This Day, That Year – October 3

Patrick Manson, considered the “father of tropical medicine”, was born on this day in 1844.

Did you know that:

• Elvis Presley’s first public appearance was at the age of ten on this day in 1945
• The transistor was patented by Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain on this day in 1950
• Tessa Thompson is an American Afro-Panamanian actress, and producer born on this day in 1983