Bengali language
Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of India
What happened on October 3
33 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 1392 to 2025.
Standout on October 3
2024
Bengali language
Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of India
About October 3
October 3 is the 276th day of the year. These facts are computed from the calendar, not copied from anywhere.
- Day of the year
- Day 276 of 365 (277 in leap years)89 days left in the year (89 in leap years)
- Falls on
- Saturday in 2026, Sunday in 2027, Tuesday in 2028, Wednesday in 2029, Thursday in 2030
- Week
- ISO week 40 of 2026 · Q4
- Zodiac sign
- ♎ Libra (September 23 – October 22)
- Season
- Autumn in the north · Spring in the south
- October birthstone
- Opal / Tourmalinehope, creativity and confidence
- October birth flower
- Marigold / Cosmoswarmth, creativity and harmony
- Next occurrence
- In 341 days
- Roman numerals
- III.Xday.month — see the Roman numeral date tool
Anniversaries in 2026
- 75thFirst Battle of Maryang-san1951
- 75thMajor League Baseball1951
- 40thTandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron1986
- 25thAnton Lundell2001
- 25thC. J. Stroud2001
- 25thMax Plath2001
- 5th2021 Milan Pilatus PC-12 crash2021
- 5thDan Petrescu (businessman)2021
October 3 through the years
- 10 years ago2016
- Nothing recorded
- 25 years ago2001
- Max Plath · C. J. Stroud · Anton Lundell
- 50 years ago1976
- Nothing recorded
- 100 years ago1926
- Nothing recorded
- 200 years ago1826
- Nothing recorded
Born on October 3 — ages this year
- 2004Noah Schnappturns 22
- 2001Max Plathturns 25
- 2001C. J. Stroudturns 25
- 2001Anton Lundellturns 25
- 2000CJ Abramsturns 26
- 1997Bang Chanturns 29
Historical events 33
A dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Wab Kinew
Wab Kinew is elected to be the first First Nations Premier of a Canadian province in the 2023 Manitoba general election
Svante Pääbo
Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
2021 Milan Pilatus PC-12 crash
Eight people are killed in an airplane crash near Milan, Italy.
Kunduz hospital airstrike
Forty-two people are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike in Afghanistan.
2013 Lampedusa migrant shipwreck
A boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa, resulting in more than 360 deaths.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, establishing the Troubled Asset Relief Program, commonly referred to as a bailout of the U.S. financial system, was enacted.
Siegfried & Roy
Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy (both pictured) was mauled by a tiger during a performance at the Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip.
Murder trial of O. J. Simpson
O. J. Simpson murder case: O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.
Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II on live television.
Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
East Germany
The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany; the event is afterwards celebrated as German Unity Day.
1989 Panamanian coup attempt
A coup in Panama City is suppressed and 11 participants are executed.
Moisés Giroldi
Major Moisés Giroldi of the Panama Defense Forces failed in his attempt to overthrow dictator Manuel Noriega.
Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron
TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada, is officially opened.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight, carrying two DSCS-III Satellites on STS-51-J.
1981 Irish hunger strike
A hunger strike by Irish republican prisoners at HM Prison Maze outside Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended after seven months and ten deaths.
1963 Honduran coup d'état
A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule.
Oswaldo López Arellano
Oswaldo López Arellano replaced Honduran president Ramón Villeda Morales in a violent coup, initiating two decades of military rule.
Project Mercury
Project Mercury: US astronaut Wally Schirra, in Sigma 7, is launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
Mercury-Atlas 8
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).
Superior Courts of California
The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver)
Vancouver's Holy Rosary Cathedral was dedicated by Archbishop William Mark Duke, fifty-three years after it first opened.
Operation Hurricane
The United Kingdom successfully conducted its first nuclear test, becoming the world's third state with nuclear weapons.
Major League Baseball
In Major League Baseball, the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson hit the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", a game-winning home run, to win the National League pennant.
First Battle of Maryang-san
The First Battle of Maryang-san, widely regarded as one of the Australian Army's greatest accomplishments during the Korean War, began.
Emilio De Bono
Italian forces under General Emilio De Bono invaded Abyssinia during the opening stages of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
Edgar Allan Poe
American author Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public before his death four days later.
Valdivia
Spanish forces departed Valdivia to suppress the indigenous Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
Anglo-Spanish War: An English fleet intercepted and attacked six Spanish ships at the Battle of the Narrow Seas (pictured).
Muhammad VII of Granada
Muhammad VII became the twelfth sultan of the Emirate of Granada.
Births 20
A notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Deaths 20
A notable person who died on this day.
Dan Petrescu (businessman)
Dan Petrescu, Romanian businessman and billionaire (born 1953)
Muhammad Nawaz Khan (writer)
Muhammad Nawaz Khan, Pakistani historian and author (born 1943)
Denis Healey
Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1917)
Benedict Groeschel
Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (born 1933)
Holidays & observances 8
A holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
Beatification
Christian feast day: Blessed Szilárd Bogdánffy
Dionysius the Areopagite
Christian feast day: Dionysius the Areopagite
Adalgott
Christian feast day: Adalgott
Francis Borgia
Christian feast day: Francis Borgia
Two Hewalds
Christian feast day: Ewald the Black and Ewald the Fair
John Mott
Christian feast day: John Raleigh Mott (Episcopal Church)
Abd al-Masih (martyr)
Christian feast day: Abd-al-Masih
Gérard of Brogne
Christian feast day: Gerard of Brogne
Spread across the centuries
- 14th century1
- 17th century1
- 18th century1
- 19th century1
- 20th century36
- 21st century33
Earliest: Muhammad VII of Granada (1392). Most recent: Patricia Routledge (2025).
What the categories mean, and how the standout is chosen
- Historical events
- A dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Births
- A notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Deaths
- A notable person who died on this day.
- Milestones
- A first, a founding or a turning point our editors flagged as a landmark moment.
- Holidays & observances
- A holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
- Standout / notable
- Editor-written entries come first, then entries covered by the most Wikipedia language editions. For the standout tile we prefer an entry that has a picture.
Nearby and related
Questions about October 3
What day of the year is October 3?
October 3 is the 276th day of the year, with 89 days left after it.
What star sign is October 3?
October 3 falls under Libra (September 23 – October 22), a air sign ruled by Venus. The birthstone for the month is Opal or Tourmaline.
How many things happened on October 3?
We record 81 entries for October 3: 33 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 1392 to 2025.
Who was born on October 3?
Noah Schnapp (2004) is among the notable births on October 3. The births section lists the rest.
How often is the October 3 page updated?
The day is filled the first time anyone opens it and then re-checked for new entries about every 90 days. Computed facts such as the weekday and the anniversaries update every year.
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