October 3
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October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 89 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 1458 – Saint Casimir, Polish prince (d. 1484)
- 1713 – Antoine Dauvergne, French composer and violinist (d. 1797)
- 1716 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781)
- 1720 – Johann Peter Uz, German poet (d. 1796)
- 1784 – Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, German explorer of Kamchatka, Russia (d. 1863)
- 1792 – Francisco Morazan, Central American political leader and statesman (d. 1842)
- 1797 – Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870)
- 1804 – Allan Kardec, French founder of Spiritism or Kardecism (d. 1869)
- 1806 – Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (d. 1850)
- 1828 – Woldemar Bargiel, German composer (d. 1897)
- 1837 – Nicolas Avellaneda, Argentine President (d. 1885)
- 1853 – Stephan G. Stephansson, Western Icelandic farmer and poet (d. 1927)
- 1854 – Hermann von Struve, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1920)
- 1858 – Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (d. 1924)
- 1862 – Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (d. 1902)
- 1862 – Andrew J. Montague, Governor of Virginia (d. 1937)
- 1873 – Emily Post, American etiquette advisor (d. 1960)
- 1877 – William L. Harding, Governor of Iowa (d. 1934)
- 1880 – Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor (d. 1938)
- 1885 – Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970)
- 1886 – Alain-Fournier, French novelist (d. 1914)
- 1889 – Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist, writer and pacifist, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1938)
- 1894 – Elmer Robinson, American politician (d. 1982)
- 1895 – Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925)
- 1897 – Louis Aragon, French writer (d. 1982)
- 1898 – Leo McCarey, American movie director (d. 1969)
- 1899 – Gertrude Berg, American actress (d. 1966)
- 1900 – Thomas Wolfe, author (d. 1938)
- 1904 – Charles Pedersen, American chemist (d. 1989)
- 1905 – Fuller Warren, 30th Governor of Florida (d. 1973)
- 1916 – James Herriot, British veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
- 1916 – Russell W. Peterson, Governor of Delaware (d. 2011)
- 1919 – Jean Lefebvre, French actor (d. 2004)
- 1919 – James M. Buchanan, American economist (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Philippa Foot, British philosopher (d. 2010)
- 1923 – Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician (d. 2004)
- 1924 – Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter
- 1925 – Gore Vidal, American author (d. 2012)
- 1931 – Glenn Hall, NHL goaltender
- 1933 – Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player
- 1934 – Jerry Apodaca, former Governor of New Mexico
- 1936 – Steve Reich, American composer
- 1938 – Eddie Cochran, American singer (d. 1960)
- 1941 – Chubby Checker, American popular musician
- 1942 – Roberto Perfumo, Argentine footballer
- 1944 – Bob Riley, American politician, former Governor of Alabama
- 1944 – Roy Horn, German-born entertainer (Siegfried & Roy)
- 1947 – John Perry Barlow, American musician
- 1949 – J. P. Dutta, Indian director
- 1949 – Lindsey Buckingham, American musician (Fleetwood Mac)
- 1950 – Pamela Hensley, actress
- 1951 – Keb' Mo', American blues singer
- 1951 – Dave Winfield, American Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1954 – Dennis Eckersley, American Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1954 – Al Sharpton, American minister, politician and activist
- 1954 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, American guitarist (d. 1990)
- 1959 – Fred Couples, American golfer
- 1962 – Tommy Lee, American rock musician
- 1964 – Clive Owen, English actor
- 1965 – Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- 1969 – Gwen Stefani, American singer, No Doubt frontwoman
- 1971 – Kevin Richardson, American musician and singer (Backstreet Boys)
- 1973 – Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
- 1975 – India.Arie, American singer
- 1976 – Seann William Scott, American actor
- 1978 – Gerald Asamoah, German footballer
- 1978 – Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
- 1978 – Jake Shears, American singer (Scissor Sisters)
- 1979 – Josh Klinghoffer, American musician (Red Hot Chilli Peppers)
- 1980 – Danny O'Donoghue, Irish singer (The Script)
- 1981 – Florian Keller, German field hockey player
- 1981 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Swedish footballer
- 1981 – Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer
- 1983 – Frederico Chaves Guedes, Brazilian footballer
- 1984 – Ashlee Simpson, American actress and singer
Deaths [change]
- 42 BC – Gaius Cassius Longinus
- 1226 – Saint Francis of Assisi (b. c. 1182)
- 1283 – David ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, executed
- 1369 – Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
- 1568 – Elizabeth of Valois, Queen of Philip II of Spain (b. 1545)
- 1611 – Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain (b. 1584)
