October 3 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 89 days remaining until the end of the year.
2333 BC - The state of Gojoseon (Modern-day Korea ) founded by Dangun Wanggeom during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Yao .
42 BC - First Battle of Philippi : Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius .
1283 - Dafydd ap Gruffydd , prince of Gwynedd in Wales , becomes the first person executed by being hanged .
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 Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736-1739.
1778 - British Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska.
1795 - General Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence being named to defend the French National Convention against armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the three year old revolutionary government.
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 - Thanksgiving Day declared as the fourth Thursday in November by President Abraham Lincoln .
1873 - Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War .
1908 - The Pravda newspaper founded by Leon Trotsky , Adolph Joffe , Matvey Skobelev and other Russian exiles in Vienna.
1918 - King Boris III of Bulgaria takes the throne.
1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia , "Land of the South Slavs".
1932 - Iraq gains independence from Britain .
1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia under General de Bono .
1942 - Spaceflight : First successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde , Germany : the first man-made object to reach space.
1952 - United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon .
1953 - Petrobras is founded by the Brazilian government.
1955 - Captain Kangaroo debuts on CBS .
1955 - The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on ABC .
1957 - Allen Ginsberg 's Howl and Other Poems 1962 - Project Mercury : Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral , with Astronaut Wally Schirra aboard for a six-orbit, nine-hour flight.
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.
1981 - The Communist Party of Namibia is founded at a conference in Angola .
1985 - Space Shuttle Atlantis flies its maiden voyage. (STS-51-J )
1990 - Re-unification of Germany . The German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and its territory became part of the Federal Republic of Germany . East German citizens became part of the European Community European Union . Now celebrated as German Unity Day .
1993 - Battle of Mogadishu : In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid 's organisation in Mogadishu , 18 US Soldiers and about 1,000 Somalis are killed in heavy fighting.
1995 - O.J. Simpson found not guilty of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman.
2003 - Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy is attacked by one of the shows tigers, canceling the show for good.
1716 - Giovanni Battista Beccaria , Italian physicist (d. 1781 )
1720 - Johann Peter Uz , German poet (d. 1796 )
1790 - John Ross , Chief of the Cherokee Nation (d. 1866 )
1792 - Francisco Morazán , Central American statesman
1797 - Leopold II (d. 1870 )
1800 - George Bancroft , American historian and Secretary of the Navy (d. 1891 )
1802 - John Gorrie , American scientist (d. 1855 )
1804 - Townsend Harris , 1st U.S. Consul to Japan (d. 1878 )
1804 - Allan Kardec , French founder of Spiritism (d. 1869 )
1806 - Oliver Cowdery , American religious leader (d. 1850 )
1828 - Woldemar Bargiel , German composer (d. 1897 )
1858 - Eleonora Duse , Italian actress (d. 1924 )
1862 - Johnny Briggs , English cricketer (d. 1902 )
1863 - Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov , Russian explorer (d. 1935 )
1869 - Alfred Flatow , German Olympic champion gymnast (d. 1942 )
1880 - Warner Oland , Swedish-born actor (d. 1938 )
1882 - A. Y. Jackson , Canadian painter (d. 1974 )
1885 - Langley Collyer , hoarder (d. 1947 )
1885 - Sophie Treadwell , American playwright and journalist (d. 1970 )
1886 - Alain-Fournier , French novelist (d. 1914 )
1889 - Carl von Ossietzky , German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1938 )
