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. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).
NATIONAL BOYFRIEND DAY
42 BC – First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight a decisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius.
1789 – George Washington makes the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the US.
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.
1949 – WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
NATIONAL BOYFRIEND DAY
42 BC – First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight a decisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius.
1789 – George Washington makes the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the US.
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.
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.
1952 – The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
1962 – Project Mercury: Sigma 7 is launched from Cape Canaveral, with astronaut Wally Schirra aboard, for a six-orbit, nine-hour flight.
1985 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight. (Mission STS-51-J).
1900 – Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (d. 1938)
1916 – James Herriot (James Alfred Wight), English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
1951 – Kathryn D. Sullivan, American geologist and astronaut
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.
2008 – The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1885 – Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970)
1885 – Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970)
1900 – Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (d. 1938)
1916 – James Herriot (James Alfred Wight), English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
1951 – Kathryn D. Sullivan, American geologist and astronaut
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