October 3rd, 1979

Born on October 3rd, 1979

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 730 days, exactly on April 19th, 2026, people who were born on October 3rd, 1979 will be 17,000 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, 1979

44

John Morrison

American professional wrestler

*October 3rd, 1979, Los Angeles

44

Josh Klinghoffer

American musician

*October 3rd, 1979, Los Angeles

44

Adam Jaskolka

German actor

*October 3rd, 1979, Zabrze

44

Lea Bouwmeester

Dutch former politician, civil servant and social counselor

*October 3rd, 1979, Hoogeveen

44

Dennis Störl

Ski jumper

*October 3rd, 1979, Johanngeorgenstadt

44

Claudia Bassols

Spanish actress

*October 3rd, 1979, Barcelona

44

Yuri Ebihara

Japanese actor and model

*October 3rd, 1979, Miyazaki

44

Anthony Abrams

Guyanese footballer

*October 3rd, 1979, Georgetown

44

Carlo Alban

Ecuadorian actor

*October 3rd, 1979, Ecuador

44

António Carlos dos Santos

Brazilian footballer and manager

*October 3rd, 1979, Guaíra

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

42

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Swedish association football player

*October 3rd, 1981, Västra Skrävlinge församling

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

45

Claudio Pizarro

Peruvian footballer

*October 3rd, 1978, Callao

45

Gerald Asamoah

German association football player

*October 3rd, 1978, Mampong

39

Anthony Le Tallec

French association football player

*October 3rd, 1984, Hennebont

59

Clive Owen

British actor

*October 3rd, 1964, Coventry

42

Andreas Isaksson

Swedish association football player

*October 3rd, 1981, Trelleborg

60

Chicho Sibilio

Spanish basketball coach

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

47

Seann William Scott

American actor

*October 3rd, 1976, Cottage Grove

54

Gwen Stefani

American singer-songwriter

*October 3rd, 1969, Fullerton

45

Shannyn Sossamon

American actress and musician

*October 3rd, 1978, Honolulu

52

Zoe Lyons

Comedian

*October 3rd, 1971, Haverfordwest

35

Alicia Vikander

Swedish actress

*October 3rd, 1988, Johannebergs församling

45

Vienna Teng

Taiwanese-American pianist and singer-songwriter based in Detroit

*October 3rd, 1978, Palo Alto

40

Tessa Thompson

American actress

*October 3rd, 1983, Los Angeles

50

Neve Campbell

Canadian actress

*October 3rd, 1973, Guelph

39

Ashlee Simpson

American singer and actress

*October 3rd, 1984, Waco

43

Daniel DeSanto

Canadian actor

*October 3rd, 1980, Toronto

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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