Historical Events In October - 03

1930  On this day in history charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/etcher/author (Bauer), dies at 73  

1931  Glenn Hall, National Hockey League goaltender on October - 03.  

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

1932  Iraq gains full independence from Britain, joins League of Nations on October - 03.  

1933  On October - 03 gustave "Staf" de Clerq forms Flemish National Covenant  

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

1934  Benjamin Boretz, composer on this day in history.  

1935  Italy invades Ethiopia on October - 03.  

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

1936  On this day in history yanks set new attendance record of 64,842 in 3rd game of World Series  

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

1937  Boldizsar Csiky, composer on October - 03.  

1939  On October - 03 lemmer-Urk Dike closes  

1940  Anti-Jewish laws are passed by the Vichy government on October - 03.  

1940  France Vichy govt proclaims end to Jewish status on this day in history.  

1941  On October - 03 the birth of Chubby Checker, American rock singer  

1941  On this day in history adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" & would "never rise again"  

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

1942  Launch of the First A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km) on October - 03.  

1942  On October - 03 fDR forms Office of Economic Stabilization  

1943  British 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy on October - 03.  

1944  1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland on October - 03.  

1945  On this day in history world Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member  

1945  On this day in history elvis Presley's 1st public appearance, he is 10  

1946  Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0 on this day in history.  

1947  On October - 03 first telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed  

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

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

1949  On October - 03 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 this day in history 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  Bobby Thomson HR-Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers on this day in history.  

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  Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1647  On October - 03 birth of john Foot, lawyer  

1713  On this day in history birth of antoine Dauvergne, composer  

1716  On October - 03 birth of giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781)  

1720  On October - 03 birth of johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem)  

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

1226  Death of Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181) on this day in history.  

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

1369  Death of Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318) on this day in history.  

1564  On this day in history death of christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned  

1568  On October - 03 elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23  

1596  On October - 03 death of florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)  

1611  On October - 03 death of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)