October 3

October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 89 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 52 BC – Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and Battle of Alesia.
• 42 BC – First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight a decisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius.
• 382 – Roman Emperor Theodosius I concludes a peace treaty with the Goths and settles them in the Balkans in exchange for military service.
• 1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, is the first nobleman to be executed by hanging, drawing and quartering.
• 1574 – The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen.
• 1683 – The Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan (under the Kingdom of Tungning) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu.
• 1712 – The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
• 1739 – The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War, 1736–39.
• 1778 – Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska.
• 1789 – George Washington makes the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America.
• 1835 – The Staedtler company is founded in Nuremberg, Germany.
• 1849 – American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.
• 1863 – The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by United States President Abraham Lincoln as are Thursdays, November 30, 1865 and November 29, 1866.
• 1872 – The Bloomingdale brothers open their first store at 938 Third Avenue, New York City.
• 1873 – Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War.
• 1912 – U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels under the command of Benjamín Zeledón at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
• 1918 – King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
• 1919 – Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series.
• 1929 – The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".
• 1930 – The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded following a split in DSAP in Łódź.
• 1932 – Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1935 – Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia under General de Bono.
• 1942 – Spaceflight: The first successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. It is the first man-made object to reach space.
• 1949 – WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
• 1950 – Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San, primarily pitting Australian and British forces against communist China, begins.
• 1952 – The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
• 1957 – The California State Superior Court rules that Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
• 1962 – Project Mercury: Sigma 7 is launched from Cape Canaveral, with astronaut Wally Schirra aboard, for a six-orbit, nine-hour flight.
• 1963 – A violent coup in Honduras pre-empts the October 13 election, ends a period of reform, and begins two decades of military rule.
• 1981 – The hunger strike by Provisional Irish Republican Army and Irish National Liberation Army prisoners at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
• 1985 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight. (Mission STS-51-J).
• 1986 – TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories, is officially opened.
• 1990 – German reunification: The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist and its territory becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany. East German citizens became part of the European Community, which later became the European Union. Now celebrated as German Unity Day.
• 1993 – Battle of Mogadishu: A firefight occurs during a failed attempt to capture key officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organisation in Mogadishu, Somalia, costing the lives of 18 American soldiers, and over 350 Somalis.
• 1995 – O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
• 2008 – The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
• 2009 – The presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey sign the Nakhchivan Agreement on the Establishment of Turkic Council.
• 2013 – At least 134 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa.
• 2013 – The Gambia withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.

Births

• 85 BC – Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (d. 42 BC)
• 1610 – Gabriel Lalemant, French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)
• 1631 – Sebastian Anton Scherer, German organist and composer (d. 1712)
• 1713 – Antoine Dauvergne, French violinist and composer (d. 1797)
• 1716 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1781)
• 1720 – Johann Uz, German poet and judge (d. 1796)
• 1790 – John Ross, American tribal chief (d. 1866)
• 1797 – Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870)
• 1800 – George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1891)
• 1804 – Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (d. 1878)
• 1804 – Allan Kardec, French author, translator, and educator (d. 1869)
• 1828 – Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (d. 1897)
