Historical Events In October - 03

1930  Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/etcher/author (Bauer), dies at 73 on October - 03.   

1931  Glenn Hall, National Hockey League goaltender on this day in history.   

1931  Carl August Nielsen, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history iraq gains full independence from Britain, joins League of Nations   

1933  Gustave "Staf" de Clerq forms Flemish National Covenant on October - 03.   

1933  Neale A Fraser, tennis champ (US Open-1959) on this day in history.   

1934  Benjamin Boretz, composer on October - 03.   

1935  On October - 03 italy invades Ethiopia   

1935  Abdon Pamich, Italy, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1964) on this day in history.   

1936  Yanks set new attendance record of 64,842 in 3rd game of World Series on October - 03.   

1936  On this day in history steve Reich, NYC, composer (My Name is)   

1937  Boldizsar Csiky, composer on this day in history.   

1939  On October - 03 lemmer-Urk Dike closes   

1940  On October - 03 anti-Jewish laws are passed by the Vichy government.   

1940  France Vichy govt proclaims end to Jewish status on October - 03.   

1941  On this day in history the birth of Chubby Checker, American rock singer   

1941  Adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" & would "never rise again" on October - 03.   

1941  On October - 03 wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84   

1942  On this day in history launch of the First A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km)   

1942  FDR forms Office of Economic Stabilization on October - 03.   

1943  British 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history 1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland   

1945  World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member on this day in history.   

1945  Elvis Presley's 1st public appearance, he is 10 on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0   

1947  First telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed on this day in history.   

1947  "Under the Counter" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 27 performances on this day in history.   

1948  Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo on October - 03.   

1949  WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta on this day in history.   

1950  1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah) on this day in history.   

1951  On October - 03 battle of Maryang-San, Korea starts   

1951  On this day in history helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 1 (HS-1), first of its kind in the Navy, was established at NAS Key West, Fla.   

1951  On this day in history bobby Thomson HR-Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers   

1952  Britain tests its first atomic bomb, on an island off the coast of Australia on this day in history.   

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1573  On October - 03 birth of entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist   

1605  On October - 03 birth of li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor   

1631  On October - 03 birth of sebastian Anton Scherer, composer   

1647  Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer was born on October - 03.   

1647  John Foot, lawyer was born on October - 03.   

1713  Antoine Dauvergne, composer was born on this day in history.   

1716  Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781) was born on October - 03.   

1720  On this day in history birth of johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem)   

0695  Death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered on this day in history.   

1226  On October - 03 death of saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181)   

1283  On October - 03 dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies   

1369  On this day in history death of margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)   

1564  Death of Christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned on October - 03.   

1568  On this day in history elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23   

1596  Death of Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541) on this day in history.   

1611  Death of Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554) on this day in history.