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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