October 3, 1969, Fullerton, California, U.S.), American singer and songwriter who came to fame in the 1990s as the lead singer for the rock-ska band No Doubt before starting a solo career.
As teenagers in Orange county, California, Stefani and her brother Eric helped found No Doubt, which fused ska with new wave-style pop. The group’s breakthrough came with its third album, the chart-topping Tragic Kingdom (1995), which included the hit singles “Just a Girl,” “Spiderwebs,” and “Don’t Speak.” As the band’s popularity grew, the spotlight was very much on the stylish Stefani, who became almost instantly identifiable by her fire-engine red lips and platinum blonde hair and who branched out to collaborate on recordings with rapper Eve and techno artist Moby. No Doubt followed Tragic Kingdom with Return of Saturn (2000) and Rock Steady (2001), the latter of which featured the Grammy Award-winning songs “Hey Baby” and “Underneath It All.” In 2002 Stefani married Gavin Rossdale, the front man for the British alternative rock group Bush; the couple divorced in 2016.


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