October 3rd, 1789

Born on October 3rd, 1789

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What happened on October 3rd, 1789?

October 3rd, 1789

George Washington proclaims Thursday November 26, 1789 a Thanksgiving Day.

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What else 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.

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

Born on October 3rd, 1789

66

Henry Pottinger

1st Governor of Hong Kong (1789-1856)

*October 3rd, 1789, County Down †March 18th, 1856, Malta

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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

64

Allan Kardec

Systematizer of Spiritism (1804–1869)

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

75

John Ross

Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828–1866

*October 3rd, 1790, Turkeytown †August 1st, 1866, District of Columbia

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

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

72

Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Grand Duke of Tuscany

*October 3rd, 1797, Florence †January 29th, 1870, Rome

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Born in 1789

65

Georg Simon Ohm

German physicist and mathematician

*March 16th, 1789, Erlangen †July 6th, 1854, Munich

61

James Fenimore Cooper

American writer (1789-1851)

*September 15th, 1789, Burlington †September 14th, 1851, Cooperstown

28

Francisco Javier Mina

Spanish general and lawyer

*July 1st, 1789, Otao †November 11th, 1817, Pénjamo

64

Silvio Pellico

Italian writer and poet

*June 24th, 1789, Saluzzo †January 31st, 1854, Turin

67

Augustin-Louis Cauchy

French mathematician (1789–1857)

*August 21st, 1789, Paris †May 23rd, 1857, Sceaux

64

John Martin

Painter, engraver and illustrator (1789-1854)

*July 19th, 1789, Haydon Bridge †February 17th, 1854, Douglas

80

Johann Friedrich Overbeck

German painter, a member of the Nazarene movement (1789-1869)

*July 3rd, 1789, Lübeck †November 12th, 1869, Rome

81

Carl Adam Bader

German cathedral organist and operatic tenor

*January 10th, 1789, Bamberg †April 14th, 1870, Berlin

33

Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg

Member of the House of Arenberg

*April 10th, 1789, City of Brussels †April 4th, 1823, Bamberg

77

József Hild

Hungarian architect (1789-1867)

*December 8th, 1789, Pest †March 6th, 1867, Pest

73

William Carr Lane

American mayor (1789-1863)

*December 1st, 1789, Fayette County †January 6th, 1863, St. Louis

53

Leona Vicario

Mexican spy

*April 10th, 1789, Mexico City †August 21st, 1842, Mexico City

85

Heinrich Schwabe

German astronomer (1789-1875)

*October 25th, 1789, Dessau †April 11th, 1875, Dessau

49

Johannes Jacob Hegetschweiler

Swiss botanist (1789-1839)

*December 14th, 1789, Rifferswil †September 9th, 1839, Zürich

76

Jared Sparks

American historian, educator, and Unitarian minister

*May 10th, 1789, Willington †March 14th, 1866, Cambridge

66

William John Swainson

English naturalist and artist

*October 8th, 1789, London †December 6th, 1855, Hutt Valley

43

Manuel de Mier y Terán

Mexican General (1789-1832)

*February 18th, 1789, Mexico City †July 3rd, 1832, Padilla Municipality

65

Wilhelm Hey

German writer (1789-1854)

*March 26th, 1789, Leinatal †May 19th, 1854, Ichtershausen

80

Carlos Soublette

Venezuelan politician and statesman

*December 15th, 1789, Caracas †February 11th, 1870, Caracas

79

Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

*August 27th, 1789, Hildburghausen †November 25th, 1868, Altenburg

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No: With 365 days 1789 is a normal year and no leap year.

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