Wikipedia: October 3

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

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 Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".
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
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
1984 - Ido Rosen, consultant

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)

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

October 2 - October 4 - September 3 - November 3 - more historical anniversaries