October 3
October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). There are 89 days remaining in the year.
Events
Births
- 1873 - Emily Post, etiquette advisor (sometimes October 27, 1872 is given as her birthdate)
- 1880 - Warner Oland, actor (d. 1938)
- 1898 - Leo McCarey, American movie director (d. 1969)
- 1899 - Gertrude Berg, actress (d. 1966)
- 1900 - Thomas Wolfe, author (d. 1938)
- 1916 - James Herriot, veterinarian, author (d. 1995)
- 1919 - James M. Buchanan, American economist
- 1925 - Gore Vidal, American author
- 1936 - Steve Reich, American composer
- 1938 - Eddie Cochran, singer (d. 1960)
- 1941 - Chubby Checker, American popular musician
- 1947 - John Perry Barlow, American musician
- 1949 - Lindsey Buckingham, musician
- 1950 - Pamela Hensley, actress
- 1951 - Keb' Mo', blues singer
- 1951 - Dave Winfield, Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1954 - Dennis Eckersley, Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1954 - Al Sharpton, minister, politician
- 1954 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, guitarist (d. 1990)
- 1962 - Tommy Lee, American rock musician
- 1965 - Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- 1969 - Gwen Stefani, singer, No Doubt frontwoman
- 1973 - Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
- 1974 - Joshua Burke, Canadian pro-tobacco activist
- 1976 - Seann William Scott, actor
- 1981 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic, soccerplayer
- 1982 - Erik von Detten, actor
Deaths
- 42 BC - Gaius Cassius Longinus
- 1226 - Saint Francis of Assisi (b. c. 1182)
- 1283 - David ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, executed
- 1873 - Captain Jack, Modoc tribal leader
- 1890 - Joseph Hergenröther German church historian (b. 1824)
- 1897 - Saint Therese of Liseaux (b. 1873)
- 1931 - Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (b. 1865)
- 1953 - Arnold Bax, composer (b. 1883)
- 1965 - Zachary Scott, actor
- 1967 - Woody Guthrie, Amerian folk musician (b. 1912)
- 1987 - Jean Anouilh, writer (b. 1910)
- 1987 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947)
- 1990 - General Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force officer, candidate for Vice President of the United States (b. 1906)
- 1998 - Roddy McDowall, actor (b. 1928)
Holidays
October 2 - October 4 - September 3 - November 3 - more historical anniversaries
