What Happened on Oct 3
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John Ross Is Born
John Ross, long-time leader of the Cherokee Nation, was born on October 3, 1790, in Cherokee territory now part of Alabama. He grew up near Lookout... Read more
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Battle of Greenbrier River - Union Withdraws to Cheat Mountain
The Battle of Greenbrier River, also known as the Battle of Camp Bartow, took place on October 3, 1861 in Pocahontas County, Virginia (now West... Read more
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Second Battle of Corinth
The Second Battle of Corinth (which, in the context of the American Civil War, is usually referred to as the Battle of Corinth, to differentiate it... Read more
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Adolf Reichwein Is Born
Adolf Reichwein (3 October 1898 in Bad Ems – 20 October 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee, executed) was a German educator, economist, and cultural... Read more
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President Theodore Roosevelt Meets With Miners And Coalfield Operators
On October 3, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt met with miners and coalfield operators from the anthracite coalfields in Pennsylvania in an... Read more
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1919 World Series, Game 3
Rookie pitcher Dickie Kerr, who was to start Game 3 for the Sox, was not in on the plot to fix the series. The original plan was for the... Read more
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The Kingdom of Yugoslavia Is formed
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs," was formed on October 3, 1929. It included the regions of Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia,... Read more
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1933 World Series
The 1933 World Series featured the New York Giants and the Washington Senators, with the Giants winning in five games for their first championship... Read more
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1934 World Series
The 1934 World Series matched the St. Louis Cardinals against the Detroit Tigers, with the Cardinals' "Gashouse Gang" winning in seven games for... Read more
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Bonnie Parker's Husband Is Killed
On September 25, 1926, less than a week before her sixteenth birthday, Parker married Roy Thornton. The marriage was short-lived, and in January... Read more
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"The Maltese Falcon" Is Released
The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 American Warner Bros. film based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. Written and directed by John... Read more
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Battle of Kos
The main prize, the island of Rhodes, fell to a swift attack by a German armoured brigade. Nevertheless, British forces landed on several islands,... Read more
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1945 World Series
The 1945 World Series matched the American League Detroit Tigers against the National League Chicago Cubs. The Tigers won the Series, four games to... Read more
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Elvis Presley's first public performance
On October 3, 1945, he made his first public performance in a singing contest at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show at the suggestion of... Read more
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New York Giants win NL Pennant on Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"
There's a long drive... it's gonna be, I believe...THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS... Read more
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United Kindgom tests its first atomic bomb to become the world's third nuclear power, code named Operation Hurricane
Operation Hurricane was the test of the first British atomic device on 3 October 1952. A plutonium implosion device was detonated in the lagoon... Read more
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1956 World Series
The 1956 World Series of Major League Baseball was played between the New York Yankees (representing the American League) and the defending... Read more
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"Ashes And Diamonds" Is Released
Ashes and Diamonds (Polish: Popiół i diament) is a 1958 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda, based on the novel by Polish writer Jerzy... Read more
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"The Last Picture Show" Is Released
The Last Picture Show is a 1971 film drama directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry... Read more
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"The Elephant Man" Is Released
The Elephant Man is a 1980 American film based on the story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th... Read more
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The Police release Zenyattà Mondatta
Zenyattà Mondatta is the third album by The Police, released in 1980. The album was written during the band's second tour and recorded in four... Read more
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Blind Guardian releases Tales from the Twilight World
Tales from the Twilight World is the third studio album that was released in 1990 by Blind Guardian. The cover artwork was created by Andreas... Read more
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Reunification of Germany
On 28 November 1989—two weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall—West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl announced a 10-point program calling for the two... Read more
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Accept releases Death Row
Death Row is a 1994 album release by German heavy metal band Accept. It was recorded at Roxx Studios. Stefan Kaufmann was still the official... Read more
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Deftones release Adrenaline
Adrenaline is the debut album by the metal band Deftones, released in 1995 through Maverick Records. The hidden track on the album "Fist", was... Read more