October 3rd, 2008

Born on October 3rd, 2008

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 5,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 458 days, exactly on March 8th, 2025, people who were born on October 3rd, 2008 will be 6,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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

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

36

Starley

Australian singer

*October 3rd, 1987, Sydney

42

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Swedish association football player

*October 3rd, 1981, Västra Skrävlinge församling

45

Gerald Asamoah

German association football player

*October 3rd, 1978, Mampong

59

Clive Owen

British actor

*October 3rd, 1964, Coventry

29

Kepa Arrizabalaga

Spanish association football player

*October 3rd, 1994, Vitoria-Gasteiz

40

Tessa Thompson

American actress

*October 3rd, 1983, Los Angeles

22

Liel Abada

Israeli association footballer

*October 3rd, 2001, Petah Tikva

73

John Patrick Shanley

American writer

*October 3rd, 1950, The Bronx

19

Noah Schnapp

American actor (born 2004)

*October 3rd, 2004, New York City

93

James M. Buchanan

American economist (1919–2013)

*October 3rd, 1919, Murfreesboro †January 9th, 2013, Blacksburg

52

Zoe Lyons

Comedian

*October 3rd, 1971, Haverfordwest

54

Gwen Stefani

American singer-songwriter

*October 3rd, 1969, Fullerton

31

Eric Rowe

American football player

*October 3rd, 1992, Cleveland

39

Jessica Parker Kennedy

Canadian actress

*October 3rd, 1984, Calgary

35

Alicia Vikander

Swedish actress

*October 3rd, 1988, Johannebergs församling

26

Javon Kinlaw

American football defensive tackle

*October 3rd, 1997, Charleston

32

Will Sutton

American football player

*October 3rd, 1991, Corona

21

Eddie Cochran

American rock and roll pioneer

*October 3rd, 1938, Albert Lea †April 17th, 1960, Bath

34

Nate Montana

American football player

*October 3rd, 1989, Santa Clara

28

Lil Tracy

American rapper, singer, and songwriter

*October 3rd, 1995, Teaneck

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15

Jackson Robert Scott

American child actor

*September 18th, 2008, Phoenix

14

GUSTAVOEGATOTV

Brazilian record producer

*December 11th, 2008, Iguatu

15

Cecilia Loffredo

Danish actress

*July 24th, 2008, Copenhagen

15

Meilee Condron

American actress

*March 17th, 2008, Connecticut

15

Iain Armitage

American child actor

*July 15th, 2008, Georgia

15

Helena Zengel

German actress

*June 10th, 2008, Berlin

15

Yuvina Parthavi

Indian actress

*November 28th, 2008, Mumbai

15

Lilly Platt

British environmentalist

*April 18th, 2008, London

15

Emme Muñiz‎

Daughter of Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez

*February 22nd, 2008, Long Island

15

Sophia Baram

American pair skater

*November 24th, 2008, Beverly Hills

15

Veronika Zhilina

Russian figure skater

*May 15th, 2008, Arkhangelsk

15

Gavin Warren

American actor

*April 17th, 2008, Houston

15

Harshaali Malhotra

Indian child actress

*June 3rd, 2008, Mumbai

15

Sienna Belle

Atriz e cantora canadense

*January 26th, 2008, Cambridge

15

Caleb McDuff

Profoundly deaf go-kart racer

*January 20th, 2008, Abergavenny

15

Jacob Laval

American actor

*September 8th, 2008, Orlando

15

Asher Blinkoff

American actor

*November 23rd, 2008, Aston Township

15

Abby Ryder Fortson

American actress

*March 14th, 2008, Burbank

15

Deric McCabe

Actor

*August 28th, 2008, Whitefish

14

Summer Fontana

American child actress

*December 7th, 2008, Canton

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Born on October 3rd, 2008
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Leap year

Yes: 2008 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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