Page 5: Historical Events In October - 03

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

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

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

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

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

1933  Neale A Fraser, tennis champ (US Open-1959) on this day in history.   

1934  Benjamin Boretz, composer on October - 03.   

1935  Italy invades Ethiopia on October - 03.   

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  Steve Reich, NYC, composer (My Name is) on October - 03.   

1937  Boldizsar Csiky, composer on October - 03.   

1939  On October - 03 lemmer-Urk Dike closes   

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

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

1941  The birth of Chubby Checker, American rock singer on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1943  On this day in history 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 October - 03 elvis Presley's 1st public appearance, he is 10   

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 October - 03 "Under the Counter" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 27 performances   

1948  On October - 03 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  On this day in history 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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1573  On this day in history birth of entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist   

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

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

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

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

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

1716  Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781) was born on October - 03.   

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  On October - 03 death of saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181)   

1283  Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies on October - 03.   

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

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

1568  Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23 on October - 03.   

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

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