October 3rd, 1815

Born on October 3rd, 1815

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 76,000 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, 1815

66

Georg Julius Andresen

German writer (1815-1882)

*October 3rd, 1815, Haselau †January 1st, 1882, Reinbek

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

26

Mikhail Lermontov

Russian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)

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

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

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

70

John Perry Barlow

American poet and essayist

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

92

Evelyn Holt

German actress (1908–2001)

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

78

Hans-Rainer Müller

German actor and voice actor

*October 3rd, 1945, Zwickau

79

Pierre Bonnard

French painter and printmaker (1867-1947)

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

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

85

Louis Aragon

French poet (1897–1982)

*October 3rd, 1897, 16th arrondissement of Paris †December 24th, 1982, 7th arrondissement of Paris

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Born in 1815

83

Otto von Bismarck

German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)

*April 1st, 1815, Schönhausen †July 30th, 1898, Friedrichsruh

36

Ada Lovelace

English mathematician (1815–1852)

*December 10th, 1815, London †November 27th, 1852, Marylebone

49

George Boole

English mathematician, philosopher and logician (1815–1864)

*November 2nd, 1815, Lincoln †December 8th, 1864, Ballintemple

64

Bernhard Ernst von Bülow

Danish and German politician (1815-1879)

*August 2nd, 1815, Cismar †October 20th, 1879, Frankfurt

80

Jules Moinaux

French writer, comedian, playwright, chronicler and librettist

*October 24th, 1815, Tours †December 4th, 1895, Saint-Mandé

81

Antonio Machado Núñez

Spanish anthropologist (1815-1896)

*March 30th, 1815, Cádiz †July 2nd, 1896, Madrid

71

Johann Jakob Bachofen

Swiss jurist and philologist (1815–1887)

*December 22nd, 1815, Basel †November 25th, 1887, Basel

49

William Sanderson McCormick

American businessman

*November 2nd, 1815, Rockbridge County †September 27th, 1865, Jacksonville

72

Eugène Labiche

French dramatist (1815–1888)

*May 5th, 1815, Paris †January 23rd, 1888, Paris

69

Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux

French painter

*April 3rd, 1815, Paris †November 8th, 1884, Paris

89

Adolph von Menzel

German artist (1815-1905)

*December 8th, 1815, Wrocław †February 9th, 1905, Berlin

67

Anthony Trollope

English novelist of the Victorian period (1815-1882)

*April 24th, 1815, London †December 6th, 1882, London

58

Georg August Pritzel

German botanist (1815-1874)

*September 2nd, 1815, Siedlisko, Nowa Sól County †June 14th, 1874, Kiel

63

Julia Margaret Cameron

British photographer (1815–1879)

*June 11th, 1815, Kolkata †January 26th, 1879, Kalutara

79

Jean Macé

French teacher, journalist and politician

*August 22nd, 1815, former 3rd arrondissement of Paris †December 13th, 1894, Monthiers

72

John Bosco

Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator, writer

*August 16th, 1815, Castelnuovo Don Bosco †January 31st, 1888, Turin

63

Thomas Couture

French painter (1815-1879)

*December 21st, 1815, Senlis †March 29th, 1879, Villiers-le-Bel

96

James Curtis Hepburn

American Christian missionary to Japan known for the Hepburn writing system (1815-1911)

*March 13th, 1815, Milton †September 21st, 1911, East Orange

81

Karl Weierstraß

German mathematician (1815-1897)

*October 31st, 1815, Ostenfelde †February 19th, 1897, Berlin

55

Mykhailo Verbytskyi

Ukrainian composer, priest, and music pedagogue

*March 4th, 1815, Jawornik Ruski †December 7th, 1870, Młyny, Podkarpackie Voivodeship

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1815 is a normal year and no leap year.

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