1894 - Elmer Robinson , American politician (d. 1982 )
1894 - Walter Warlimont , German General WWII (d. 1976 )
1895 - Giovanni Comisso , Italian writer (d. 1969 )
1895 - Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin , Russian lyrical poet (d. 1925 )
1896 - Gerardo Diego , Spanish poet (d. 1987 )
1897 - Louis Aragon , French writer (d. 1982 )
1898 - Leo McCarey , American film director (d. 1969 )
1899 - Gertrude Berg , American actress (d. 1966 )
1900 - Thomas Wolfe , American author (d. 1938 )
1901 - Jean Grémillon , French film director (d. 1959 )
1904 - Charles J. Pedersen , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989 )
1911 - Michael Hordern , English actor (d. 1995 )
1915 - Ray Stark , American film producer (d. 2004 )
1916 - James Herriot , English veterinarian and author (d. 1995 )
1916 - Shelby Storck , American television producer (d. 1969 )
1919 - James M. Buchanan , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1922 - Jean Lefebvre , French actor (d. 2004 )
1923 - Edward Oliver LeBlanc , Dominican politician (d. 2004 )
1924 - Arkady Vorobyov , Russian weightlifter
1924 - Harvey Kurtzman , U.S. cartoonist and founding editor of Mad magazine (d. 1993 )
1925 - Gore Vidal , American author
1928 - Erik Bruhn , Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1986 )
1928 - Alvin Toffler , American writer and futurist
1929 - Bert Stern , American photographer
1931 - Glenn Hall , National Hockey League goaltender
1933 - Neale Fraser , Australian tennis player
1935 - Charles Duke , American astronaut
1936 - Steve Reich , American composer
1938 - Eddie Cochran , American singer (d. 1960 )
1938 - Tereza Kesovija , Croatian singer
1940 - Alan O'Day , American singer and songwriter
1940 - Jean Ratelle , Canadian ice hockey player
1941 - Chubby Checker , American musician
1942 - Alan Rachins , American actor
1943 - Jeff Bingaman , Democratic U.S. Senator from New Mexico
1944 - Pierre Deligne , Belgian mathematician
1944 - Roy Horn , Magician
1945 - Kay Baxter , American bodybuilder (d. 1988 )
1946 - Biff Henderson , American television personality
1947 - John Perry Barlow , American musician
1948 - Michael Medved , American film critic
1949 - Lindsey Buckingham , American musician (Fleetwood Mac )
1949 - J. P. Dutta , Indian Bollywood film director
1950 - Pamela Hensley , American actress
1951 - Bernard Cooper , American writer
1951 - Keb' Mo' , American singer
1951 - Dave Winfield , American baseball player
1954 - Dennis Eckersley , American baseball player
1954 - Al Sharpton , American minister and activist
1954 - Stevie Ray Vaughan , American musician (d. 1990 )
1956 - Hart Bochner , Canadian film actor/director
1957 - Tim Westwood , Pimp My Ride UK presenter and DJ
1959 - Fred Couples , American golfer
1959 - Greg Proops , American actor and comedian
1959 - Jack Wagner , American actor
1962 - Tommy Lee , American musician (Mötley Crüe )
1963 - Marion Peck , American artist and painter
1964 - Clive Owen , British actor
1965 - Jan-Ove Waldner , Swedish table tennis player
1966 - Darrin Fletcher , Major League Baseball player
1966 - Frank Hannon American guitarist Tesla
1967 - Rob Liefeld , American comic book writer and artist
1968 - Paul Crichton , English footballer
1968 - Greg Foster , American basketball player
1969 - Gwen Stefani , American singer (No Doubt )
1969 - Tetsu , Japanese bassist (L'Arc~en~Ciel )
1971 - Wil Cordero , baseball player
1971 - Kevin Richardson , American singer (Backstreet Boys )
1972 - Garrett Dutton , American musician (G. Love and Special Sauce )
1972 - Black Thought , American rapper (The Roots )
1973 - Keiko Agena , Japanese-American actress
1973 - Neve Campbell , Canadian actress
1973 - Angélica Gavaldón , Mexican tennis player
1973 - Lena Headey , British actress
1974 - Marianne Timmer , Dutch speed skater
1974 - Mike Johnson , Canadian ice hockey player
1975 - India.Arie , American singer
1975 - Talib Kweli , American rapper
1975 - Alanna Ubach ,American actress
1976 - Seann William Scott , American actor
1978 - Jake Shears , singer (Scissor Sisters )
1978 - Gerald Asamoah , German footballer
