October 3rd, 1988

Born on October 3rd, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 19 days, exactly on May 7th, 2024, people who were born on October 3rd, 1988 will be 13,000 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, 1988

35

Alicia Vikander

Swedish actress

*October 3rd, 1988, Johannebergs församling

35

Alex Dowsett

British racing cyclist

*October 3rd, 1988, Maldon

35

Max Giesinger

German singer-songwriter

*October 3rd, 1988, Waldbronn

35

A$AP Rocky

American rapper and record producer

*October 3rd, 1988, Harlem

35

Tadhg Kelly

Actor from the United States

*October 3rd, 1988, Chicago

35

Erika Kaar

Polish actress

*October 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Lauren McKnight

American actress

*October 3rd, 1988, Los Angeles

35

Taku Ishihara

Japanese association football player

*October 3rd, 1988, Aichi Prefecture

35

Pak Nam-chol

North Korean footballer (born 1988)

*October 3rd, 1988, Pyongyang

35

Dustin Gazley

American ice hockey player

*October 3rd, 1988, Novi

35

Antje Döll

German handball player

*October 3rd, 1988, Haldensleben

35

Maximiliano Arias

Uruguayan footballer

*October 3rd, 1988, Montevideo

35

Lóránd Szatmári

Association football player

*October 3rd, 1988, Petroșani

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

36

Starley

Australian singer

*October 3rd, 1987, Sydney

32

Berry Angriawan

Indonesian badminton player

*October 3rd, 1991, Sukabumi City

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

42

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Swedish association football player

*October 3rd, 1981, Västra Skrävlinge församling

39

Anthony Le Tallec

French association football player

*October 3rd, 1984, Hennebont

59

Clive Owen

British actor

*October 3rd, 1964, Coventry

36

Robert Grabarz

British high jumper

*October 3rd, 1987, Enfield

33

Johan Le Bon

Cyclist

*October 3rd, 1990, Lannion

60

Chicho Sibilio

Spanish basketball coach

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

39

Ashlee Simpson

American singer and actress

*October 3rd, 1984, Waco

40

Tessa Thompson

American actress

*October 3rd, 1983, Los Angeles

45

Claudio Pizarro

Peruvian footballer

*October 3rd, 1978, Callao

54

Gwen Stefani

American singer-songwriter

*October 3rd, 1969, Fullerton

34

Francisco Cruz

Mexican basketball player

*October 3rd, 1989, Heroica Nogales

45

Gerald Asamoah

German association football player

*October 3rd, 1978, Mampong

36

Behnam Bani

Iranian singer

*October 3rd, 1987, Damghan

52

Zoe Lyons

Comedian

*October 3rd, 1971, Haverfordwest

93

Stanisław Skrowaczewski

Polish composer and conductor (1923-2017)

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

37

Shirley Souagnon

French actress/actor

*October 3rd, 1986, Clichy

42

Andreas Isaksson

Swedish association football player

*October 3rd, 1981, Trelleborg

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

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Leap year

Yes: 1988 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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