What Happened on Oct 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

"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

"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

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

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

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

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

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