October 3rd, 1973

Born on October 3rd, 1973

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 18,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 539 days, exactly on October 10th, 2025, people who were born on October 3rd, 1973 will be 19,000 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, 1973

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

50

Neve Campbell

Canadian actress

*October 3rd, 1973, Guelph

50

Lena Headey

British actress (born 1973)

*October 3rd, 1973, Hamilton

50

Ljubomir Vranjes

Swedish handball player

*October 3rd, 1973, Gothenburg

50

Ingrid Chauvin

French actress

*October 3rd, 1973, Argenteuil

50

Keiko Agena

American actress

*October 3rd, 1973, Honolulu

50

Anna Odell

Swedish artist and film director

*October 3rd, 1973, Stockholm

50

Eirik Hegdal

Jazz saxophonist

*October 3rd, 1973, Gjøvik Municipality

50

Kari Rueslåtten

Norwegian singer

*October 3rd, 1973, Trondheim

50

Richard Ian Cox

Canadian actor

*October 3rd, 1973, St Asaph

50

Angélica Gavaldón

Mexican tennis player

*October 3rd, 1973, El Centro

50

Antti Laaksonen

Professional hockey player

*October 3rd, 1973, Tammela

50

Bernard Schuiteman

Dutch footballer

*October 3rd, 1973, Garderen

50

Torben Miehle

German actor and film director

*October 3rd, 1973, Hamburg

50

Boris Meinzer

German comedian

*October 3rd, 1973, Karlsruhe

50

Ricardo Mayorga

Nicaraguan boxer

*October 3rd, 1973, Managua

50

Notburga Karl

German university teacher

*October 3rd, 1973, Regensburg

50

Hedy Burress

American actress

*October 3rd, 1973, Edwardsville

41

Uğur Dağdelen

Turkish footballer (1973-2015)

*October 3rd, 1973, Amasya †September 24th, 2015, Merzifon

50

Danijela Vranješ

Serbian actress

*October 3rd, 1973, Sremska Mitrovica

50

Jorge Torregrossa

Spanish film producer, screenwriter and film director

*October 3rd, 1973, Alicante

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32

Berry Angriawan

Indonesian badminton player

*October 3rd, 1991, Sukabumi City

59

Clive Owen

British actor

*October 3rd, 1964, Coventry

42

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Swedish association football player

*October 3rd, 1981, Västra Skrävlinge församling

36

Starley

Australian singer

*October 3rd, 1987, Sydney

52

Zoe Lyons

Comedian

*October 3rd, 1971, Haverfordwest

54

Gwen Stefani

American singer-songwriter

*October 3rd, 1969, Fullerton

39

Anthony Le Tallec

French association football player

*October 3rd, 1984, Hennebont

60

Chicho Sibilio

Spanish basketball coach

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

51

Josie d'Arby

Welsh actress

*October 3rd, 1972, Newport

45

Claudio Pizarro

Peruvian footballer

*October 3rd, 1978, Callao

47

Seann William Scott

American actor

*October 3rd, 1976, Cottage Grove

45

Gerald Asamoah

German association football player

*October 3rd, 1978, Mampong

54

Garry Herbert

British rower

*October 3rd, 1969, London

51

Black Thought

American rapper

*October 3rd, 1972, Philadelphia

45

Kim Joo-hyuk

South Korean actor (1972–2017)

*October 3rd, 1972, Gangnam District †October 30th, 2017, Gwangjin District

54

Janel Moloney

American actress

*October 3rd, 1969, Woodland Hills

48

India.Arie

American singer

*October 3rd, 1975, Denver

65

Louise Lecavalier

Canadian dancer

*October 3rd, 1958, Laval

51

Michael Nylander

Swedish ice hockey player

*October 3rd, 1972, Stockholm

93

Stanisław Skrowaczewski

Polish composer and conductor (1923-2017)

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

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Born in 1973

51

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

50

Simon Archer

Badminton player

*June 27th, 1973, Royal Leamington Spa

50

Sven Beuckert

German association football player and manager

*December 12th, 1973, Stollberg

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

50

Stefanie von Pfetten

Actress

*November 25th, 1973, Vancouver

50

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

50

Roar Uthaug

Norwegian film director

*August 25th, 1973, Lørenskog

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

51

Qin Yiyuan

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

50

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

50

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

51

Peng Xingyong

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1973, Shandong

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

50

Heidi Klum

German model, television personality and businesswoman

*June 1st, 1973, Bergisch Gladbach

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No: With 365 days 1973 is a normal year and no leap year.

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