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 this day in history.   

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

1932  On October - 03 iraq gains full independence from Britain, joins League of Nations   

1933  Gustave "Staf" de Clerq forms Flemish National Covenant on October - 03.   

1933  On this day in history neale A Fraser, tennis champ (US Open-1959)   

1934  On this day in history benjamin Boretz, composer   

1935  On October - 03 italy invades Ethiopia   

1935  On this day in history abdon Pamich, Italy, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1964)   

1936  On this day in history yanks set new attendance record of 64,842 in 3rd game of World Series   

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

1937  Boldizsar Csiky, composer on this day in history.   

1939  Lemmer-Urk Dike closes on this day in history.   

1940  On October - 03 anti-Jewish laws are passed by the Vichy government.   

1940  France Vichy govt proclaims end to Jewish status on October - 03.   

1941  On October - 03 the birth of Chubby Checker, American rock singer   

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  On October - 03 launch of the First A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km)   

1942  On October - 03 fDR forms Office of Economic Stabilization   

1943  British 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy on this day in history.   

1944  On October - 03 1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland   

1945  On this day in history world Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member   

1945  Elvis Presley's 1st public appearance, he is 10 on October - 03.   

1946  On October - 03 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  On this day in history "Under the Counter" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 27 performances   

1948  On this day in history columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo   

1949  On this day in history wERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta   

1950  1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah) on October - 03.   

1951  On October - 03 battle of Maryang-San, Korea starts   

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

1951  Bobby Thomson HR-Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers on October - 03.   

1952  On October - 03 britain tests its first atomic bomb, on an island off the coast of Australia   

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1573  On October - 03 birth of entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist   

1605  Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor was born on October - 03.   

1631  On October - 03 birth of sebastian Anton Scherer, composer   

1647  Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1647  On this day in history birth of john Foot, lawyer   

1713  Antoine Dauvergne, composer was born on this day in history.   

1716  Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781) was born on this day in history.   

1720  On October - 03 birth of johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem)   

0695  On this day in history death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered   

1226  Death of Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181) on this day in history.   

1283  On this day in history dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies   

1369  On October - 03 death of margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)   

1564  Death of Christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned on October - 03.   

1568  Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23 on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history death of florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)   

1611  On October - 03 death of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)