Page 5: Historical Events In October - 03

1930  On October - 03 charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/etcher/author (Bauer), dies at 73   

1931  On this day in history glenn Hall, National Hockey League goaltender   

1931  Carl August Nielsen, composer, dies at 66 on October - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history neale A Fraser, tennis champ (US Open-1959)   

1934  On this day in history benjamin Boretz, composer   

1935  On October - 03 italy invades Ethiopia   

1935  Abdon Pamich, Italy, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1964) on October - 03.   

1936  On October - 03 yanks set new attendance record of 64,842 in 3rd game of World Series   

1936  Steve Reich, NYC, composer (My Name is) on October - 03.   

1937  On this day in history boldizsar Csiky, composer   

1939  Lemmer-Urk Dike closes on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history anti-Jewish laws are passed by the Vichy government.   

1940  On October - 03 france Vichy govt proclaims end to Jewish status   

1941  The birth of Chubby Checker, American rock singer on this day in history.   

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

1941  Wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On October - 03 first telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed   

1947  "Under the Counter" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 27 performances on October - 03.   

1948  On this day in history columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo   

1949  On this day in history wERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta   

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  Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 1 (HS-1), first of its kind in the Navy, was established at NAS Key West, Fla on October - 03.   

1951  On October - 03 bobby Thomson HR-Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers   

1952  Britain tests its first atomic bomb, on an island off the coast of Australia on October - 03.   

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

1605  On this day in history birth of li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor   

1631  Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1647  On October - 03 birth of johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer   

1647  John Foot, lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1713  On October - 03 birth of antoine Dauvergne, composer   

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

1720  Johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem) was born on this day in history.   

0695  Death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered on October - 03.   

1226  On this day in history death of saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181)   

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

1369  On October - 03 death of margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)   

1564  On October - 03 death of christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned   

1568  Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23 on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history death of florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)   

1611  On this day in history death of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)