October 3rd, 1981

Born on October 3rd, 1981

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What happened on October 3rd, 1981?

October 3rd, 1981

The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Irish_hunger_strike

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Irish_hunger_strike

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, 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, 1981

42

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Swedish association football player

*October 3rd, 1981, Västra Skrävlinge församling

42

Andreas Isaksson

Swedish association football player

*October 3rd, 1981, Trelleborg

42

Jonna Lee

Swedish musician

*October 3rd, 1981, Linköping

42

Vera Vitali

Swedish actress and playwright

*October 3rd, 1981, Kungsholm parish

42

Seth Gabel

American actor

*October 3rd, 1981, Hollywood

42

Giselle Itié

Brazilian actress

*October 3rd, 1981, Mexico City

42

Ronald Rauhe

Olympic canoeist

*October 3rd, 1981, Berlin

42

John Alston Bodden

Honduran footballer

*October 3rd, 1981, La Ceiba

42

Matt Sparrow

British footballer (born 1981)

*October 3rd, 1981, London

42

Danny Coid

British footballer (born 1981)

*October 3rd, 1981, Liverpool

42

Johannes Quester

German actor

*October 3rd, 1981, Dresden

42

Florian Keller

Field hockey player

*October 3rd, 1981, Berlin

42

Iván Pailós

Uruguayan football player

*October 3rd, 1981, Montevideo

42

Amanda Walsh

Canadian actress

*October 3rd, 1981, Rigaud

42

Paul O'Shaughnessy

English football player (born 1981)

*October 3rd, 1981, Bury

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

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

39

Anthony Le Tallec

French association football player

*October 3rd, 1984, Hennebont

59

Clive Owen

British actor

*October 3rd, 1964, Coventry

45

Claudio Pizarro

Peruvian footballer

*October 3rd, 1978, Callao

45

Gerald Asamoah

German association football player

*October 3rd, 1978, Mampong

40

Tessa Thompson

American actress

*October 3rd, 1983, Los Angeles

60

Chicho Sibilio

Spanish basketball coach

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

35

Alicia Vikander

Swedish actress

*October 3rd, 1988, Johannebergs församling

39

Ashlee Simpson

American singer and actress

*October 3rd, 1984, Waco

54

Gwen Stefani

American singer-songwriter

*October 3rd, 1969, Fullerton

41

Julián López Escobar

Spanish matador (bullfighter)

*October 3rd, 1982, Spain

52

Zoe Lyons

Comedian

*October 3rd, 1971, Haverfordwest

47

Seann William Scott

American actor

*October 3rd, 1976, Cottage Grove

43

Daniel DeSanto

Canadian actor

*October 3rd, 1980, Toronto

50

Neve Campbell

Canadian actress

*October 3rd, 1973, Guelph

40

Fred

Brazilian association football player, born 1983

*October 3rd, 1983, Teófilo Otoni

32

Ivan Turina

Croatian footballer (1980–2013)

*October 3rd, 1980, Zagreb †May 2nd, 2013, Stockholm

93

Stanisław Skrowaczewski

Polish composer and conductor (1923-2017)

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

Same year
Born in 1981

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

42

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung City

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

43

Zhang Jiewen

Chinese badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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