Born on October 3
October 3 birthdays & history
If you were born on October 3, you share a birthday with Zlatan Ibrahimović, Sergei Yesenin and Louis Aragon. October 3 babies are Libra, with opal as their birthstone and the marigold as their birth flower. October 3 is the 277th day of the year in leap years (276th in other years).
Famous people born on October 3
- 1981Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer
- 1895Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet
- 1897Louis Aragon, French author and poet
- 1969Gwen Stefani, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
- 1925Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic
- 1988Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress
- 1889Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1973Lena Headey, British actress
- 1919James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1967Denis Villeneuve, Canadian film director and screenwriter
What happened on October 3
- 1392Muhammad VII became the twelfth sultan of the Emirate of Granada.
- 1863The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
- 1918Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
- 1919Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin American player to appear in a World Series.
- 1929The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
- 1932The Kingdom of Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1949WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
- 1953Vancouver's Holy Rosary Cathedral was dedicated by Archbishop William Mark Duke, fifty-three years after it first opened.
- 1985The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight, carrying two DSCS-III Satellites on STS-51-J.
- 1990The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany; the event is afterwards celebrated as German Unity Day.
- 1991Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- 2003Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy was mauled by a tiger during a performance at the Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip.
Also observed on October 3
- 3 October Festival (Leiden, Netherlands)
- German Unity Day (Germany)
- Mean Girls Day
- Morazán Day (Honduras)
- National Day, celebrates the independence of Iraq from the United Kingdom in 1932.
- National Foundation Day or Gaecheonjeol (South Korea)
Questions, answered
What star sign is October 3?
People born on October 3 are Libra. Their birthstone is opal and their birth flower is the marigold.
Which famous people were born on October 3?
Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981), Sergei Yesenin (1895), Louis Aragon (1897), Gwen Stefani (1969), Gore Vidal (1925), Alicia Vikander (1988) were all born on October 3.
What happened on October 3 in history?
Among other things: in 1990, The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany; the event is afterwards celebrated as German Unity Day; in 1991, Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature; in 2003, Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy was mauled by a tiger during a performance at the Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip.
Can I get a newspaper front page from October 3?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any October 3 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “October 3”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.