October 3
3rd October Organization is also the name of a Marxist terrorist group . External links BBC: On This Day
October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). There are 89 days remaining in the year. Events2400 BC - AD 18992333 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.1283 - Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, becomes the first person executed by drawing and quartering1574 - Siege of Leiden lifted by the Watergeuzen - foundation of the first Dutch university1712 - Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor1739 - 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 proclaims the first Thanksgiving Day1863 - Thanksgiving Day declared as the last Thursday in November by President Abraham Lincoln.
1900-19991918 - King Boris III of Bulgaria takes the throne1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".1932 - Iraq gains its independence1935 - 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 reached a height of 84.5 kilometres and was therefore 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 - United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon1960 - The Andy Griffith Show debuted1962 - At Cape Canaveral the Mercury 8 blasted off with Astronaut Wally Schirra aboard for a nine-hour flight1964 - 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 - 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 shortly thereafter.1995 - O. J. Simpson found not guilty of murder.2000 - Warning, the 6th full-length album by Green Day, is released.
2000-20992004 - The Montreal Expos play their last major league baseball game before the franchise is moved to Washington, D.C
Births1700-18991797 - 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)1862 - Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (d. 1902)1873 - Emily Post, American etiquette advisor (d. 1960)1880 - Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor (d. 1938)1894 - Elmer Robinson, American politician (d. 1982)1897 - Louis Aragon, French writer (d. 1982)1898 - Leo McCarey, American movie director (d. 1969)1899 - Gertrude Berg, American actress (d. 1966)
1900-19991900 - Thomas Wolfe, author (d. 1938)1916 - James Herriot, veterinarian, author (d. 1995)1919 - James M. Buchanan, American economist1925 - Gore Vidal, American author1936 - Steve Reich, American composer1938 - Eddie Cochran, singer (d. 1960)1941 - Chubby Checker, American popular musician1947 - John Perry Barlow, American musician1949 - Lindsey Buckingham, musician1950 - Pamela Hensley, actress1951 - Keb' Mo', blues singer 1951 - Dave Winfield, Baseball Hall of Famer1954 - Dennis Eckersley, Baseball Hall of Famer 1954 - Al Sharpton, minister, politician 1954 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, guitarist (d. 1990)1959 - Fred Couples, American golfer1962 - Tommy Lee, American rock musicianian1965 - Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player1969 - Gwen Stefani, singer, No Doubt frontwoman1973 - Neve Campbell, Canadian actress1976 - Seann William Scott, actor1981 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic, soccerplayer1982 - Erik von Detten, actor
Deaths100 BC - AD 189942 BC - Gaius Cassius Longinus1226 - Saint Francis of Assisi (b. c. 1182)1283 - David ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, executed1369 - Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)1568 - Elizabeth of Valois, Queen of Philip II of Spain (b. 1545)1873 - Captain Jack, Modoc tribal leader1881 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811)1890 - Joseph Hergenröther German church historian (b. 1824)1897 - Saint Therese of Liseaux (b. 1873)
1900-19991931 - Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (b. 1865)1936 - John Heisman, American football coach (b. 1869)1939 - Fay Templeton, actress & singer in musical comedy (b. 1865)1953 - Arnold Bax, composer (b. 1883)1965 - Zachary Scott, actor1967 - Woody Guthrie, Amerian folk musician (b. 1912)1967 - Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (b. 1895)1987 - Jean Anouilh, French writer (b. 1910) 1987 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947)1990 - General Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force officer, candidate for Vice President of the United States (b. 1906)1998 - Roddy McDowall, actor (b. 1928)1999 - Akio Morita, co-founder of Sony (b. 1921)
2000-20992000 - Benjamin Orr, bassist and part-time lead singer for The Cars (b. 1947)2002 - Bruce Paltrow, television and film producer 2003 - William Steig, American cartoonist and children's author; creator of Shrek 2004 - Janet Leigh, actress (b. 1927)
Holidays Germany - German Unity Day South Korea - National Foundation Day (Gaecheonjeol 개천절)
October 2 - October 4 - September 3 - November 3 - more historical anniversaries
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