October 3rd, 1764

Born on October 3rd, 1764

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What happened on October 3rd?

October 3rd, 2003

Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy (both pictured) 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, 1963

Oswaldo López Arellano replaced Honduran president Ramón Villeda Morales in a violent coup, initiating two decades of military rule.

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 conducted its first 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 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 (pictured).

October 3rd, 1992

Sinéad O'Connor tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II on live television.

October 3rd, 2024

Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of India

October 3rd, 1862

American Civil War: The two-day Second Battle of Corinth begins as Confederate forces under General Earl Van Dorn attack Union defenses led by General William Rosecrans around Corinth, Mississippi.

October 3rd, 2022

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

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

Same year
Born in 1764

65

Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr

Marshal of France (1764-1830)

*April 13th, 1764, Toul †March 17th, 1830, Hyères

58

Ann Radcliffe

English author and pioneer of the Gothic novel (1764-1823)

*July 9th, 1764, Holborn †February 7th, 1823, London

56

Alexander Mackenzie

Scottish explorer

*January 1st, 1764, Stornoway †March 12th, 1820, Dunkeld

30

Princess Élisabeth of France

French Princess, Sister of King Louis XVI, Martyr and Servant of God

*May 3rd, 1764, Versailles †May 10th, 1794, Paris

71

Edward Livingston

American jurist and statesman (1764-1836)

*May 28th, 1764, Clermont †May 23rd, 1836, Rhinebeck

262

Marcelino Pérez de Arroyo

Presbítero, abogado y arquitecto neogranadino

*April 26th, 1764, Popayán

76

Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno

French soldier and military commander (1764-1841)

*December 7th, 1764, Lamarche †March 1st, 1841, Paris

61

Zygmunt Vogel

Polish painter (1764-1826)

*June 15th, 1764, Vowchyn †April 20th, 1826, Warsaw

48

Jan Paweł Łuszczewski

Polish politician

*June 26th, 1764, Skotniki, Masovian Voivodeship †July 4th, 1812, Warsaw

56

János Lavotta

Hungarian composer

*July 5th, 1764, Pusté Úľany †August 11th, 1820, Tállya

61

Barbara Krafft

Austrian painter (1764-1825)

*April 1st, 1764, Jihlava †September 28th, 1825, Bamberg

48

Johann Christoph Rincklake

German artist (1764-1813)

*October 19th, 1764, Harsewinkel †June 19th, 1813, Münster

62

Jens Baggesen

Danish poet

*February 15th, 1764, Korsør †October 3rd, 1826, Hamburg

81

Carel Hendrik Ver Huell

Dutch admiral (1764-1845)

*February 11th, 1764, Doetinchem †October 25th, 1845, Paris

84

Leopold Trattinnick

Austrian botanist and mycologist (1764-1849)

*May 26th, 1764, Klosterneuburg †January 24th, 1849, Vienna

72

Georg Ludwig Hartig

German forester and forestry scientist (1764–1837)

*September 2nd, 1764, Gladenbach †February 2nd, 1837, Berlin

81

Daniel Rodney

American politician (1764-1846)

*September 10th, 1764, Lewes †September 2nd, 1846, Lewes

87

Paul Erman

German physicist (1764-1851)

*February 29th, 1764, Berlin †October 11th, 1851, Berlin

69

Rudolph Ackermann

German-born British publisher (1764-1834)

*April 20th, 1764, Stollberg †March 30th, 1834, Finchley

69

Mauro Gandolfi

Italian artist (1764-1834)

*September 18th, 1764, Bologna †January 4th, 1834, Bologna

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Leap year

Yes: 1764 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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