Page 5: Historical Events In October - 03

1930  On October - 03 charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/etcher/author (Bauer), dies at 73   

1931  Glenn Hall, National Hockey League goaltender on October - 03.   

1931  On October - 03 carl August Nielsen, composer, dies at 66   

1932  Iraq gains full independence from Britain, joins League of Nations on October - 03.   

1933  Gustave "Staf" de Clerq forms Flemish National Covenant on this day in history.   

1933  On October - 03 neale A Fraser, tennis champ (US Open-1959)   

1934  Benjamin Boretz, composer on October - 03.   

1935  Italy invades Ethiopia on this day in history.   

1935  Abdon Pamich, Italy, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1964) on this day in history.   

1936  Yanks set new attendance record of 64,842 in 3rd game of World Series on this day in history.   

1936  On October - 03 steve Reich, NYC, composer (My Name is)   

1937  On October - 03 boldizsar Csiky, composer   

1939  On October - 03 lemmer-Urk Dike closes   

1940  Anti-Jewish laws are passed by the Vichy government on October - 03.   

1940  On October - 03 france Vichy govt proclaims end to Jewish status   

1941  The birth of Chubby Checker, American rock singer on October - 03.   

1941  Adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" & would "never rise again" on October - 03.   

1941  Wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1942  Launch of the First A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km) on this day in history.   

1942  FDR forms Office of Economic Stabilization on this day in history.   

1943  On October - 03 british 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy   

1944  1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland on October - 03.   

1945  World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history elvis Presley's 1st public appearance, he is 10   

1946  On this day in history cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0   

1947  First telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed on this day in history.   

1947  "Under the Counter" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 27 performances on this day in history.   

1948  On October - 03 columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo   

1949  WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta on October - 03.   

1950  1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah) on this day in history.   

1951  Battle of Maryang-San, Korea starts on this day in history.   

1951  On October - 03 helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 1 (HS-1), first of its kind in the Navy, was established at NAS Key West, Fla.   

1951  On this day in history bobby Thomson HR-Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers   

1952  On this day in history britain tests its first atomic bomb, on an island off the coast of Australia   

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1573  Entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.   

1605  Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor was born on this day in history.   

1631  Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1647  On October - 03 birth of johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer   

1647  On October - 03 birth of john Foot, lawyer   

1713  On this day in history birth of antoine Dauvergne, composer   

1716  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781)   

1720  Johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem) was born on this day in history.   

0695  On October - 03 death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered   

1226  Death of Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181) on October - 03.   

1283  Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies on this day in history.   

1369  Death of Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318) on this day in history.   

1564  On this day in history death of christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned   

1568  On this day in history elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23   

1596  Death of Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541) on this day in history.   

1611  Death of Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554) on this day in history.