October 3rd, 1784

Born on October 3rd, 1784

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 87,000 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

Born on October 3rd, 1784

78

Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel

German academic

*October 3rd, 1784, Rammelburg †June 25th, 1863, Odesa

85

Louise Lehzen

Governess, adviser and companion to Queen Victoria of England

*October 3rd, 1784, Coburg †September 9th, 1870, Bückeburg

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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

26

Mikhail Lermontov

Russian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)

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

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

60

Chicho Sibilio

Spanish basketball coach

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

66

Gertrude Berg

American actress, screenwriter (1899-1966)

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

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

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

92

Evelyn Holt

German actress (1908–2001)

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

64

Allan Kardec

Systematizer of Spiritism (1804–1869)

*October 3rd, 1804, Lyon †March 31st, 1869, 2nd arrondissement of Paris

73

John Patrick Shanley

American writer

*October 3rd, 1950, The Bronx

54

Gwen Stefani

American singer-songwriter

*October 3rd, 1969, Fullerton

65

Louise Lecavalier

Canadian dancer

*October 3rd, 1958, Laval

79

Pierre Bonnard

French painter and printmaker (1867-1947)

*October 3rd, 1867, Fontenay-aux-Roses †January 23rd, 1947, Le Cannet

52

Zoe Lyons

Comedian

*October 3rd, 1971, Haverfordwest

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Born in 1784

65

Zachary Taylor

President of the United States from 1849 to 1850

*November 24th, 1784, Barboursville †July 9th, 1850, Washington, D.C.

72

William Buckland

English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856)

*March 12th, 1784, Axminster †August 14th, 1856, Islip

48

Marie-Antoine Carême

French chef

*June 8th, 1784, Paris †January 12th, 1833, Paris

74

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

*October 19th, 1784, Southgate †August 28th, 1859, Putney

64

Thomas Robert Bugeaud

Marshal of France (1784-1849)

*October 15th, 1784, Limoges †June 10th, 1849, Paris

62

Gabriel Lory

Swiss painter

*June 21st, 1784, Bern †August 25th, 1846, Bern

48

Ferdinand VII of Spain

King of Spain (1784–1833) (r. 1808; 1813–1833)

*October 14th, 1784, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial †September 29th, 1833, Madrid

53

Ferdinand Ries

German composer

*November 28th, 1784, Bonn †January 13th, 1838, Frankfurt

61

Friedrich Bessel

German astronomer and mathematician

*July 22nd, 1784, Minden †March 17th, 1846, Königsberg

83

Carlo Filangieri

Italian soldier and politician (1784-1867)

*May 10th, 1784, Cava de' Tirreni †October 9th, 1867, Portici

69

Frederick Adam

British Army general

*June 17th, 1784, Scotland †August 17th, 1853, London

76

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen

British politician (1784-1860)

*January 28th, 1784, Edinburgh †December 14th, 1860, London

68

Georg Moller

German architect

*January 21st, 1784, Diepholz †March 13th, 1852, Darmstadt

18

Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia

Russian grand duchess (1784-1803)

*December 24th, 1784, Saint Petersburg †September 24th, 1803, Ludwigslust

75

Jérôme Bonaparte

Napoleon I's brother (1784–1860)

*November 15th, 1784, Ajaccio †June 24th, 1860, château de Vilgénis

70

Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet

English colonial official, Governor of Bombay (1784-1854)

*June 21st, 1784, Plymouth †September 19th, 1854, London

73

Andrew Stevenson

American politician (1784-1857)

*January 21st, 1784, Culpeper County †January 25th, 1857, Albemarle County

68

Johan Gunder Adler

Danish civil servant (1784-1852)

*March 5th, 1784, Copenhagen †May 26th, 1852, Hof

79

Leo von Klenze

German architect and painter (1784–1864)

*February 29th, 1784, Schladen †January 26th, 1864, Munich

57

Allan Cunningham

Scottish poet and author (1784–1842)

*December 7th, 1784, Keir †October 30th, 1842, London

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Leap year

Yes: 1784 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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