Page 5: 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 October - 03 carl August Nielsen, composer, dies at 66   

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

1933  On this day in history gustave "Staf" de Clerq forms Flemish National Covenant   

1933  On October - 03 neale A Fraser, tennis champ (US Open-1959)   

1934  Benjamin Boretz, composer on October - 03.   

1935  Italy invades Ethiopia on October - 03.   

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

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

1936  On October - 03 steve Reich, NYC, composer (My Name is)   

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 this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history france Vichy govt proclaims end to Jewish status   

1941  On this day in history the birth of Chubby Checker, American rock singer   

1941  On October - 03 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  British 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy on this day in history.   

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

1945  On this day in history 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 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  Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo on October - 03.   

1949  WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1605  On October - 03 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  On this day in history 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  Johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1568  On this day in history 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)