• 1837 – Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (d. 1885)
• 1846 – James Jackson Putnam, American neurologist and academic (d. 1918)
• 1848 – Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (d. 1929)
• 1858 – Eleonora Duse, Italian-American actress (d. 1924)
• 1862 – Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1902)
• 1863 – Pyotr Kozlov, Russian archaeologist and explorer (d. 1935)
• 1869 – Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1942)
• 1874 – Charles Middleton, American actor (d. 1949)
• 1879 – Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor and singer (d. 1938)
• 1880 – Karl Ruberl, Austrian-American swimmer (d. 1966)
• 1882 – A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter and academic (d. 1974)
• 1885 – Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970)
• 1886 – Alain-Fournier, French soldier, author, and critic (d. 1914)
• 1888 – Wade Boteler, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1943)
• 1889 – Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)
• 1894 – Elmer Robinson, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1982)
• 1894 – Walter Warlimont, German general (d. 1976)
• 1895 – Giovanni Comisso, Italian author and poet (d. 1969)
• 1895 – Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925)
• 1896 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and critic (d. 1987)
• 1897 – Louis Aragon, French author and poet (d. 1982)
• 1898 – Leo McCarey, American director and screenwriter (d. 1969)
• 1898 – Adolf Reichwein, German economist and educator (d. 1944)
• 1899 – Gertrude Berg, American actress, screenwriter and producer (d. 1966)
• 1900 – Thomas Wolfe, American author and academic (d. 1938)
• 1901 – Jean Grémillon, French director, composer, and screenwriter (d. 1959)
• 1904 – Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (d. 1998)
• 1905 – Tekin Arıburun, Turkish soldier and politician, President of Turkey (d. 1993)
• 1906 – Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Johnny Burke, American songwriter (d. 1964)
• 1911 – Michael Hordern, English actor and singer (d. 1995)
• 1915 – Ray Stark, American film producer (d. 2004)
• 1916 – James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
• 1919 – James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Jean Lefebvre, French-Moroccan actor (d. 2004)
• 1921 – Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1996)
• 1923 – Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Dominica (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist (d. 1993)
• 1924 – Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter and coach (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Gore Vidal, American author, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2012)
• 1925 – George Wein, American pianist and producer, co-founded the Newport Folk Festival
• 1928 – Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1986)
• 1928 – Edward L. Moyers, American businessman (d. 2006)
• 1928 – Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese academic and politician, 2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General
• 1931 – Glenn Hall, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1932 – Terence English, South African-English surgeon and academic
• 1933 – Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player
• 1934 – Benjamin Boretz, American composer and theorist
• 1934 – Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, Colombian-Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 2015)
• 1934 – Simon Nicholson, English sculptor and painter (d. 1990)
• 1934 – Koo Nimo, Ghanaian singer and guitarist
• 1935 – Charles Duke, American general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1936 – Steve Reich, American composer
• 1938 – Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1960)
• 1938 – David Hart Dyke, English captain
• 1938 – Jack Hodgins, Canadian author and academic
• 1938 – Tereza Kesovija, Croatian singer
• 1938 – Dave Obey, American lawyer and politician
• 1939 – Bob Armstrong, American wrestler and trainer
• 1940 – Sheila Fearn, English actress
• 1940 – Alan O'Day, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1941 – Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter
• 1941 – Andrea de Adamich, Italian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1941 – John Elliott, Australian businessman
• 1941 – Ruggero Raimondi, Italian actor and singer
• 1942 – Alan Rachins, American actor and screenwriter
• 1943 – Jeff Bingaman, American solder and politician, 25th Attorney General of New Mexico
• 1943 – Baki İlkin, Turkish civil servant and diplomat
• 1944 – Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician and academic
• 1944 – Roy Horn, German-American magician and actor
• 1945 – Tony Brown, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1945 – Christopher Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
• 1945 – Jo Ritzen, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Education
• 1947 – John Perry Barlow, American poet, songwriter, blogger, and activist
• 1947 – Ben Cauley, American trumpet player and songwriter (The Bar-Kays) (d. 2015)
