Historical Events In October - 03

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

1931  On this day in history glenn Hall, National Hockey League goaltender   

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 October - 03.   

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

1934  Benjamin Boretz, composer on October - 03.   

1935  On October - 03 italy invades Ethiopia   

1935  On October - 03 abdon Pamich, Italy, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1964)   

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 this day in history boldizsar Csiky, composer   

1939  On October - 03 lemmer-Urk Dike closes   

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

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

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

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

1941  Wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84 on October - 03.   

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

1942  On this day in history fDR forms Office of Economic Stabilization   

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

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

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  Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0 on this day in history.   

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 October - 03 wERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta   

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

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

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 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 this day in history birth of li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor   

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

1647  Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer was born on October - 03.   

1647  John Foot, lawyer was born on October - 03.   

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 October - 03.   

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

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  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 October - 03.   

1611  Death of Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554) on October - 03.