"We the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant, Orenthal James Simpson, not guilty of the crime of murder." Simpson is found not guilty of killing his ex-wife Nicole and Ronald Goldman. Two years later, a civil trial finds Simpson liable for the slayings, ordering him to pay millions of dollars to the victims' families.

1226Saint Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscan Order, dies. Known for his devotion to the poor, he is made a Catholic saint two years later.

1990West and East Germany become one country again, reunifying after 45 years apart. That division lasted from the Nazi defeat in World War II through the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. 1951Baseball's “shot heard round the world”, in the deciding National League playoff game in New York. Bobby Thomson with the New York Giants hits a three-one home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers and head for the World Series, losing to the New York Yankees. And 1955Birth of two children's TV classics. Captain Kangaroo arrives on CBS, while the Mickey Mouse Club premieres on ABC. Today in History, October 3rd, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.