• 1947 – Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (d. 2015)
• 1947 – Anne Dorte of Rosenborg (d. 2014)
• 1947 – Takis Michalos, Greek water polo player and coach (d. 2010)
• 1949 – Lindsey Buckingham, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fleetwood Mac)
• 1949 – J. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 – Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Russian director and screenwriter
• 1949 – Laurie Simmons, American photographer and director
• 1950 – Pamela Hensley, American actress and author
• 1951 – Keb' Mo', American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1951 – Dave Winfield, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1954 – Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1954 – Eddie DeGarmo, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (DeGarmo and Key)
• 1954 – Al Sharpton, American minister, talk show host, and activist
• 1954 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Double Trouble) (d. 1990)
• 1955 – John S. Lesmeister, American educator and politician, 30th North Dakota State Treasurer (d. 2006)
• 1955 – Allen Woody, American bass player and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule) (d. 2000)
• 1955 – Buket Uzuner, Turkish author
• 1956 – Hart Bochner, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 – Roberto Azevêdo, Brazilian engineer and diplomat, 6th Director-General of the World Trade Organization
• 1957 – Tim Westwood, English radio and television host
• 1958 – Chen Yanyin, Chinese sculptor
• 1958 – Louise Lecavalier, Canadian dancer and choreographer
• 1959 – Fred Couples, American golfer
• 1959 – Greg Proops, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1959 – Jack Wagner, American actor and singer
• 1959 – Marc Wallice, American porn actor and director
• 1960 – Kevin Eldon, English actor and screenwriter
• 1961 – Maxx Payne, American wrestler and actor
• 1961 – Rebecca Stephens, English journalist and mountaineer
• 1961 – Ludger Stühlmeyer, German cantor, composer, and musicologist
• 1962 – Tommy Lee, Greek-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Mötley Crüe, Methods of Mayhem, and Rock Star Supernova)
• 1963 – Benny Anders, American basketball player
• 1964 – Clive Owen, English actor and producer
• 1965 – Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch swimmer
• 1965 – Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
• 1966 – Darrin Fletcher, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1967 – Rob Liefeld, American author and illustrator
• 1967 – Chris Collingwood, English-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fountains of Wayne)
• 1968 – Paul Crichton, English footballer and manager
• 1968 – Greg Foster, American basketball player and coach
• 1968 – Marko Rajamäki, Finnish footballer and manager
• 1968 – Donald Sild, Estonian javelin thrower
• 1969 – Garry Herbert, English rower and sportscaster
• 1969 – Yuriko Ishida, Japanese actress
• 1969 – Sulev Iva, Estonian linguist and author
• 1969 – Gwen Stefani, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (No Doubt)
• 1969 – Tetsuya, Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (L'Arc-en-Ciel)
• 1970 – Elmar Liitmaa, Estonian guitarist and songwriter (Terminaator)
• 1970 – Jimmy Ray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1970 – Sara Zarr, American author and academic
• 1971 – Wil Cordero, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
• 1971 – Kevin Richardson, American singer-songwriter and actor (Backstreet Boys)
• 1971 – Black Thought, American rapper and actor (The Roots)
• 1972 – Komla Dumor, Ghanaian-English journalist (d. 2014)
• 1972 – Kim Joo-hyuk, South Korean actor
• 1972 – Guy Oseary, Israeli–American talent manager and businessman
• 1973 – Keiko Agena, American actress
• 1973 – Neve Campbell, Canadian actress and producer
• 1973 – Angélica Gavaldón, American-Mexican tennis player and coach
• 1973 – Lena Headey, Bermudian-English actress
• 1973 – Eirik Hegdal, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Dingobats)
• 1974 – Mike Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1974 – Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
• 1975 – India Arie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1975 – Satoko Ishimine, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1975 – Talib Kweli, American rapper (Black Star and Reflection Eternal)
• 1975 – Nakako Tsuzuki, Japanese figure skater
• 1976 – Herman Li, Hong Kong-English guitarist and producer (DragonForce and Demoniac)
• 1976 – Seann William Scott, American actor and producer
• 1977 – Daniel Hollie, American wrestler
• 1977 – Shazia Mirza, English comedian, actress, and journalist
• 1977 – Eric Munson, American baseball player and coach
• 1977 – Luca Tognozzi, Italian footballer
• 1978 – Gerald Asamoah, Ghanaian-German footballer
• 1978 – Neil Clement, English footballer
• 1978 – Corey Hill, American mixed martial artist and wrestler (d. 2015)
• 1978 – Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
• 1978 – Aminishiki Ryūji, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1978 – Jake Shears, American singer-songwriter (Scissor Sisters)
