October 3
is the 276th day of the year (277th in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar. There are 89 days remaining in the year.
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2333 BC - Establishment of the Kingdom of
Korea (in the name of
Joseon).
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42 BC -
First Battle of Philippi:
Triumvirs Mark Antony and
Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's assassins
Brutus and
Cassius.
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1283 -
Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of
Gwynedd in
Wales, becomes the first person executed by
drawing and quartering.
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1574 - Siege of
Leiden lifted by the
Watergeuzen; foundation of the first
Dutch university
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1712 - The
Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of
Rob Roy MacGregor*
1739 - The
Treaty of Nissa is signed by the
Ottoman Empire and
Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736-1739.
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1778 - British Captain
James Cook anchors in Alaska.
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1789 -
George Washington proclaims the first
Thanksgiving Day.
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1795 - General
Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence being named to defend the French
National Convention against armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the three year old revolutionary government.
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1863 -
Thanksgiving Day declared as the last
Thursday in
November by
President Abraham Lincoln.
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1873 -
Captain Jack and companions hanged for their part in the
Modoc War*
1918 - King
Boris III of Bulgaria takes the throne
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1929 - The
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to
Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".
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1932 -
Iraq gains independence from
Britain.
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1935 -
Italy invades
Ethiopia under
General de Bono (replaced
November 11 by
Pietro Badoglio).
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1942 - First successful launch of
A4-rocket from
Test Stand VII at
Peenemünde,
Germany: the first man-made object to reach space.
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1949 -
German Unity Day, the
German Democratic Republic is declared in
East Germany.
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1951 -
New York Giants beat the
Brooklyn Dodgers 5-4, winning the
National League pennant, with
Bobby Thomson's "
The Shot Heard 'Round the World".
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1952 -
United Kingdom successfully tests a
nuclear weapon.
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1960 -
The Andy Griffith Show debuts.
* 1960 -
Niger gains independence from
France.
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1962 - At
Cape Canaveral the
Mercury 8 blasts off with
Astronaut Wally Schirra aboard for a nine-hour flight.
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1964 -
Buffalo Wings are Invented at Frank & Teresa's
Anchor Bar in
Buffalo, NY*
1981 - The
Hunger Strike by
Irish Republican Army prisoners at the Maze jail in
Belfast ends after seven months and 10 deaths.
* 1981 - The
Communist Party of Namibia is founded at a conference in
Angola.
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1985 -
Space Shuttle Atlantis flys its maiden voyage.
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1988 -
Ted Turner's
Turner Network Television cable channel launches on US
television.
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1990 -
Re-unification of
Germany.
East Germany ceases to exist, and East German citizens become part of the
European Community, which later became the
European Union. Day of German Union.
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1992 -
Sinéad O'Connor rips up a photo of
Pope John Paul II on
Saturday Night Live.
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1993 -
Battle of Mogadishu: In an attempt to capture officials of warlord
Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organization in
Mogadishu, Somalia, 18
US Army Rangers and about 1000 Somalis are killed.
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1995 -
O. J. Simpson found not guilty of murder.
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1690 -
Robert Barclay, Scottish writer
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1716 -
Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d.
1781)
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1720 -
Johann Peter Uz, German poet (d.
1796)
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1790 -
John Ross (Cherokee chief), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (d.
1866)
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1797 -
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d.
1870)
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1804 -
Townsend Harris, first U.S. Consul to Japan (d.
1878)
* 1804 -
Allan Kardec, French founder of Spiritism (d.
1869)
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1806 -
Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (d.
1850)
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1828 -
Woldemar Bargiel, German composer (d.
1897)
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1858 -
Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (d.
1924)
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1862 -
Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (d.
1902)
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1863 -
Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov, Russian explorer (d.
1935)
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1873 -
Emily Post, American etiquette advisor (d.
1960)
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1880 -
Warner Oland, Swedish-born actor (d.
1938)
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1882 -
A. Y. Jackson, Canadian Painter (d.
1974)
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1885 -
Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d.
1970)
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1889 -
Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (d.
1938)
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1894 -
Elmer Robinson, American politician (d.
1982)
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1895 -
Giovanni Comisso, Italian writer (d.
1969)
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1896 -
Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (d.
1987)
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1897 -
Louis Aragon, French writer (d.
1982)
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1898 -
Leo McCarey, American film director (d.
1969)
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1899 -
Gertrude Berg, American actress (d.
1966)
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1900 -
Thomas Wolfe, American author (d.
1938)
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1904 -
Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1989)
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1916 -
James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d.
1995)
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1919 -
James M. Buchanan, American economist,
Nobel Prize laureate
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1923 -
Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician (d.
2004)
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1924 -
Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter
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1925 -
Gore Vidal, American author
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1928 -
Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer (d.
1986)
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1933 -
Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player
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1935 -
Charles Duke, American astronaut
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1936 -
Steve Reich, American composer
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1938 -
Eddie Cochran, American singer (d.
