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 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 89 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 20, 2021 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 453,672 hours 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 121 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 3,208 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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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.
- 1778 –British Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska.
- 1795 –General Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence being named to defend the French National Convention against armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the three year old revolutionary government.
- 1835 –The Staedtler Company is founded in Nuremberg, Germany.
- 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.
- 1949 –WERD, the 1st black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 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.
- 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?
- 1837 –Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentine president (d. 1885)
- 1886 –Alain-Fournier, French novelist (d. 1914)
- 1898 –Leo McCarey, American film director and screenwriter (d. 1969)
- 1925 –Gore Vidal, American author
- 1931 –Glenn Hall, National Hockey League goaltender
- 1941 –Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter
- 1949 –Lindsey Buckingham, American guitarist and singer (Fleetwood Mac)
- 1967 –Rob Liefeld, American comic book illustrator
- 1975 –India.Arie, American singer
- 1978 –Shannyn Sossamon, American actress, dancer and musician
Who died on October 3?
- 1833 –François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (b. 1754)
- 1929 –Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
- 1953 –Arnold Bax, English composer (b. 1883)
- 1965 –Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1993 –Gary Gordon, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)
- 2000 –Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (b. 1947)
- 2002 –Robert Krausz, American stock market advisor and investor (b. 1936)
- 2003 –William Steig, American cartoonist and children’s author (b. 1907)
- 2006 –Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (b. 1937)
- 2007 –M. N. Vijayan, Indian writer, orator, and academic (b. 1930)
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