• 1978 – Shannyn Sossamon, American actress
• 1978 – Vienna Teng, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1979 – Carlo Alban, Ecuadorian-American actor
• 1979 – Yuri Ebihara, Japanese model and actress
• 1979 – Josh Klinghoffer, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dot Hacker, Ataxia, and The Bicycle Thief)
• 1979 – John Morrison, American wrestler and actor
• 1979 – Danny O'Donoghue, Irish singer-songwriter and producer (The Script and Mytown)
• 1980 – Anquan Boldin, American football player
• 1980 – Sheldon Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Lindsey Kelk, English journalist and author
• 1980 – Héctor Reynoso, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1981 – Danny Coid, English footballer
• 1981 – Seth Gabel, American actor
• 1981 – Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer
• 1981 – Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer
• 1981 – Matt Sparrow, English footballer
• 1981 – Amanda Walsh, Canadian actress
• 1982 – Clémence Poésy, French model and actress
• 1982 – Erik von Detten, American actor
• 1983 – Fred, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Thiago Alves, Brazilian mixed martial artist
• 1983 – Andreas Papathanasiou, Cypriot footballer
• 1983 – Hiroki Suzuki, Japanese actor and singer
• 1984 – Yoon Eun-hye, South Korean singer and actress (Baby V.O.X.)
• 1984 – Bruno Gervais, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Jessica Parker Kennedy, Canadian actress
• 1984 – Anthony Le Tallec, French footballer
• 1984 – Chris Marquette, American actor
• 1984 – Ashlee Simpson, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1985 – Courtney Lee, American basketball player
• 1986 – Jackson Martínez, Colombian footballer
• 1987 – Robert Grabarz, English high jumper
• 1987 – Martin Plowman, English race car driver
• 1987 – Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican model and actress, Miss Universe 2006
• 1988 – ASAP Rocky, American rapper and producer (ASAP Mob)
• 1988 – Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress
• 1989 – Nate Montana, American football player
• 1990 – Johan Le Bon, French cyclist
• 1990 – Rhian Ramos, Filipino actress and singer
• 1991 – Jenny McLoughlin, English sprinter
• 1991 – Aki Takajo, Japanese singer (AKB48, JKT48, and French Kiss)
• 1993 – Raffaele Di Gennaro, Italian footballer
• 1994 – Victoria Bosio, Argentinian tennis player
• 1994 – Charlie Wernham, English comedian and actor
• 1996 – Adair Tishler, American actress and singer
• 1997 – Juri Takahashi, Japanese singer (AKB48)

Deaths

• 42 BC – Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (b. 85 BC)
• 900 – Muhammad ibn Zayd, Tabaristan emir
• 1078 – Iziaslav I of Kiev (b. 1024)
• 1226 – Francis of Assisi, Italian friar and saint (b. 1181)
• 1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince (b. 1238)
• 1369 – Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
• 1568 – Elisabeth of Valois (b. 1545)
• 1596 – Florent Chrestien, French poet (b. 1541)
• 1611 – Charles, Duke of Mayenne (b. 1554)
• 1629 – Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian commander and politician (b. 1570)
• 1649 – Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian clergyman and theologian (b. 1576)
• 1653 – Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch linguist and academic (b. 1612)
• 1656 – Myles Standish, English-American captain (b. 1584)
• 1690 – Robert Barclay, Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd Governor of East Jersey (b. 1648)
• 1701 – Joseph Williamson, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1633)
• 1750 – James MacLaine, Irish highwayman (d. 1724)
• 1801 – Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1724)
• 1833 – François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (b. 1754)
• 1838 – Black Hawk, American tribal leader (b. 1767)
• 1860 – Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (b. 1778)
• 1867 – Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
• 1873 – Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
• 1877 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1881 – Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
• 1890 – Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 – Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 – William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1907 – Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
• 1929 – Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1929 – Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1931 – Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1936 – John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
• 1953 – Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
• 1959 – Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
• 1963 – Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1965 – Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1966 – Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1967 – Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Almanac Singers) (b. 1912)
