What happened this day in history October 3

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, 28,798,560 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 ‘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

  • 42 BC
    First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight a decisive battle with Caesar’s assassins Brutus and Cassius.
  • 1778
    British Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska.
  • 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.
  • 1908
    The Pravda newspaper is founded by Leon Trotsky, Adolph Joffe, Matvey Skobelev and other Russian exiles in Vienna.
  • 1929
    The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, “Land of the South Slavs”.
  • 1932
    Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 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.
  • 1995
    O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

Who were born on October 3?

  • 1800
    George Bancroft, American historian and 17th Secretary of the Navy (d. 1891)
  • 1874
    Charles B. Middleton, American actor (d. 1949)
  • 1889
    Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1938)
  • 1935
    Charles Duke, American astronaut
  • 1943
    Jeff Bingaman, American politician
  • 1966
    Darrin Fletcher, American baseball player
  • 1969
    Gwen Stefani, American musician and actress
  • 1975
    India.Arie, American singer
  • 1976
    Herman Li, British musician (DragonForce)
  • 1984
    Ashlee Simpson, American singer

Who died on October 3?

  • 1283
    David ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince of Gwynedd (b. 1238)
  • 1629
    Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military leader (b. 1570)
  • 1867
    Elias Howe, American inventor (b. 1819)
  • 1881
    Orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811)
  • 1931
    Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (b. 1865)
  • 1987
    Jean Anouilh, French writer (b. 1910)
  • 1993
    Gary Gordon, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)
  • 1993
    Katerina Gogou, Greek actress, poet and author (b. 1940)
  • 1999
    Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (b. 1921)
  • 2002
    Robert Krausz, American stock market advisor and investor (b. 1936)

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