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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 276th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 89 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 20, 2022 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,664,755,200 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 ‘dihectaheptacontahexagon’ day.
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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 111 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 3,573 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 3 Historical Events
- 1863 –The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by President Abraham Lincoln as are Thursdays, November 30, 1865 and November 29, 1866.
- 1908 –The Pravda newspaper is founded by Leon Trotsky, Adolph Joffe, Matvey Skobelev and other Russian exiles in Vienna.
- 1957 –Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems is ruled not obscene.
- 1961 –The Dick Van Dyke Show premieres on CBS-TV in the United States.
- 1993 –Battle of Mogadishu: In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid’s organisation in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 US soldiers and about 1,000 Somalis are killed in heavy fighting.
Who were born on October 3?
- 1869 –Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1942)
- 1901 –Jean Grémillon, French film director (d. 1959)
- 1916 –James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
- 1949 –Lindsey Buckingham, American guitarist and singer (Fleetwood Mac)
- 1973 –Keiko Agena, Japanese/American actress
Who died on October 3?
- 1629 –Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military leader (b. 1570)
- 1959 –Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
- 1990 –Stefano Casiraghi, Italian businessman and husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (b. 1960)
- 2000 –Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (b. 1947)
- 2001 –Costas Hajihristos, Greek actor (b. 1921)
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