- 1838 – Black Hawk, Sauk-American tribal leader (b. 1767)
- 1867 – Elias Howe, American inventor (b. 1819)
- 1873 – Captain Jack, Modoc tribal leader
- 1881 – Orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811)
- 1890 – Joseph Hergenröther German church historian (b. 1824)
- 1896 – William Morris, British artist and designer (b. 1834)
- 1897 – Saint Therese of Liseaux (b. 1873)
- 1929 – Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1878)
- 1931 – Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (b. 1865)
- 1936 – John Heisman, American football coach (b. 1869)
- 1939 – Fay Templeton, American actress & singer in musical comedy (b. 1865)
- 1953 – Arnold Bax, composer (b. 1883)
- 1959 – Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1892)
- 1967 – Woody Guthrie, American folk musician (b. 1912)
- 1967 – Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (b. 1895)
- 1969 – Skip James, American blues musician (b. 1902)
- 1987 – Jean Anouilh, French writer (b. 1910)
- 1987 – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947)
- 1988 – Franz Josef Strauß, Bavarian politician (b. 1915)
- 1990 – General Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force officer, candidate for Vice President of the United States (b. 1906)
- 1990 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian businessman, married into Monegasque royalty (b. 1960)
- 1994 – Heinz Ruehmann, German actor (b. 1920)
- 1998 – Roddy McDowall, British actor (b. 1928)
- 1999 – Akio Morita, Japanese co-founder of Sony (b. 1921)
- 2000 – Benjamin Orr, bassist and part-time lead singer for The Cars (b. 1947)
- 2002 – Bruce Paltrow, American television and film producer (b. 1943)
- 2003 – William Steig, American cartoonist and children's author; creator of Shrek (b. 1907)
- 2004 – Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927)
- 2005 – Ronnie Barker, British actor and comedian (b. 1929)
- 2009 – Reinhard Mohn, German businessman (b. 1921)
- 2009 – Fatima El-Sharif, former Queen of Libya (b. 1911)
- 2010 – Philippa Foot, British philosopher (b. 1920)
Events [change]
- 2333 BC – Famous date of the establishment of the Kingdom of Chosun (Korea)
- 42 BC – First Battle of Philippi: The Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight a battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius. Even though Brutus defeats Octavian, Antony defeats Cassius.
- 1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, becomes the first person executed by drawing and quartering
- 1574 – The Siege of Leiden lifted by the Watergeuzen – foundation of the first Dutch university.
- 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.
- 1789 – George Washington names the first Thanksgiving Day.
- 1863 – Thanksgiving Day declared as the last Thursday in November by President Abraham Lincoln.
- 1866 – American passenger steamer Evening Star sinks in Hurricane-force winds, 180 nautical miles off Tybee Island, Georgia, US, killing 148 people.
- 1884 – In Denmark, Christiansborg Castle is destroyed by fire.
- 1918 – King Boris III of Bulgaria becomes king.
- 1929 – The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".
- 1932 – Iraq gets its independence.
- 1935 – Italy invades Ethiopia under General de Bono (replaced November 11 by Pietro Badoglio).
- 1942 – First successful launch of A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. The rocket flew 147 kilometres wide and got to a height of 84.5 kilometres and was the first man-made object reaching space.
- 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".
- 1952 – The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon.
- 1960 – The Andy Griffith Show starts.
- 1962 – At Cape Canaveral the Mercury 8 takes off with Astronaut Wally Schirra on it for a nine-hour flight.
- 1964 – Underdog debuts on CBS.
- 1969 – Berlin's television tower opens.
- 1974 – Peru is struck by an earthquake, killing 83 people.
- 1981 – The Hunger Strike by Irish Republican Army prisoners at the Maze jail in Belfast ends after seven months and 10 deaths.
- 1982 – Changtse mountain in Tibet is climbed for the first time, by Dutch climber Johan Taks.
- 1990 – The re-unification of Germany. East Germany ends, after merging with the Federal Republic of Germany and joining the EU.
- 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 2000 Somalis are killed. US forces withdraw from Somalia soon after.
- 1995 – O. J. Simpson is found not guilty of murder.
- 2004 – The Montreal Expos play their last Major League Baseball game before the franchise is moved to Washington, D.C..
- 2005 – The EU starts entry negotiations with Turkey and Croatia.
- 2011 – The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to Bruce Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann and Ralph M. Steinman. Unknown to the Nobel Committee, Steinman had died three days earlier and becomes only the third-ever posthumous (after death) Nobel laureate in history, as of the announcement date.
- 2011 – Helle Thorning-Schmidt becomes Prime Minister of Denmark.
Observances [change]
- Unity Day (Germany), marking the German reunification of 1990.
- Foundation Day (South Korea).
