# What happened on October 3 in history?

**Date:** October 3  
**Events recorded:** 45  
**Years spanned:** 2457 BC – 2024  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/october/3/

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## Featured Event

**2024** — Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of India

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language)

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## Events on this date

- **2457 BC** — Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Foundation_Day_(Korea)))
- **52 BC** — Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and battle of Alesia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_Wars))
- **42 BC** — Liberators' civil war: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight to a draw Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius in the first part of the Battle of Philippi, where Cassius commits suicide believing the battle is lost. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberators'_civil_war))
- **382** — Roman Emperor Theodosius I concludes a peace treaty with the Goths and settles them in the Balkans. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_I))
- **1392** — Muhammed VII becomes the twelfth sultan of the Emirate of Granada. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_VII_of_Granada))
- **1574** — The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Leiden))
- **1683** — Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang receives the surrender of the Tungning kingdom on Taiwan after the Battle of Penghu. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty))
- **1712** — The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Graham%2C_1st_Duke_of_Montrose))
- **1739** — The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia ending the Russian–Turkish War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Ni%C5%A1_(1739)))
- **1789** — George Washington proclaims Thursday November 26, 1789 as Thanksgiving Day. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington))
- **1792** — A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdivian_Fort_System))
- **1862** — American Civil War: The two-day Second Battle of Corinth begins as Confederate forces under General Earl Van Dorn attack Union defenses led by General William Rosecrans around Corinth, Mississippi. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War))
- **1863** — The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)))
- **1873** — Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintpuash))
- **1912** — U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Coyotepe_Hill))
- **1918** — Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_III_of_Bulgaria))
- **1919** — Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin American player to appear in a World Series. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds))
- **1929** — The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia))
- **1932** — The Kingdom of Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iraq))
- **1935** — Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War))
- **1942** — A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket))
- **1943** — World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lingiades, Greece. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1946** — An American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 crashes near Ernest Harmon Air Force Base in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, killing 39. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Overseas_Airlines))
- **1949** — WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WERD_(Atlanta)))
- **1951** — Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Maryang-san))
- **1952** — The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon in the Montebello Islands, Western Australia, to become the world's third nuclear power. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hurricane))
- **1957** — The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_Courts_of_California))
- **1962** — Project Mercury: US astronaut Wally Schirra, in Sigma 7, is launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury))
- **1963** — A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Honduran_coup_d'%C3%A9tat))
- **1981** — The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Irish_hunger_strike))
- **1985** — The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight, carrying two DSCS-III Satellites on STS-51-J. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis))
- **1986** — TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada, is officially opened. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandem_Accelerator_Superconducting_Cyclotron))
- **1989** — A coup in Panama City is suppressed and 11 participants are executed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Panamanian_coup_attempt))
- **1990** — The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany; the event is afterwards celebrated as German Unity Day. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany))
- **1991** — Nadine Gordimer is announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadine_Gordimer))
- **1993** — An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(1993)))
- **1995** — O. J. Simpson murder case: O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_trial_of_O._J._Simpson))
- **2008** — The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008))
- **2009** — Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan))
- **2013** — At least 360 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Lampedusa_migrant_shipwreck))
- **2015** — Forty-two people are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike in Afghanistan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz_hospital_airstrike))
- **2021** — Eight people are killed in an airplane crash near Milan, Italy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Milan_Pilatus_PC-12_crash))
- **2022** — Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svante_P%C3%A4%C3%A4bo))
- **2023** — Wab Kinew is elected to be the first First Nations Premier of a Canadian province in the 2023 Manitoba general election ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wab_Kinew))
- **2024** — Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of India ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language))

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## Notable births on October 3

- **2004** — **Noah Schnapp** — American actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Schnapp))
- **2001** — **Anton Lundell** — Finnish ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Lundell))
- **2001** — **Max Plath** — Australian rugby league player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Plath))
- **2001** — **C. J. Stroud** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Stroud))
- **2000** — **CJ Abrams** — American baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJ_Abrams))
- **1997** — **Jin Boyang** — Chinese figure skater ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_Boyang))
- **1997** — **Jonathan Isaac** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Isaac))
- **1997** — **Bang Chan** — Australian singer and record producer based in South Korea ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_Chan))
- **1995** — **Ayo Edebiri** — American actress ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayo_Edebiri))
- **1995** — **Mike Gesicki** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gesicki))

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## Notable deaths on October 3

- **2025** — **Patricia Routledge** — English actress and singer (born 1929) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Routledge))
- **2024** — **Michel Blanc** — French actor, writer and director (born 1952) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Blanc))
- **2024** — **Pierre Christin** — French comics creator and writer (born 1938) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Christin))
- **2024** — **Cid Moreira** — Brazilian journalist and television anchor (born 1927) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cid_Moreira))
- **2024** — **Mary O'Rourke** — Irish politician (born 1937) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_O'Rourke))
- **2023** — **Thomas Gambino** — American mobster, Gambino crime family (born 1929) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gambino))
- **2021** — **Todd Akin** — American politician (born 1947) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Akin))
- **2021** — **Dan Petrescu** — Romanian businessman and billionaire (born 1953) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Petrescu_(businessman)))
- **2015** — **Denis Healey** — English soldier and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1917) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Healey))
- **2015** — **Muhammad Nawaz Khan** — Pakistani historian and author (born 1943) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Nawaz_Khan_(writer)))

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