Historical Events In October - 03

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

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

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

1932  On October - 03 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  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 October - 03.  

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

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

1937  On this day in history boldizsar Csiky, composer  

1939  On October - 03 lemmer-Urk Dike closes  

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

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

1941  On this day in history 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  On October - 03 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  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  On October - 03 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 October - 03.  

1947  On October - 03 "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  WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1951  Bobby Thomson HR-Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers on this day in history.  

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

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1573  Entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist was born on October - 03.  

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

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  John Foot, lawyer was born on October - 03.  

1713  On October - 03 birth of antoine Dauvergne, composer  

1716  Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781) was born on this day in history.  

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

0695  On this day in history death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered  

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 this day in history.  

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