Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: October 3
October 3, 2024 is the 277th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 89 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Libra is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 3
- 42 BC –First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight a decisive battle with Caesar’s assassins Brutus and Cassius.
- 382 –Emperor Theodosius I concludes a peace treaty with the Goths and settles them in the Balkans in exchange for military service.
- 1919 –Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the 1st 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”.
- 1932 –Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1949 –WERD, the 1st black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1950 –Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San, primarily pitting Australian and British forces against communist China, begins.
- 1951 –The “Shot Heard ‘Round the World”, one of the greatest moments in Major League Baseball history, occurs when the New York Giants’Bobby Thomson hits a game winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning off of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca, to win the National League pennant after being down 14 games.
- 1964 –First Buffalo Wings are made at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York.
- 1993 –Battle of Mogadishu: In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid’s organisation in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 US soldiers and about 1,000 Somalis are killed in heavy fighting.
Who were born on October 3?
- 1720 –Johann Peter Uz, German poet (d. 1796)
- 1837 –Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentine president (d. 1885)
- 1863 –Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov, Russian explorer (d. 1935)
- 1896 –Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (d. 1987)
- 1916 –James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
- 1945 –Tony Brown, English footballer
- 1958 –Louise Lecavalier, Canadian dancer (La La La Human Steps)
- 1961 –Rebecca Stephens, British mountaineer
- 1977 –Luca Tognozzi, Italian footballer
- 1983 –Andreas Papathanasiou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
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