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, 479,976 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 ‘dihectaheptacontaheptagon’ 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 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
- 382 –Emperor Theodosius I concludes a peace treaty with the Goths and settles them in the Balkans in exchange for military service.
- 1283 –Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, becomes the first nobleman executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered.
- 1683 –The Qing Dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan (under the Kingdom of Tungning) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu.
- 1789 –George Washington made the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1873 –Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War.
- 1942 –Spaceflight: The first successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. It is the first man-made object to reach space.
- 1951 –The “Shot Heard ‘Round the World”, one of the greatest moments in Major League Baseball history, occurs when the New York Giants’Bobby Thomson hits a game winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning off of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca, to win the National League pennant after being down 14 games.
- 1952 –The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world’s third nuclear power.
Who were born on October 3?
- 1800 –George Bancroft, American historian and 17th Secretary of the Navy (d. 1891)
- 1879 –Warner Oland, Swedish-born actor (d. 1938)
- 1895 –Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin, Russian lyrical poet (d. 1925)
- 1954 –Al Sharpton, American Baptist minister
- 1959 –Jack Wagner, American actor and singer
- 1961 –Rebecca Stephens, British mountaineer
- 1969 –Tetsu, Japanese bassist (L'Arc-en-Ciel)
- 1981 –Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer
- 1983 –Andreas Papathanasiou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
- 1996 –Adair Tishler, American actress
Who died on October 3?
- 1226 –Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181)
- 1369 –Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
- 1611 –Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)
- 1891 –Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (b. 1842)
- 1936 –John Heisman, American football coach (b. 1869)
- 1953 –Arnold Bax, English composer (b. 1883)
- 1969 –Skip James, American blues musician (b. 1902)
- 2000 –Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (b. 1947)
- 2006 –Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (b. 1937)
- 2006 –Peter Norman, Australian track star (b. 1942)
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