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 276^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 89 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 20, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,324,160 minutes 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.

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 137 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 4,669 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 3 Historical Events

• 1283 –
  Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, becomes the first nobleman executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered.
• 1574 –
  The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen.
• 1789 –
  George Washington made the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America.
• 1835 –
  The Staedtler Company is founded in Nuremberg, Germany.
• 1919 –
  Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the 1st Latin player to appear in a World Series.
• 1932 –
  Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1957 –
  Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems is ruled not obscene.
• 1986 –
  TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories, is officially opened.
• 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.
• 2003 –
  Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy is attacked by one of the show’s tigers, canceling the show until 2009, when they rejoined the tiger that mauled Roy just six years earlier.

Who were born on October 3?

• 1804 –
  Allan Kardec, French founder of Spiritism (d. 1869)
• 1894 –
  Elmer Robinson, American politician (d. 1982)
• 1900 –
  Thomas Wolfe, American writer (d. 1938)
• 1949 –
  Lindsey Buckingham, American guitarist and singer (Fleetwood Mac)
• 1972 –
  Kim Joo-hyuk, South Korean actor
• 1973 –
  Keiko Agena, Japanese/American actress
• 1974 –
  Mike Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 –
  John Morrison, American pro wrestler
• 1979 –
  Josh Klinghoffer, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• 1985 –
  Courtney Lee, American basketball player

Who died on October 3?

• 1369 –
  Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
• 1629 –
  Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military leader (b. 1570)
• 1701 –
  Joseph Williamson, English politician (b. 1633)
• 1877 –
  James Roosevelt Bayley, American religious leader (b. 1814)
• 1891 –
  Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (b. 1842)
• 1929 –
  Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1878)
• 1929 –
  Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1967 –
  Woody Guthrie, American musician (b. 1912)
• 2002 –
  Bruce Paltrow, American television and film producer (b. 1943)
• 2010 –
  Ben Mondor, Canadian-born American baseball executive (b. 1925)