October 3rd, 1641

Born on October 3rd, 1641

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 139,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 266 days, exactly on January 23rd, 2025, people who were born on October 3rd, 1641 will be 140,000 days old!

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What happened on October 3rd?

October 3rd, 2003

Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy was mauled by a tiger during a performance at the Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip.

October 3rd, 1991

Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

October 3rd, 1981

A hunger strike by Irish republican prisoners at HM Prison Maze outside Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended after seven months and ten deaths.

October 3rd, 1962

Mercury-Atlas 8, the fifth United States crewed space mission, was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying astronaut Wally Schirra (pictured).

October 3rd, 1953

Vancouver's Holy Rosary Cathedral was dedicated by Archbishop William Mark Duke, fifty-three years after it first opened.

October 3rd, 1952

The United Kingdom successfully completed a nuclear test, becoming the world's third state with nuclear weapons.

October 3rd, 1951

The First Battle of Maryang-san, widely regarded as one of the Australian Army's greatest accomplishments during the Korean War, began.

October 3rd, 1849

American author Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore, Maryland, under mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public before his death four days later.

October 3rd, 1792

Spanish forces departed Valdivia to suppress the indigenous Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.

October 3rd, 1602

Anglo-Spanish War: An English fleet intercepted and attacked six Spanish ships at the Battle of the Narrow Seas (depicted).

October 3rd, 2022

Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

October 3rd, 2021

Eight people are killed in an airplane crash near Milan, Italy.

October 3rd, 2015

Forty-two people are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike in Afghanistan.

October 3rd, 2009

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.

October 3rd, 1995

O. J. Simpson murder case: O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 3rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 3rd?

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

32

Berry Angriawan

Indonesian badminton player

*October 3rd, 1991, Sukabumi City

36

Starley

Australian singer

*October 3rd, 1987, Sydney

59

Clive Owen

British actor

*October 3rd, 1964, Coventry

42

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Swedish association football player

*October 3rd, 1981, Västra Skrävlinge församling

52

Charles Démia

French presbyter (1637-1689)

*October 3rd, 1637, Bourg-en-Bresse †October 23rd, 1689, Lyon

93

Stanisław Skrowaczewski

Polish composer and conductor (1923-2017)

*October 3rd, 1923, Lviv †February 21st, 2017, St. Louis Park

60

Chicho Sibilio

Spanish basketball coach

*October 3rd, 1958, San Cristóbal †August 10th, 2019, San Gregorio de Nigua

26

Mikhail Lermontov

Russian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)

*October 3rd, 1814, Moscow †July 15th, 1841, Pyatigorsk

39

Anthony Le Tallec

French association football player

*October 3rd, 1984, Hennebont

85

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Peruvian politician and economist; Prime Minister (2005–06), President (2016–18)

*October 3rd, 1938, Lima

66

Gertrude Berg

American actress, screenwriter (1899-1966)

*October 3rd, 1899, New York City †September 14th, 1966, New York City

70

John Perry Barlow

American poet and essayist

*October 3rd, 1947, Cora †February 7th, 2018, San Francisco

78

Hans-Rainer Müller

German actor and voice actor

*October 3rd, 1945, Zwickau

73

John Patrick Shanley

American writer

*October 3rd, 1950, The Bronx

92

Evelyn Holt

German actress (1908–2001)

*October 3rd, 1908, Berlin †February 22nd, 2001, Los Angeles

54

Gwen Stefani

American singer-songwriter

*October 3rd, 1969, Fullerton

65

Louise Lecavalier

Canadian dancer

*October 3rd, 1958, Laval

52

Zoe Lyons

Comedian

*October 3rd, 1971, Haverfordwest

35

Alicia Vikander

Swedish actress

*October 3rd, 1988, Johannebergs församling

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Born in 1641

54

Hans Adam von Schöning

German general

*October 1st, 1641, Dąbroszyn, Lubusz Voivodeship †August 28th, 1696, Dresden

52

Johann Weikhard von Valvasor

Carnolian scientist

*May 28th, 1641, Ljubljana †September 19th, 1693, Krško

78

Anthonie Heinsius

Grand Pensionary of Holland (1641-1720)

*November 23rd, 1641, Delft †August 3rd, 1720, The Hague

72

Hans Wachtmeister

Swedish count, admiral and governor-general (1641-1714)

*December 24th, 1641, Stockholm †February 15th, 1714, Stockholm

38

Tokugawa Ietsuna

Tokugawa shogun (1641-1680)

*September 7th, 1641, Edo Castle †June 4th, 1680, Edo Castle

81

Robert Sibbald

Scottish physician and antiquary (1641-1722)

*April 15th, 1641, Edinburgh †August 9th, 1722, Edinburgh

66

Konrad Samuel Schurzfleisch

German librarian and historian (1641-1708)

*December 3rd, 1641, Korbach †July 7th, 1708, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

49

Philipp Matthaeus

Dutch university teacher (1641-1690)

*March 16th, 1641, Utrecht †May 6th, 1690, Utrecht

76

Fernando de Alencastre, 1st Duke of Linares

Soldier and viceroy

*April 15th, 1641, Spain †June 3rd, 1717, Mexico City

53

Christian Albert I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

*February 3rd, 1641, Gottorf Castle †January 6th, 1695, Gottorf Castle

74

Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien

Queen of Poland (1641-1716)

*June 28th, 1641, Nevers †January 30th, 1716, Blois

81

Paul Georg Krüsike

German author (1641-1723)

*October 10th, 1641, Schleswig †April 9th, 1723, Hamburg

62

Eberhard Anckelmann

German theologian (1641-1703)

*May 7th, 1641, Hamburg †November 1st, 1703, Hamburg

76

Nicolaes Witsen

Mayor of Amsterdam (1641-1717)

*May 8th, 1641, Amsterdam †August 10th, 1717, Amsterdam

88

Johann Georg Seidenbusch

German priest (1641-1729)

*April 5th, 1641, Munich †December 10th, 1729, Aufhausen

59

Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg

Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg (1641-1701)

*August 28th, 1641, Dillenburg †April 18th, 1701, Dillenburg

82

Urban Hjärne

Swedish scholar, chemist and physicist (1641-1724)

*December 20th, 1641, Skvoritsy †March 10th, 1724, Stockholm City

63

Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney

English politician and army officer (1641-1704)

*April 8th, 1641, Paris †April 8th, 1704, London

33

Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Weimar, Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz

Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz

*October 14th, 1641, Weimar †June 11th, 1675, Schloss Moritzburg

56

Beat Fischer

Politician (1641-1698)

*May 23rd, 1641, Bern †March 23rd, 1698, Bern

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1641 is a normal year and no leap year.

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