Historical Events In October - 03

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

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

1931  On this day in history carl August Nielsen, composer, dies at 66  

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 October - 03.  

1934  On this day in history benjamin Boretz, composer  

1935  On this day in history italy invades Ethiopia  

1935  On this day in history abdon Pamich, Italy, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1964)  

1936  Yanks set new attendance record of 64,842 in 3rd game of World Series on this day in history.  

1936  Steve Reich, NYC, composer (My Name is) on this day in history.  

1937  Boldizsar Csiky, composer on October - 03.  

1939  Lemmer-Urk Dike closes on October - 03.  

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

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

1941  The birth of Chubby Checker, American rock singer on October - 03.  

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  On October - 03 fDR forms Office of Economic Stabilization  

1943  On October - 03 british 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy  

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

1945  On October - 03 world Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member  

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

1946  Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0 on October - 03.  

1947  First telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed on October - 03.  

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

1948  Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo on this day in history.  

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  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  On this day in history britain tests its first atomic bomb, on an island off the coast of Australia  

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1573  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of sebastian Anton Scherer, composer  

1647  Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history.  

1647  On this day in history birth of john Foot, lawyer  

1713  On October - 03 birth of antoine Dauvergne, composer  

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

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

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

1226  Death of Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181) on October - 03.  

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

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

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)