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

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

1932  On October - 03 iraq gains full independence from Britain, joins League of Nations   

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  On this day in history benjamin Boretz, composer   

1935  Italy invades Ethiopia on October - 03.   

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

1936  On October - 03 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 October - 03.   

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

1940  On October - 03 france Vichy govt proclaims end to Jewish status   

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

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

1942  FDR forms Office of Economic Stabilization on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history 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 October - 03 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  Battle of Maryang-San, Korea starts on this day in history.   

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   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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  John Foot, lawyer was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On October - 03 death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered   

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

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

1568  Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23 on this day in history.   

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)