October 3


October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). There are 89
days remaining in the year.

Events:

   * 2333 BC - Legendary date of the establishment of the Kingdom of Chosun
     (Korea)
   * 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: The Triumvirs Mark Antony and
     Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and
     Cassius. Although Brutus defeats Octavian, Antony defeats Cassius.
   * 1574 - Siege of Leiden lifted by the Watergeuzen - foundation of the
     first Dutch university
   * 1712 - Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy
     MacGregor
   * 1789 - George Washington proclaims the first Thanksgiving Day
   * 1863 - Thanksgiving Day declared as the last Thursday in November by
     President Abraham Lincoln
   * 1918 - King Boris III of Bulgaria takes the throne
   * 1929 - The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Slovenia,Croatia and Serbia), "Land
     of the South Slavs," was formed. It included the regions of Serbia,
     Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Vardar
     Macedonia
   * 1932 - Iraq gains its independence
   * 1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia under General de Bono (replaced November
     11 by Pietro Badaglio)
   * 1942 - Germany tests the first V-2 rocket
   * 1952 - United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon
   * 1962 - At Cape Canaveral the Sigma Seven blasted off with Astronaut
     Wally Schirra aboard for a nine-hour flight
   * 1974 - Watergate trial opens
   * 1981 - The hunger strike by Irish Republican Army prisoners at the Maze
     jail in Belfast ends after seven months and 10 deaths.
   * 1990 - The re-unification of Germany. East Germany ceases to exist.
   * 1993 - In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Farrah Aidid's
     organization in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 US Army Rangers and about 2000
     Somalis are killed. US forces withdraw from Somalia shortly thereafter.
   * 1995 - O.J. Simpson found not guilty of murder.

Births:

   * 1873 - Emily Post, etiquette advisor
   * 1880 - Warner Oland, actor (+ 1938)
   * 1898 - Leo McCarey, American movie director (+ 1969)
   * 1899 - Gertrude Berg, actress (+ 1966)
   * 1900 - Thomas Wolfe, author (+ 1938)
   * 1916 - James Herriot, vterinarian, author (+ 1995)
   * 1919 - James M. Buchanan, American economist
   * 1925 - Gore Vidal, American author
   * 1936 - Steve Reich, American composer
   * 1938 - Eddie Cochrane, singer (+ 1960)
   * 1941 - Chubby Checker, American popular musician
   * 1947 - John Perry Barlow, American musician
   * 1949 - Lindsey Buckingham, musician
   * 1951 - Keb' Mo', blues singer
   * 1951 - Dave Winfield, baseball star
   * 1954 - Al Sharpton, minister, politician
   * 1954 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, guitarist (+ 1990)
   * 1954 - Dennis Eckersley, baseball star
   * 1962 - Tommy Lee, American rock musician
   * 1969 - Gwen Stefani, singer
   * 1973 - Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
   * 1976 - Seann William Scott, actor
   * 1982 - Erik von Detten, actor

Deaths:

   * 42 BC - Gaius Cassius Longinus (suicide)
   * 1226 - Saint Francis of Assisi (* ca. 1182)
   * 1890 - Joseph Hergenršther German church historian
   * 1897 - Saint Therese of Liseaux
   * 1931 - Carl Nielsen, Danish composer
   * 1953 - Arnold Bax, composer
   * 1965 - Zachary Scott, actor
   * 1967 - Woody Guthrie, Amerian folk musician
   * 1987 - Jean Anouilh, writer
   * 1987 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist
   * 1990 - General Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force officer, candidate
     for Vice President of the United States
   * 1998 - Roddy McDowall, actor

Holidays:

   * Germany - German Unity Day