What Happened On This Day – 3 October
Art, Literature, and Film History1992Sinéad O’Connor tears up a photo of Pope John Paul II on "Saturday Night Live"
On October 3, 1992, Irish musician Sinéad O’Connor stuns the audience at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and viewers across the United States when she tears up a photo of Pope John Paul II during a performance on Saturday Night Live. O’Connor surprised the SNL staff when she opted to sing
...read moreCrime2011Amanda Knox murder conviction overturned in Italy
On October 3, 2011, in a decision that makes international headlines, an Italian appeals court overturns the murder conviction of Amanda Knox, an American exchange student who two years earlier was found guilty in the 2007 murder of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, in
...read moreGreat Britain1981Maze hunger strike called off
A hunger strike by Irish nationalists at the Maze Prison in Belfast in Northern Ireland is called off after seven months and 10 deaths. The first to die was Bobby Sands, the imprisoned Irish Republican Army (IRA) leader who initiated the protest on March 1, 1981–the fifth
...read moreMiddle East1932Iraq wins independence
With the admission of Iraq into the League of Nations, Britain terminates its mandate over the Arab nation, making Iraq independent after 17 years of British rule and centuries of Ottoman rule. Britain seized Iraq from Ottoman Turkey during World War I and was granted a mandate
...read moreSports1951A miraculous home run wins the pennant for NY Giants
On October 3, 1951, third baseman Bobby Thomson hits a one-out, three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the National League pennant for the New York Giants. Thomson’s homer wrapped up an amazing come-from-behind run for the Giants and knocked the Brooklyn
...read moreU.S. Presidents1863President Lincoln proclaims official Thanksgiving holiday
On October 3, 1863, expressing gratitude for a pivotal Union Army victory at Gettysburg, President Abraham Lincoln announces that the nation will celebrate an official Thanksgiving holiday on November 26, 1863. The speech, which was actually written by Secretary of State William
...read moreWestward Expansion1873U.S. Army hangs four Modoc leaders for the murder of a Civil War hero
On October 3, 1873, the United States military hangs four Native Americans found guilty of murdering the Civil War hero, General Edward Canby, during the Modoc War in Oregon. Canby was the highest ranking military official–and the only general–ever killed by Native Americans. As
...read moreArt, Literature, and Film History1967Writer, singer and folk icon Woody Guthrie dies
On October 3, 1967, Woody Guthrie, godfather of the 1950s folk revival movement, dies. In 1963, Bob Dylan was asked by the authors of a forthcoming book on Woody Guthrie to contribute a 25-word comment summarizing his thoughts on the man who had probably been his greatest
...read moreArt, Literature, and Film History1895“The Red Badge of Courage” is published
On October 3, 1895, The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane, is published in book form. The story of a young man’s experience of battle was the first American novel to portray the Civil War from the ordinary soldier’s point of view. The tale originally appeared as a serial
...read moreCold War1990East and West Germany reunite after 45 years
Less than one year after the destruction of the Berlin Wall, East and West Germany come together on what is known as “Unity Day.” Since 1945, when Soviet forces occupied eastern Germany, and the United States and other Allied forces occupied the western half of the nation at the
...read moreWorld War I1917War Revenue Act passed in U.S.
On October 3, 1917, six months after the United States declared war on Germany and began its participation in the First World War, the U.S. Congress passes the War Revenue Act, increasing income taxes to unprecedented levels in order to raise more money for the war effort. The
...read moreWorld War II1942Germany conducts first successful V-2 rocket test
On October 3, 1942, German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun’s brainchild, the V-2 missile, is fired successfully from Peenemunde, as island off Germany’s Baltic coast. It traveled 118 miles. It proved extraordinarily deadly in the war and was the precursor to the
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My personal historical pick of the day:
In the entire state of Ohio in 1895, there were only two cars on the road, and the drivers of these two cars crashed into each other. –
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I'm thinking of changing the source of the information for this thread.
Fed up with reading about some of the piddly so-called memorable events selected to record as important for that day.
When events such as follows this are deemed so unimportant as to not even warrant a mention:
Great Britain Detonates Atomic BombOctober 3, 1952
Great Britain detonates their first atomic bomb. The test was conducted in the Monte Bello Islands of Western Australia in
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