3rd October Organization is also the name of a Marxist terrorist group .

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

Events

2400 BC - AD 1899

• 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.
• 1283 - Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, becomes the first person executed by drawing and quartering
• 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
• 1739 - The Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736-1739.
• 1789 - George Washington proclaims the first Thanksgiving Day
• 1863 - Thanksgiving Day declared as the last Thursday in November by President Abraham Lincoln.

1900-1999

• 1918 - King Boris III of Bulgaria takes the throne
• 1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".
• 1932 - Iraq gains its independence
• 1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia under General de Bono (replaced November 11 by Pietro Badoglio)
• 1942 - First successful launch of A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. The rocket flew 147 kilometres wide and reached a height of 84.5 kilometres and was therefore the first man-made object reaching space.
• 1951 - New York Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-4, winning the National League pennant, with Bobby Thomson's three-run homer called "The Shot Heard 'Round the World"
• 1952 - United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon
• 1960 - The Andy Griffith Show debuted
• 1962 - At Cape Canaveral the Mercury 8 blasted off with Astronaut Wally Schirra aboard for a nine-hour flight
• 1964 - Underdog debuts on CBS.
• 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 - Battle of Mogadishu: In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed 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.

2000-2099

• 2004 - The Montreal Expos play their last major league baseball game before the franchise is moved to Washington, D.C.

Births

1800-1899

• 1804 - Allan Kardec, founder of a doctrine/religion known as Spiritism or Kardecism.
• 1873 - Emily Post, etiquette advisor (d. 1960)
• 1880 - Warner Oland, actor (d. 1938)
• 1897 - Louis Aragon, French writer (d. 1982)
• 1898 - Leo McCarey, American movie director (d. 1969)
• 1899 - Gertrude Berg, actress (d. 1966)

1900-1999

• 1900 - Thomas Wolfe, author (d. 1938)
• 1916 - James Herriot, veterinarian, author (d. 1995)
• 1919 - James M. Buchanan, American economist
• 1925 - Gore Vidal, American author
• 1936 - Steve Reich, American composer
• 1938 - Eddie Cochran, singer (d. 1960)
• 1941 - Chubby Checker, American popular musician
• 1947 - John Perry Barlow, American musician
• 1949 - Lindsey Buckingham, musician
• 1950 - Pamela Hensley, actress
• 1951 - Keb' Mo', blues singer
• 1951 - Dave Winfield, Baseball Hall of Famer
• 1954 - Dennis Eckersley, Baseball Hall of Famer
• 1954 - Al Sharpton, minister, politician
• 1954 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, guitarist (d. 1990)
• 1959 - Fred Couples, American golfer
• 1962 - Tommy Lee, American rock musician
• 1965 - Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
• 1969 - Gwen Stefani, singer, No Doubt frontwoman
• 1973 - Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
• 1976 - Seann William Scott, actor
• 1981 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic, soccerplayer
• 1982 - Erik von Detten, actor

Deaths

100 BC - AD 1899

• 42 BC - Gaius Cassius Longinus
• 1226 - Saint Francis of Assisi (b. c. 1182)
• 1283 - David ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, executed
• 1369 - Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol
• 1873 - Captain Jack, Modoc tribal leader
• 1890 - Joseph Hergenröther German church historian (b. 1824)
• 1897 - Saint Therese of Liseaux (b. 1873)

1900-1999

• 1931 - Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (b. 1865)
• 1939 - Fay Templeton, actress & singer in musical comedy (b. 1865)
• 1953 - Arnold Bax, composer (b. 1883)
• 1965 - Zachary Scott, actor
• 1967 - Woody Guthrie, Amerian folk musician (b. 1912)
• 1967 - Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (b. 1895)
• 1987 - Jean Anouilh, French writer (b. 1910)
• 1987 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947)
• 1990 - General Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force officer, candidate for Vice President of the United States (b. 1906)
• 1998 - Roddy McDowall, actor (b. 1928)
• 1999 - Akio Morita, co-founder of Sony (b. 1921)

2000-2099

• 2000 - Benjamin Orr, bassist and part-time lead singer for The Cars (b. 1947)
• 2002 - Bruce Paltrow, television and film producer
• 2003 - William Steig, American cartoonist and children's author; creator of Shrek
• 2004 - Janet Leigh, actress (b. 1927)

Holidays

• Germany - German Unity Day
• South Korea - National Foundation Day (Gaecheonjeol 개천절)

October 2 - October 4 - September 3 - November 3 - more historical anniversaries