Page 5: Historical Events In October - 03

1930  Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/etcher/author (Bauer), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1931  Glenn Hall, National Hockey League goaltender on this day in history.   

1931  Carl August Nielsen, composer, dies at 66 on October - 03.   

1932  On this day in history iraq gains full independence from Britain, joins League of Nations   

1933  On October - 03 gustave "Staf" de Clerq forms Flemish National Covenant   

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

1934  On October - 03 benjamin Boretz, composer   

1935  Italy invades Ethiopia on October - 03.   

1935  Abdon Pamich, Italy, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1964) on October - 03.   

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

1936  Steve Reich, NYC, composer (My Name is) on this day in history.   

1937  On October - 03 boldizsar Csiky, composer   

1939  On this day in history lemmer-Urk Dike closes   

1940  Anti-Jewish laws are passed by the Vichy government on this day in history.   

1940  France Vichy govt proclaims end to Jewish status on this day in history.   

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

1941  On this day in history adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" & would "never rise again"   

1941  On this day in history wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84   

1942  Launch of the First A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km) on October - 03.   

1942  FDR forms Office of Economic Stabilization on October - 03.   

1943  British 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy on October - 03.   

1944  On this day in history 1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland   

1945  World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member on October - 03.   

1945  Elvis Presley's 1st public appearance, he is 10 on this day in history.   

1946  On October - 03 cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0   

1947  On October - 03 first telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed   

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

1948  Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo on this day in history.   

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

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

1951  Battle of Maryang-San, Korea starts on October - 03.   

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

1951  Bobby Thomson HR-Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers on this day in history.   

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 October - 03.   

1605  On October - 03 birth of li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor   

1631  Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer was born on October - 03.   

1647  On this day in history birth of johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer   

1647  On October - 03 birth of john Foot, lawyer   

1713  On October - 03 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 October - 03.   

0695  Death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered on October - 03.   

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

1283  On October - 03 dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies   

1369  Death of Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318) on October - 03.   

1564  On October - 03 death of christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned   

1568  On October - 03 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  On October - 03 death of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)