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

1933  On October - 03 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 this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history 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  Boldizsar Csiky, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  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  On this day in history fDR forms Office of Economic Stabilization   

1943  On this day in history british 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy   

1944  On October - 03 1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland   

1945  World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member on October - 03.   

1945  On October - 03 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  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  On this day in history wERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta   

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

1951  On this day in history battle of Maryang-San, Korea starts   

1951  On October - 03 helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 1 (HS-1), first of its kind in the Navy, was established at NAS Key West, Fla.   

1951  Bobby Thomson HR-Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers on October - 03.   

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 October - 03.   

1631  On this day in history birth of sebastian Anton Scherer, composer   

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

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

1713  Antoine Dauvergne, composer was born on October - 03.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1283  Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies on October - 03.   

1369  On this day in history 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 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)