October 3
October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in
Leap years). There are 89 days remaining in the year.
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Events
\n*2333 BC - Legendary date of the establishment of the Kingdom of Chosun (Korea)\n*42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: The Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius. Although Brutus defeats Octavian, Antony defeats Cassius.\n*1574 - Siege of Leiden lifted by the Watergeuzen - foundation of the first Dutch university\n*1712 - Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor\n*1789 - George Washington proclaims the first Thanksgiving Day\n*1863 - Thanksgiving Day declared as the last Thursday in November by President Abraham Lincoln\n*1918 - King Boris III of Bulgaria takes the throne\n*1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".\n*1932 - Iraq gains its independence\n*1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia under General de Bono (replaced November 11 by Pietro Badoglio)\n*1942 - Germany tests the first V-2 rocket\n*1951 - New York Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-4, winning the National League pennant, with Bobby Thomson's three-run homer called "The Shot Heard 'Round the World"\n*1952 - United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon\n*1960 - The Andy Griffith Show debuted\n*1962 - At Cape Canaveral the Sigma Seven blasted off with Astronaut Wally Schirra aboard for a nine-hour flight\n*1964 - Underdog debuts on CBS\n*1981 - The Hunger Strike by Irish Republican Army prisoners at the Maze jail in Belfast ends after seven months and 10 deaths.\n*1990 - The re-unification of Germany. East Germany ceases to exist.\n*1993 - In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Farrah Aidid's organization in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 US Army Rangers and about 2000 Somalis are killed. US forces withdraw from Somalia shortly thereafter.\n*1995 - O. J. Simpson found not guilty of murder.
Births
\n*1873 - Emily Post, etiquette advisor (sometimes October 27, 1872 is given as her birthdate)\n*1880 - Warner Oland, actor (d. 1938)\n*1898 - Leo McCarey, American movie director (d. 1969)\n*1899 - Gertrude Berg, actress (d. 1966)\n*1900 - Thomas Wolfe, author (d. 1938)\n*1916 - James Herriot, vetrinarian, author (d. 1995)\n*1919 - James M. Buchanan, American economist\n*1925 - Gore Vidal, American author\n*1936 - Steve Reich, American composer\n*1938 - Eddie Cochran, singer (d. 1960)\n*1941 - Chubby Checker, American popular musician\n*1947 - John Perry Barlow, American musician\n*1949 - Lindsey Buckingham, musician\n*1950 - Pamela Hensley, actress\n*1951 - Keb' Mo', blues singer\n* 1951 - Dave Winfield, Baseball Hall of Famer\n*1954 - Dennis Eckersley, Baseball Hall of Famer\n* 1954 - Al Sharpton, minister, politician\n* 1954 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, guitarist (d. 1990)\n*1962 - Tommy Lee, American rock musician\n*1969 - Gwen Stefani, singer, No Doubt frontwoman\n*1973 - Neve Campbell, Canadian actress\n*1974 - Joshua Burke, Canadian pro-tobacco activist\n*1976 - Seann William Scott, actor\n*1981 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic, soccerplayer\n*1982 - Erik von Detten, actor
Deaths
\n*42 BC - Gaius Cassius Longinus\n*1226 - Saint Francis of Assisi (b. c. 1182)\n*1873 - Captain Jack, Modoc tribal leader\n*1890 - Joseph Hergenröther German church historian (b. 1824)\n*1897 - Saint Therese of Liseaux (b. 1873)\n*1931 - Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (b. 1865)\n*1953 - Arnold Bax, composer (b. 1883)\n*1965 - Zachary Scott, actor\n*1967 - Woody Guthrie, Amerian folk musician (b. 1912)\n*1987 - Jean Anouilh, writer (b. 1910)\n*1987 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947)\n*1990 - General Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force officer, candidate for Vice President of the United States (b. 1906)\n*1998 - Roddy McDowall, actor (b. 1928)
Holidays
\n* Germany - German Unity Day\n* South Korea - National Foundation Day (Gaecheonjeol 개천절)
October 2 -
October 4 -
September 3 -
November 3 - more
historical anniversaries
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