October 3

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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).

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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.

1392 – Muhammed VII becomes the twelfth sultan of the Emirate of Granada.

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 US

1795 – Slave rebel leader Tula executed in Curaçao

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.

2015 – 42 killed and 33 missing in Kunduz hospital airstrike operated by Médecins Sans Frontières.

Births

85 BC – Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (d. 42 BC)

1292 – Eleanor de Clare, English noblewoman (d. 1337)

1390 – Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1447)

1458 – Saint Casimir, Prince of Poland and Duke of Lithuania (d. 1484)

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)

1865 – Gustave Loiseau, French painter (d. 1935)

1867 – Pierre Bonnard, French painter (d. 1947)

1869 – Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1942)

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 novelist (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 (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)

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 novelist, screenwriter, and critic (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 – Harold Henning, South African golfer (d. 2004)

1934 – Simon Nicholson, English sculptor and painter (d. 1990)

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 – Dave Obey, American lawyer and politician

1939 – Bob Armstrong, American wrestler and trainer

1940 – Alan O'Day, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

1940 – Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1940 – Mike Troy, American swimmer

1941 – Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter

1941 – Andrea de Adamich, Italian race car driver and sportscaster

1941 – John Elliott, Australian businessman

1943 – Jeff Bingaman, American soldier 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 (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

1949 – J. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter

1949 – Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Russian director and screenwriter

1949 – Laurie Simmons, American photographer and director

1951 – Keb' Mo', American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1951 – Kathryn D. Sullivan, American geologist and astronaut

1951 – Dave Winfield, American baseball player and sportscaster

1952 – Bruce Arians, American football coach

1952 – Gary Troup, New Zealand cricketer

1954 – Eddie DeGarmo, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

1954 – Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player and sportscaster

1954 – Al Sharpton, American minister, talk show host, and political activist

1954 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (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 (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

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

1962 – Simon Scarrow, Nigerian-English novelist

1963 – Benny Anders, American basketball player

1963 – Dan Goldie, American tennis player

1964 – Clive Owen, English actor

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

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 – Gwen Stefani, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer

1969 – Tetsuya, Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

1970 – Elmar Liitmaa, Estonian guitarist and songwriter

1970 – Jimmy Ray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1971 – Wil Cordero, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach

1971 – Kevin Richardson, American singer-songwriter and actor

1972 – Komla Dumor, Ghanaian-English journalist (d. 2014)

1972 – Guy Oseary, Israeli–American talent manager and businessman

1973 – Neve Campbell, Canadian actress and producer

1973 – Angélica Gavaldón, American-Mexican tennis player and coach

1973 – Lena Headey, British actress

1973 – Eirik Hegdal, Norwegian saxophonist and composer

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 – Phil Greening, English rugby player and coach

1975 – Satoko Ishimine, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1976 – Herman Li, Hong Kong-English guitarist and producer

1976 – Seann William Scott, American actor and producer

1977 – Daniel Hollie, American wrestler

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 – Jake Shears, American singer-songwriter

1979 – Josh Klinghoffer, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

1979 – John Morrison, American wrestler and actor

1979 – Danny O'Donoghue, Irish singer-songwriter and producer

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 – Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer

1981 – Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer

1981 – Matt Sparrow, English footballer

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

1984 – Bruno Gervais, Canadian ice hockey player

1984 – Jessica Parker Kennedy, Canadian actress

1984 – Anthony Le Tallec, French footballer

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-American model and actress, Miss Universe 2006

1988 – Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress

1989 – Nate Montana, American football player

1990 – Johan Le Bon, French cyclist

1991 – Jenny McLoughlin, English sprinter

1991 – Aki Takajo, Japanese singer

1993 – Raffaele Di Gennaro, Italian footballer

1994 – Victoria Bosio, Argentinian tennis player

Deaths

42 BC – Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (b. 85 BC)

818 – Ermengarde, queen of the Franks

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)

1399 – Eleanor de Bohun, English noble (b. 1360)

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 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)

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 (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)

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)

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 (b. 1928)

1999 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1921)

2000 – Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1947)

2001 – Costas Hajihristos, Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

2002 – Bruce Paltrow, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)

2003 – Florence Stanley, American actress (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 (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)

2009 – Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1929)

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 – 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 – 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 – Gerald Squires, Canadian painter and illustrator (b. 1937)

Holidays and observances

3 October Festival (Leiden, Netherlands)

Christian feast day:

Abd-al-Masih

Adalgott

Blessed Szilárd Bogdánffy

Dionysius the Areopagite

Émilie de Villeneuve

Ewald the Black and Ewald the Fair

Francis Borgia

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.

Gaecheonjeol (National Foundation Day) (South Korea)

Morazán Day (Honduras)

References

October 3 Wikipedia

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October 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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