1960)
* 1938 -
Tereza Kesovija, Croatian singer
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1940 -
Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player
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1941 -
Chubby Checker, American musician
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1946 -
Biff Henderson, American television personality
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1947 -
John Perry Barlow, American musician
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1948 -
Michael Medved, American film critic
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1949 -
Lindsey Buckingham, American musician
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1950 -
Pamela Hensley, American actress
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1951 -
Keb' Mo', American singer
* 1951 -
Dave Winfield, American baseball player
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1954 -
Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player
* 1954 -
Al Sharpton, American minister and activist
* 1954 -
Stevie Ray Vaughan, American musician (d.
1990)
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1957 -
Tim Westwood,
Pimp My Ride UK presenter and
DJ*
1959 -
Fred Couples, American golfer
* 1959 -
Jack Wagner, American actor
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1959 -
Greg Proops, American actor and comedian
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1962 -
Tommy Lee, American musician (
Mötley Crüe)
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1965 -
Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
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1967 -
Rob Liefeld, American comic book writer and artist
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1968 -
Paul Crichton, English footballer
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1969 -
Gwen Stefani, American singer (
No Doubt)
* 1969 -
Tetsu, Japanese bassist (
L'Arc~en~Ciel)
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1971 -
Kevin Richardson, American singer (
Backstreet Boys)
* 1971 -
Wil Cordero, Baseball player
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1971 - Tariq "
Black Thought" Trotter, American
Rapper(
The Roots)
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1972 -
Garrett Dutton, American Musician (
G. Love and Special Sauce)
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1973 -
Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
* 1973 -
Keiko Agena, Japanese-American actress
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1974 -
Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
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1975 -
India Arie, American singer
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1975 -
Talib Kweli, American
Rapper*
1976 -
Seann William Scott, American actor
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1978 -
Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
*1978 -
Gerald Asamoah, German footballer
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1979 -
Shannyn Sossamon, American actress and musician (
Law & Order: SVU)
* 1979 -
Johnny Nitro, American professional wrestler
* 1979 -
Danny Basham, American professional wrestler
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1981 -
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Swedish footballer
* 1981 -
Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer
* 1981 -
Matt Murton, American baseball player
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1983 -
Fred, Brazilian footballer
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1984 -
Ashlee Simpson, American singer
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42 BC -
Gaius Cassius Longinus*
1226 - Saint
Francis of Assisi (b.
1181)
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1283 -
David ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince of Gwynedd (executed)
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1369 -
Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b.
1318)
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1568 -
Elizabeth of Valois, wife of
Philip II of Spain (b.
1545)
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1596 -
Florent Chrestien, French writer (b.
1541)
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1611 -
Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b.
1554)
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1629 -
Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military leader (b.
1570)
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1649 -
Giovanni Diodati, Swiss protestant clergyman (b.
1576)
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1653 -
Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (b.
1612)
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1656 -
Myles Standish, English-born soldier
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1701 -
Joseph Williamson, English politician (b.
1633)
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1801 -
Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, Marshal of France (b.
1724)
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1833 -
François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (b.
1754)
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1873 -
Captain Jack, Modoc tribal leader
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1881 -
Orson Pratt, American religious leader (b.
1811)
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1890 -
Joseph Hergenröther, German historian (b.
1824)
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1929 -
Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b.
1929)
* 1929 -
Gustav Stresemann,
Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (b.
1878)
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1931 -
Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (b.
1865)
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1936 -
John Heisman, American football coach (b.
1869)
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1953 -
Arnold Bax, English composer (b.
1883)
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1965 -
Zachary Scott, American actor (b.
1914)
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1967 -
Woody Guthrie, American musician (b.
1912)
* 1967 -
Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (b.
1895)
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1987 -
Jean Anouilh, French writer (b.
1910)
* 1987 -
Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b.
1947)
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1988 -
Franz Josef Strauß, Bavarian politician (b.
1915)
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1990 -
Stefano Casiraghi, husband of
Princess Caroline of Monaco (b.
1960)
* 1990 - General
Curtis LeMay, U.S. Air Force officer and Vice Presidential candidate (b.
1906)
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1994 -
Dub Taylor, American actor (b.
1907)
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1998 -
Roddy McDowall, English actor (b.
1928)
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1999 -
Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (b.
1921)
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2000 -
Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (
The Cars) (b.
1947)
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2002 -
Bruce Paltrow, American television and film producer (b.
1943)
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2003 -
Florence Stanley, American actress (b.
1924)
* 2003 -
William Steig, American cartoonist and children's author (b.
1907)
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2004 -
John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (b.
1960)
* 2004 -
Janet Leigh, American actress (b.
1927)
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2005 -
Ronnie Barker, English comic actor (b.
1929)
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Germany -
Day of German Unity*
South Korea - National Foundation Day (
Gaecheonjeol 개천절)
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French Republican Calendar -
Immortelle (Strawflower) Day, twelfth day in the
Month of Vendémiaire*
1910 - The date that the Elric brothers in
Fullmetal Alchemist burn down their home. The words "Don't Forget 3, Oct, 10" are written inside Edward's state alchemist pocket watch.
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3rd October Organization is also the name of a
Marxist terrorist group.
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