Page 5: Historical Events In October - 03

1930  Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/etcher/author (Bauer), dies at 73 on October - 03.   

1931  Glenn Hall, National Hockey League goaltender on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 October - 03.   

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

1937  On October - 03 boldizsar Csiky, composer   

1939  Lemmer-Urk Dike closes on October - 03.   

1940  Anti-Jewish laws are passed by the Vichy government on this day in history.   

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  On October - 03 adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" & would "never rise again"   

1941  On October - 03 wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84   

1942  On October - 03 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 October - 03 british 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy   

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

1945  World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member on this day in history.   

1945  Elvis Presley's 1st public appearance, he is 10 on October - 03.   

1946  On this day in history 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  On October - 03 wERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta   

1950  On October - 03 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  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 October - 03 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 October - 03.   

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

1596  Death of Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541) on this day in history.   

1611  Death of Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554) on October - 03.