October 3

October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). There are 89 days remaining in the year.

Table of contents

1 Events: 2 Births: 3 Deaths: 4 Holidays:

Events:

• 2333 BC - Legendary date of the establishment of the Kingdom of Chosun (Korea)
• 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.
• 1574 - Siege of Leiden lifted by the Watergeuzen - foundation of the first Dutch university
• 1712 - Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor
• 1789 - George Washington proclaims the first Thanksgiving Day
• 1863 - Thanksgiving Day declared as the last Thursday in November by President Abraham Lincoln
• 1918 - King Boris III of Bulgaria takes the throne
• 1929 - The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Slovenia,Croatia and Serbia), "Land of the South Slavs," was formed. It included the regions of Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Vardar Macedonia
• 1932 - Iraq gains its independence
• 1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia under General de Bono (replaced November 11 by Pietro Badoglio)
• 1942 - Germany tests the first V-2 rocket
• 1952 - United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon
• 1960 - The Andy Griffith Show debuted
• 1962 - At Cape Canaveral the Sigma Seven blasted off with Astronaut Wally Schirra aboard for a nine-hour flight
• 1964 - Underdog debuts on CBS
• 1974 - Watergate trial opens
• 1981 - The hunger strike by Irish Republican Army prisoners at the Maze jail in Belfast ends after seven months and 10 deaths.
• 1990 - The re-unification of Germany. East Germany ceases to exist.
• 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.
• 1995 - O. J. Simpson found not guilty of murder.

Births:

• 1873 - Emily Post, etiquette advisor
• 1880 - Warner Oland, actor († 1938)
• 1898 - Leo McCarey, American movie director (†1969)
• 1899 - Gertrude Berg, actress (†1966)
• 1900 - Thomas Wolfe, author († 1938)
• 1916 - James Herriot, vetrinarian, author († 1995)
• 1919 - James M. Buchanan, American economist
• 1925 - Gore Vidal, American author
• 1936 - Steve Reich, American composer
• 1938 - Eddie Cochrane, singer († 1960)
• 1941 - Chubby Checker, American popular musician
• 1947 - John Perry Barlow, American musician
• 1949 - Lindsey Buckingham, musician
• 1951 - Keb' Mo', blues singer
• 1951 - Dave Winfield, baseball star
• 1954 - Al Sharpton, minister, politician
• 1954 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, guitarist († 1990)
• 1954 - Dennis Eckersley, baseball star
• 1962 - Tommy Lee, American rock musician
• 1969 - Gwen Stefani, singer
• 1973 - Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
• 1976 - Seann William Scott, actor
• 1982 - Erik von Detten, actor

Deaths:

• 42 BC - Gaius Cassius Longinus (suicide)
• 1226 - Saint Francis of Assisi (* ca. 1182)
• 1873 - Captain Jack, Modoc tribal leader (executed)
• 1890 - Joseph Hergenröther German church historian
• 1897 - Saint Therese of Liseaux
• 1931 - Carl Nielsen, Danish composer
• 1953 - Arnold Bax, composer
• 1965 - Zachary Scott, actor
• 1967 - Woody Guthrie, Amerian folk musician
• 1987 - Jean Anouilh, writer
• 1987 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist
• 1990 - General Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force officer, candidate for Vice President of the United States
• 1998 - Roddy McDowall, actor

Holidays:

• Germany - German Unity Day
• South Korea - National Foundation Day (Gaecheonjeol 개천절)

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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