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 674 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, 1993

An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.

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

Born on October 3rd, 1973

50

Neve Campbell

Canadian actress

*October 3rd, 1973, Guelph

50

Lena Headey

British actress (born 1973)

*October 3rd, 1973, Hamilton

50

Anna Odell

Swedish artist and film director

*October 3rd, 1973, Stockholm

50

Ingrid Chauvin

French actress

*October 3rd, 1973, Argenteuil

50

Keiko Agena

American actress

*October 3rd, 1973, Honolulu

50

Richard Ian Cox

Canadian actor

*October 3rd, 1973, St Asaph

50

Danijela Vranješ

Serbian actress

*October 3rd, 1973, Sremska Mitrovica

50

Jorge Torregrossa

Spanish film producer, screenwriter and film director

*October 3rd, 1973, Alicante

50

Hedy Burress

American actress

*October 3rd, 1973, Edwardsville

41

Uğur Dağdelen

Turkish footballer (1973-2015)

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

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

42

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Swedish association football player

*October 3rd, 1981, Västra Skrävlinge församling

51

Black Thought

American rapper

*October 3rd, 1972, Philadelphia

59

Clive Owen

British actor

*October 3rd, 1964, Coventry

52

Zoe Lyons

Comedian

*October 3rd, 1971, Haverfordwest

54

Gwen Stefani

American singer-songwriter

*October 3rd, 1969, Fullerton

40

Tessa Thompson

American actress

*October 3rd, 1983, Los Angeles

48

Talib Kweli

American rapper from New York

*October 3rd, 1975, Brooklyn

48

Alanna Ubach

American actress

*October 3rd, 1975, Downey

73

John Patrick Shanley

American writer

*October 3rd, 1950, The Bronx

36

Starley

Australian singer

*October 3rd, 1987, Sydney

47

Seann William Scott

American actor

*October 3rd, 1976, Cottage Grove

56

Rob Liefeld

American comic book creator

*October 3rd, 1967, Anaheim

56

Eriq Ebouaney

French actor

*October 3rd, 1967, Angers

45

Claudio Pizarro

Peruvian footballer

*October 3rd, 1978, Callao

45

Shannyn Sossamon

American actress and musician

*October 3rd, 1978, Honolulu

61

Tommy Lee

American drummer (born 1962)

*October 3rd, 1962, Athens

51

Martin Stenmarck

Swedish singer

*October 3rd, 1972, Stockholm

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

45

Gerald Asamoah

German association football player

*October 3rd, 1978, Mampong

Same year
Born in 1973

50

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

50

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

50

Patrick Wilson

American actor

*July 3rd, 1973, Norfolk

50

Heidi Klum

German model, television personality and businesswoman

*June 1st, 1973, Bergisch Gladbach

40

Paul Walker

American actor (1973-2013)

*September 12th, 1973, Glendale †November 30th, 2013, Valencia

50

Jim Parsons

American actor (born 1973)

*March 24th, 1973, St. Joseph Medical Center (Houston, Texas)

50

Rogério Ceni

Brazilian footballer

*January 22nd, 1973, Pato Branco

49

Mos Def

American rapper and actor from New York

*December 11th, 1973, Brooklyn

50

Chris Webber

American basketball player

*March 1st, 1973, Detroit

50

Alfie Boe

English actor and singer

*September 29th, 1973, Blackpool

50

Andrew Lincoln

British actor

*September 14th, 1973, London

50

François-Xavier Demaison

French actor

*September 22nd, 1973, Asnières-sur-Seine

50

Cathy Freeman

Australian short-distance runner

*February 16th, 1973, Slade Point

50

Tyra Banks

American television personality, producer, and former model

*December 4th, 1973, Inglewood

50

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

50

Stephen Graham

English actor

*August 3rd, 1973, Kirkby

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

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

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Born on October 3rd, 1973
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Leap year

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

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