What are the important events that happened on October 3? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 3: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 3 is the 277th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 89 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 20, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,727,913,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaheptacontaheptagon’ day.
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 118 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,304 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 3 Historical Events
- 1683 –The Qing Dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan (under the Kingdom of Tungning) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu.
- 1778 –British Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska.
- 1835 –The Staedtler Company is founded in Nuremberg, Germany.
- 1849 –American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.
- 1932 –Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1935 –Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia under General de Bono.
- 1942 –Spaceflight: The first successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. It is the first man-made object to reach space.
- 1955 –The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on ABC.
- 1990 –Re-unification of Germany. The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist and its territory becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany. East German citizens became part of the European Community, which later became the European Union. Now celebrated as German Unity Day.
- 1995 –O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
Who were born on October 3?
- 1923 –Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician (d. 2004)
- 1938 –David Obey, American politician
- 1943 –Jeff Bingaman, American politician
- 1945 –Tony Brown, English footballer
- 1950 –Pamela Hensley, American actress
- 1969 –Gwen Stefani, American musician and actress
- 1974 –Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
- 1974 –Mike Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 –John Morrison, American pro wrestler
- 1980 –Danny O'Donoghue, Irish singer (The Script)
Who died on October 3?
- 1690 –Robert Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1648)
- 1860 –Rembrandt Peale, American portrait artist, renowned for portraits of Washington and Jefferson (b. 1778)
- 1877 –James Roosevelt Bayley, American religious leader (b. 1814)
- 1967 –Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (b. 1895)
- 1967 –Woody Guthrie, American musician (b. 1912)
- 1969 –Skip James, American blues musician (b. 1902)
- 1993 –Gary Gordon, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)
- 2001 –Costas Hajihristos, Greek actor (b. 1921)
- 2002 –Robert Krausz, American stock market advisor and investor (b. 1936)
- 2005 –Ronnie Barker, English comic actor (b. 1929)
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