• 1967 – Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1969 – Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)
• 1979 – Nicos Poulantzas, Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936)
• 1980 – Friedrich Karm, Estonian footballer (b. 1907)
• 1981 – Anna Hedvig Büll, Estonian-German missionary (b. 1887)
• 1985 – Maurice Copeland, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1986 – Vince DiMaggio, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
• 1987 – Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1987 – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish painter (b. 1947)
• 1988 – Franz Josef Strauss, Bavarian lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (b. 1915)
• 1990 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian-Monegasque businessman (b. 1960)
• 1990 – Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator (b. 1914)
• 1993 – Katerina Gogou, Greek actress, poet, and author (b. 1940)
• 1993 – Gary Gordon, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)
• 1993 – Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958)
• 1994 – John C. Champion, American producer and screenwriter (b. 1923)
• 1994 – Dub Taylor, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
• 1995 – Ma. Po. Si., Indian author and politician (b. 1906)
• 1997 – Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (b. 1908)
• 1998 – Roddy McDowall, English-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1928)
• 1999 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Cars) (b. 1947)
• 2001 – Costas Hajihristos, Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2002 – Robert Krausz, Hungarian-American businessman (b. 1936)
• 2002 – Bruce Paltrow, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
• 2003 – Florence Stanley, American actress and director (b. 1924)
• 2003 – William Steig, American sculptor, author, and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 2004 – John Cerutti, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
• 2004 – Janet Leigh, American actress, singer, and author (b. 1927)
• 2005 – Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2005 – Nurettin Ersin, Turkish general (b. 1918)
• 2006 – Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (b. 1919)
• 2006 – John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Peter Norman, Australian runner (b. 1942)
• 2006 – Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (b. 1937)
• 2007 – M. N. Vijayan, Indian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1930)
• 2008 – Johnny "J", Mexican-American rapper and producer (b. 1969)
• 2008 – Karam ud Din, Pakistani lieutenant (b. 1941)
• 2009 – Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1929)
• 2009 – Fatimah el-Sharif, Libyan wife of Idris of Libya (b. 1911)
• 2010 – Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Robert F. Christy, American physicist and astrophysicist (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Billy Hullin, Welsh rugby player (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Kathi McDonald, American singer (Big Brother and the Holding Company) (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Albie Roles, English footballer (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Sari Abacha, Nigerian footballer (b. 1978)
• 2013 – Sergei Belov, Russian basketball player and coach (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Bob Chance, American baseball player (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Frank D'Rone, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Chuck Smith, American pastor, founded the Calvary Chapel movement (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Joan Thirsk, English cryptologist, historian, and academic (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Peer Augustinski, German actor (b. 1940)
• 2014 – Ewen Gilmour, New Zealand comedian and television host (b. 1963)
• 2014 – Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Jean-Jacques Marcel, French footballer (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Kevin Metheny, American businessman (b. 1954)
• 2014 – Ward Ruyslinck, Belgian author (b. 1929)
• 2015 – Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1917)
• 2015 – Muhammad Nawaz Khan, Pakistani historian and author (b. 1943)
• 2015 – Javed Iqbal, Pakistani philosopher and judge (b. 1925)
• 2015 – Barbara Meek, American actress (b. 1934)
• 2015 – Gerald Squires, Canadian painter and illustrator (b. 1937)

Holidays and observances

• 3 October Festival (Leiden, Netherlands)
• Christian feast day:
  • Abd-al-Masih
  • Blessed Szilárd Bogdánffy
  • Émilie de Villeneuve
  • Ewald the Black and Ewald the Fair
  • Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía
  • George Bell and John Raleigh Mott (Episcopal Church)
  • Théodore Guérin
  • October 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• German Unity Day (Germany)
• National Day (Iraq), celebrates the independence of Iraq from the United Kingdom in 1932.
• National Foundation Day or Gaecheonjeol (South Korea)
• Morazán Day (Honduras)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to October 3.

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada