October 3rd, 1896

Born on October 3rd, 1896

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 46,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 409 days, exactly on June 9th, 2025, people who were born on October 3rd, 1896 will be 47,000 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, 1896

90

Gerardo Diego

Spanish poet

*October 3rd, 1896, Santander †July 8th, 1987, Madrid

83

Marie Dalmazzo

French singer (1896-1979)

*October 3rd, 1896, Épinal †October 7th, 1979, Nîmes

67

Auvergne Doherty

Australian businesswoman (1896–1961)

*October 3rd, 1896, Perth †January 3rd, 1964

64

Paul Roth

Swiss regional historian and archivist (1896-1961)

*October 3rd, 1896, Basel †September 7th, 1961, Basel

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

85

Louis Aragon

French poet (1897–1982)

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

66

Gertrude Berg

American actress, screenwriter (1899-1966)

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

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

32

Berry Angriawan

Indonesian badminton player

*October 3rd, 1991, Sukabumi City

93

Stanisław Skrowaczewski

Polish composer and conductor (1923-2017)

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

59

Clive Owen

British actor

*October 3rd, 1964, Coventry

36

Starley

Australian singer

*October 3rd, 1987, Sydney

92

Evelyn Holt

German actress (1908–2001)

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

42

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Swedish association football player

*October 3rd, 1981, Västra Skrävlinge församling

48

Carl von Ossietzky

German journalist, author, pacifist and recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize

*October 3rd, 1889, Hamburg †May 4th, 1938, Berlin

60

Chicho Sibilio

Spanish basketball coach

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

85

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Peruvian politician and economist; Prime Minister (2005–06), President (2016–18)

*October 3rd, 1938, Lima

37

Thomas Wolfe

American writer

*October 3rd, 1900, Asheville †September 15th, 1938, Baltimore

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

39

Anthony Le Tallec

French association football player

*October 3rd, 1984, Hennebont

46

Diego Brosset

French soldier (1898-1944)

*October 3rd, 1898, Buenos Aires †November 20th, 1944, Champagney

93

James M. Buchanan

American economist, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics (1919–2013)

*October 3rd, 1919, Murfreesboro †January 9th, 2013, Blacksburg

73

John Patrick Shanley

American writer

*October 3rd, 1950, The Bronx

55

Johnny Burke

American lyricist (1908-1964)

*October 3rd, 1908, Antioch †February 25th, 1964, New York City

Same year
Born in 1896

96

Kathleen McKane Godfree

English badminton and tennis player (1896-1992)

*May 7th, 1896, Bayswater †June 19th, 1992, London

90

Bruno Snell

German classical philologist

*June 18th, 1896, Hildesheim †October 31st, 1986, Hamburg

49

Marianne Grunthal

German teacher

*January 31st, 1896, Zehdenick †May 2nd, 1945, Schwerin

83

Helmut Berve

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 22nd, 1896, Wrocław †April 6th, 1979, Hechendorf am Pilsensee

84

Maria

Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896-1980)

*August 9th, 1896, Neuchâtel †September 16th, 1980, Geneva

84

A. J. Cronin

Scottish novelist

*July 19th, 1896, Cardross †January 6th, 1981, Montreux

44

F. Scott Fitzgerald

American writer (1896–1940)

*September 24th, 1896, Saint Paul †December 21st, 1940, Hollywood

75

Betty Smith

American author (1896–1972)

*December 15th, 1896, Brooklyn †January 17th, 1972, Shelton

84

Eugenio Montale

Italian poet (1896-1981)

*October 12th, 1896, Genoa †September 12th, 1981, Milan

72

Trygve Lie

1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1896–1968)

*July 16th, 1896, Grünerløkka †December 30th, 1968, Geilo

77

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mexican social realist painter (1896–1974)

*December 29th, 1896, Mexico City †January 6th, 1974, Cuernavaca

92

Virgil Thomson

American composer and critic

*November 25th, 1896, Kansas City †September 30th, 1989, New York City

45

Ernst Udet

German flying ace (1896–1941)

*April 26th, 1896, Frankfurt †November 17th, 1941, Berlin

91

Karl August Wittfogel

German-American academic (1896–1988)

*September 6th, 1896, Woltersdorf †May 25th, 1988, New York City

50

Erich Sichting

German politician (1896-1946)

*March 13th, 1896, Magdeburg †September 6th, 1946, Magdeburg

61

Gerty Cori

Austro-Hungarian-American biochemist (1896–1957)

*August 15th, 1896, Prague †October 26th, 1957, Glendale

89

Elisabeth Selbert

German politician (1896-1986)

*September 22nd, 1896, Kassel †June 9th, 1986, Kassel

74

John Dos Passos

American novelist (1896–1970)

*January 14th, 1896, Chicago †September 28th, 1970, Baltimore

93

Sandro Pertini

Former President of the Italian Republic, President of Italy from 1978 to 1985

*September 25th, 1896, San Giovanni †February 24th, 1990, Rome

89

Wallis Simpson

American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor (1896-1986)

*June 19th, 1896, Blue Ridge Summit †April 24th, 1986, Villa Windsor

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Public holidays on October 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 3rd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1896 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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