1978 - Claudio Pizarro , Peruvian footballer
1978 - Shannyn Sossamon , American actress
1979 - John Hennigan , American professional wrestler
1979 - Daniel Hollie , American professional wrestler
1981 - Zlatan Ibrahimović , Swedish footballer
1981 - Danny Coid , English Footballer
1981 - Andreas Isaksson , Swedish footballer
1981 - Matt Murton , American baseball player
1981 - Amanda Walsh , Canadian actress
1982 - Erik von Detten , American actor
1983 - Fred , Brazilian footballer
1983 - Hiroki Suzuki , Japanese actor
1984 - Yoon Eun Hye , South Korean actress
1984 - Ashlee Simpson , American singer
1987 - Zuleyka Rivera , Puerto Rican Miss Universe
1988 - Tadhg Kelly , American actor
1996 - Adair Tishler , American child actress
42 BC - Gaius Cassius Longinus
1226 - Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181 )
1283 - David ap Gruffydd , Welsh prince of Gwynedd (executed)
1369 - Margarete Maultasch , Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318 )
1568 - Elizabeth of Valois , wife of Philip II of Spain (b. 1545 )
1596 - Florent Chrestien , French writer (b. 1541 )
1611 - Charles of Lorraine , French military leader (b. 1554 )
1629 - Giorgi Saakadze , Georgian military leader (b. 1570 )
1649 - Giovanni Diodati , Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1576 )
1653 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn , Dutch scholar (b. 1612 )
1656 - Myles Standish , English-born soldier
1690 - Robert Barclay , Scottish writer (b. 1648 )
1701 - Joseph Williamson , English politician (b. 1633 )
1801 - Philippe Henri , Marshal of France (b. 1724 )
1833 - François , French general (b. 1754 )
1838 - Black Hawk , Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe (b. 1767 )
1867 - Elias Howe , American sewing machine pioneer (b. 1819 )
1873 - Captain Jack , Modoc tribal leader
1877 - James Roosevelt Bayley , first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey , and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (b. 1814 )
1881 - Orson Pratt , American religious leader (b. 1811 )
1890 - Joseph Hergenröther , German historian (b. 1824 )
1891 - Edouard Lucas , French mathematician (b. 1842 )
1929 - Jeanne Eagels , American actress (b. 1894 )
1929 - Gustav Stresemann , Chancellor of Germany , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1878 )
1931 - Carl Nielsen , Danish composer (b. 1865 )
1936 - John Heisman , American football coach (b. 1869 )
1953 - Arnold Bax , English composer (b. 1883 )
1965 - Zachary Scott , American actor (b. 1914 )
1967 - Woody Guthrie , American musician (b. 1912 )
1967 - Malcolm Sargent , English conductor (b. 1895 )
1969 - Skip James , American blues musician (b. 1902 )
1986 - Vince DiMaggio , American Baseball Player (b. 1912 )
1987 - Jean Anouilh , French writer (b. 1910 )
1987 - Kalervo Palsa , Finnish artist (b. 1947 )
1987 - René Lévesque , Premier of Quebec (b. 1922 )
1988 - Franz Josef Strauß , Bavarian politician (b. 1915 )
1990 - Stefano Casiraghi , husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (b. 1960 )
1993 - Sgt. First Class Randy Shughart , Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958 )
1993 - Master Sgt. Gary Gordon , Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960 )
1994 - Dub Taylor , American actor (b. 1907 )
1998 - Roddy McDowall , English actor (b. 1928 )
1999 - Akio Morita , Japanese businessman (b. 1921 )
2000 - Benjamin Orr , American bassist and singer (The Cars ) (b. 1947 )
2000 - John Grant , British politician (b. 1932 )
2002 - Bruce Paltrow , American television and film producer (b. 1943 )
2002 - Robert Krausz , Stock market advisor and investor (b. 1936 )
2003 - Florence Stanley , American actress (b. 1924 )
2003 - William Steig , American cartoonist and children's author (b. 1907 )
2004 - John Cerutti , baseball player and announcer (b. 1960 )
2004 - Janet Leigh , American actress (b. 1927 )
2005 - Ronnie Barker , English comic actor (b. 1929 )
2006 - Alberto Ramento , Filipina bishop (b. 1937 )
2006 - John Crank , British mathematician (b. 1913 )
2006 - Peter Norman , Australian track star (b. 1942 )
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