October 3rd, 1943

Born on October 3rd, 1943

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What happened on October 3rd, 1943?

October 3rd, 1943

World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lingiades, Greece.

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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, 1943

73

Jeremiasz

Polish archbishop and cleric (1943-2017)

*October 3rd, 1943, Odrynki †April 17th, 2017, Wrocław

58

Jean-François Jonvelle

French photographer

*October 3rd, 1943, Cavaillon †January 16th, 2002, Paris

80

Leonel Hernández

Costa Rican association football player

*October 3rd, 1943, Cartago

80

Jeff Bingaman

American politician

*October 3rd, 1943, El Paso

74

Baki İlkin

Turkish diplomat (1943-2018)

*October 3rd, 1943, Ankara †April 29th, 2018, Ankara

69

Jean-Paul Bonnaire

French actor

*October 3rd, 1943, Chaux †March 28th, 2013, 15th arrondissement of Paris

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32

Berry Angriawan

Indonesian badminton player

*October 3rd, 1991, Sukabumi

60

Chicho Sibilio

Spanish basketball coach

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

78

Hans-Rainer Müller

German actor and voice actor

*October 3rd, 1945, Zwickau

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

70

John Perry Barlow

American poet and essayist

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

85

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

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

*October 3rd, 1938, Lima

59

Clive Owen

British actor

*October 3rd, 1964, Coventry

80

Claus-Ekkehard Bärsch

German professor

*October 3rd, 1939, Weimar †May 16th, 2020

73

John Patrick Shanley

American writer

*October 3rd, 1950, The Bronx

93

Stanisław Skrowaczewski

Polish composer and conductor (1923-2017)

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

42

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Swedish association football player

*October 3rd, 1981, Västra Skrävlinge församling

79

Pierre Deligne

Belgian mathematician

*October 3rd, 1944, Etterbeek

36

Starley

Australian singer

*October 3rd, 1987, Sydney

79

Bob Riley

American politician

*October 3rd, 1944, Ashland

65

Louise Lecavalier

Canadian dancer

*October 3rd, 1958, Laval

82

Chubby Checker

American rock 'n roll singer and dancer

*October 3rd, 1941, Andrews

79

Maurice Sartre

French historian (born 1944)

*October 3rd, 1944, 4th arrondissement of Lyon

39

Anthony Le Tallec

French association football player

*October 3rd, 1984, Hennebont

99

Raffaele La Capria

Italian novelist and screenwriter

*October 3rd, 1922, Naples †June 26th, 2022, Rome

54

Gwen Stefani

American singer

*October 3rd, 1969, Fullerton

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80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

81

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

81

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

80

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

80

John Kerry

Unites States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

81

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

64

Bruce Rollick

Badminton player

*April 11th, 1943, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2008

58

George Harrison

English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

79

Dagmar Schipanski

German politician (1943–2022)

*September 3rd, 1943, Sättelstädt †September 7th, 2022

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

27

Jim Morrison

American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)

*December 8th, 1943, Melbourne †July 3rd, 1971, Paris

81

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017

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