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 322 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, 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

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

32

Berry Angriawan

Indonesian badminton player

*October 3rd, 1991, Sukabumi City

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

36

Starley

Australian singer

*October 3rd, 1987, Sydney

42

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Swedish association football player

*October 3rd, 1981, Västra Skrävlinge församling

59

Clive Owen

British actor

*October 3rd, 1964, Coventry

39

Anthony Le Tallec

French association football player

*October 3rd, 1984, Hennebont

19

Noah Schnapp

American actor (born 2004)

*October 3rd, 2004, New York City

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

93

Stanisław Skrowaczewski

Polish composer and conductor (1923-2017)

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

54

Gwen Stefani

American singer-songwriter

*October 3rd, 1969, Fullerton

85

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Peruvian politician and economist; Prime Minister (2005–06), President (2016–18)

*October 3rd, 1938, Lima

70

John Perry Barlow

American poet and essayist

*October 3rd, 1947, Cora †February 7th, 2018, San Francisco

45

Claudio Pizarro

Peruvian footballer

*October 3rd, 1978, Callao

52

Zoe Lyons

Comedian

*October 3rd, 1971, Haverfordwest

65

Louise Lecavalier

Canadian dancer

*October 3rd, 1958, Laval

78

Hans-Rainer Müller

German actor and voice actor

*October 3rd, 1945, Zwickau

73

John Patrick Shanley

American writer

*October 3rd, 1950, The Bronx

26

Ann Makosinski

Canadian inventor and entrepreneur

*October 3rd, 1997, Victoria

45

Gerald Asamoah

German association football player

*October 3rd, 1978, Mampong

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Born in 2008

15

Cecilia Loffredo

Danish actress

*July 24th, 2008, Copenhagen

15

Jackson Robert Scott

American child actor

*September 18th, 2008, Phoenix

16

Lilly Platt

British environmentalist

*April 18th, 2008, London

15

Iain Armitage

American child actor

*July 15th, 2008, Georgia

16

Emme Muñiz‎

Daughter of Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez

*February 22nd, 2008, Long Island

16

Rayssa Leal

Brazilian skateboarder

*January 4th, 2008, Imperatriz

16

Meilee Condron

American actress

*March 17th, 2008, Connecticut

15

Helena Zengel

German actress

*June 10th, 2008, Berlin

15

Harshaali Malhotra

Indian child actress

*June 3rd, 2008, Mumbai

16

Sienna Belle

Atriz e cantora canadense

*January 26th, 2008, Cambridge

15

GUSTAVOEGATOTV

Brazilian record producer

*December 11th, 2008, Iguatu

15

Sophia Baram

American pair skater

*November 24th, 2008, Beverly Hills

15

Veronika Zhilina

Russian figure skater

*May 15th, 2008, Arkhangelsk

16

Gavin Warren

American actor

*April 17th, 2008, Houston

16

Abby Ryder Fortson

American actress

*March 14th, 2008, Burbank

15

Emma Behn

Norwegian show jumper, youngest child of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Ari Behn

*September 29th, 2008, Lommedalen

15

Alia De Vercelli

Australian actress

*November 30th, 2008, Australia

16

Raegan Revord

American actress

*January 3rd, 2008, San Diego

15

Sky Brown

British-Japanese skateboarder and surfer

*July 7th, 2008, Miyazaki

16

Nela Lopušanová

Slovak ice and ball hockey player

*February 26th, 2008, Žilina

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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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