October 3rd, 1669

Born on October 3rd, 1669

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 129,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 496 days, exactly on September 7th, 2025, people who were born on October 3rd, 1669 will be 130,000 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

93

Stanisław Skrowaczewski

Polish composer and conductor (1923-2017)

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

26

Mikhail Lermontov

Russian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)

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

60

Chicho Sibilio

Spanish basketball coach

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

83

Henri de Favanne

French painter (1668-1752)

*October 3rd, 1668, London †April 27th, 1752, Paris

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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71

Urban Gottfried Siber

German theologian

*December 12th, 1669, Bad Schandau †June 15th, 1741, Leipzig

80

Isaak Steiger

Swiss politician (1669-1749)

*March 7th, 1669, Aarburg †December 20th, 1749, Bern

88

Friedrich Wilhelm von Dossow

German general

*December 17th, 1669, Myślibórz †March 28th, 1758, Neuruppin

33

Charlotte Marie of Saxe-Jena

German noblewoman

*December 20th, 1669, Jena †January 6th, 1703, Gräfentonna

58

Anne Marie d'Orléans

Queen Consort of Sardinia (1669-1728)

*August 27th, 1669, Saint-Cloud †August 26th, 1728, Villa della Regina

23

Maria Antonia of Austria

Archduchess of Austria (1669-1692)

*January 18th, 1669, Vienna †December 24th, 1692, Vienna

62

Eudoxia Lopukhina

Russian empress, first wife of Peter I

*July 30th, 1669, Moscow †August 27th, 1731, Moscow

53

Raymund Ferdinand of Rabatta

German priest

*February 4th, 1669, Gorizia †October 25th, 1722, Passau

55

Johann Christoph Jauch

German author

*September 13th, 1669, Güstrow †January 26th, 1725, Lüneburg

49

Leonhard Christoph Sturm

German mathematician (1669-1719)

*November 5th, 1669, Altdorf bei Nürnberg †June 6th, 1719, Blankenburg

55

Martin Chladni

German theologian

*October 25th, 1669, Kremnica †September 12th, 1725, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

63

Louis Marchand

French keyboardist and composer

*February 2nd, 1669, Lyon †February 17th, 1732, Paris

86

Christian von Linger

German military personnel

*April 5th, 1669, Berlin †April 17th, 1755, Berlin

83

Henriette Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

(1669-1753)

*September 19th, 1669, Wolfenbüttel †January 20th, 1753, Roermond

61

Friederike Elisabeth of Saxe-Eisenach

(1669-1730)

*May 5th, 1669, Altenkirchen (Westerwald) †November 12th, 1730, Bad Langensalza

50

Johann Joseph Seyler

German author and theologian

*October 24th, 1669, Bayreuth †November 7th, 1719, Berg

44

Georg Theodor Barthold

German university teacher and writer (1669-1713)

*March 6th, 1669, Kötzschau †December 6th, 1713, Giessen

80

Cornelis Sweerts

Dutch poet, playwright and writer

*February 20th, 1669, Amsterdam †March 23rd, 1749, Maarssen

71

Joseph Talcott

Governor of the Connecticut Colony (1669-1741)

*November 11th, 1669, Hartford †October 11th, 1741, Hartford

75

Johann Caspar Haferung

German theologian

*February 14th, 1669, Kraja †May 17th, 1744, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

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No: With 365 days 1669 is a normal year and no leap year.

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